Hawk®3 Scratch and Defect Inspection System for Glass

Patented

Hawk®3 by LiteSentry™ is a high-resolution camera-based inspection system. Inspects both front and rear surfaces of monolithic glass as it moves down the fabrication line. This on-line defect inspection system operates at conveyor velocities up to 700 mm/s and is intended for integration into the glass fabrication line.

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  • Prevents defects from proceeding to high value-added operations.
  • Keeps defects out of your customer’s sight.
  • Improved quality = increased profit.

Hawk®2 Vertical Brochure
Hawk®2 Horizontal Brochure

Sample Screenshot:

Applications:

  • Flat glass fabrication operations including IG fabrication, Tempering, Coating, Cutting, final packaging or other.
  • Any line width.

Accuracy:

  • 200 / 20 per MIL-C-48497A.
  • This standard MIL specification is broadly used in the optical coating industry. 200 / 20 defines scratches and digs (coating pinholes or other circular defects). 200 = 0.20 mm scratch width by any length. 20 = 0.2 mm diameter dig.

Types of defects detected:

  • Scratch, dig, surface pit or debris, coating pinhole, coating spot cluster, tin spots, abrasion, finger print, skid mark, tire mark, seed, stone, laminate inclusion, edge delete skip, and many others.

Database:

  • Extensive information for each defect is logged to the user’s production database.