The software developed by TQM Itaca Technology are modules optimized in order to execute in the best way functions of special measuring and/or of calculation. We maintain as much as possible standards to guarantee to the customer the optimizations in the installations, ease of configuration and of use, maintenance and continuous updates.

The requested special functions, not typically pertinent or of general character, are developed in external applications, which can be perfectly integrated to the standard modules, and which allow to adapt the system to the real exigencies of each customer.

With this kind of technology we have realized data collection systems with special functions, for example:

• Periodical analysis at programmed intervals of critical characteristics and dispatch of E-mails with summarized analysis to the department supervisors.
• Monitoring systems of mold maintenance with arrest of the molding in case of exceeded the usage limit.
• Monitoring systems of all the components used for the assembling of complex mechanic components with management of bill of materials for support to the after-sale assistance for any focused recalls.
• Management of measures in metrology room with remoting of the alarms to the production machines, with arrest of the line and batches management for requalification.
• Data collection systems with measuring station in the shop-floor which dialogs with the company management system, for the management of the production evolution, rejects, not-conformed, reprocessing, etc….

The external applications can be equipped with specific operator interface, Ad Hoc reports, interfaces with external systems, etc...

The software Itamatic^© manages the cracks control benches: it has the same logic structure of the other software of TQM Itaca Technology.
•    Simple and intuitive
•    Logic structure as Itageo 6^©, Itasonic 2010^©, Itastat 6, with batches and measuring programs
•    Data saved in the database of Itastat 6 in SQL format
•    Users management with operator permissions
•    Auxiliary Data management
•    S/N management
•    Traceability management
•    Master verification management
•    Guided creation of control plans - measuring programs where there are defined all the parameters of the test
•    It allows to integrate also other control softwares, for example Itasonic 2010^© for FRF control
•    Wide possibilities to customize the user interface
•    Complete information, about the measured piece and about the loaded batch, with details for each controlled area.

Information related to the measured piece and recapitulatory column of the rejects for each single controlled area.	Pareto rejects.
Moreover, the Itamatic software is used to manage the automation of Automatic control lines:
Sample of a TQM Automatic Line

Itageo 6^© is the most innovative software for the management of the automatic control station for the dynamic measurement of objects put in rotation on its axis. It allows the control of dimensional and geometric characteristics with results which are comparable to the measurements obtained with a roundness measuring instrument in a laboratory.

Itageo 6^© is used for the dynamic control of objects put in rotation, and it’s normally used for the control of brake discs, brake drums, hubs, stubs, flywheels, friction discs, shafts, shafts for electric motors, etc… Itageo 6^© is optimized for the dynamical controls and allows to control diameters with a single probe for each section. The result is the simplicity of the mechanical configuration and type change.

To guarantee the highest precision and reliability of the measurement, Itageo 6^© works on the same measurement principles as laboratory roundness measuring instruments: a piece is put on rotation on a precision mandrel, angular control via encoder, a contact probe on each section to be measured, acquisition of at least 7.200 points/rotation for each section analysed, reconstruction and analysis of the obtained profile.
This technology allows:
•    Visualization in real time of real profiles, big help in order to individuate possible causes of technical problems due to the production of the same pieces.
•    Compensation of the rotation errors generated by the mandrel.
•    Fourier Analysis, with decomposition of the form errors in single components, with the possibility of manage different tolerances for each error.
•    Analysis of interrupted surfaces (fixing holes, ventilation holes, etc...).
•    Possibility to implement harmonic filters and dirty filters for each section of the control plan, with different parameters.
•    Possibility to analyse for sections of circumference : ex. Roundness each 30°.

The characteristics to be measured can be related to a single section (bar-to-bar, linearity, roundness, etc..) or resulted from the comparison of more sections (cylindricity, concentricity, Stack-Commutator Angle, etc..).
The use of the electronics of latest generation iDaq4Geo by TQM Itaca Technology allows the perfect synchronization between the probes and the encoder, optimizing the measuring performances.
Itageo 6^© is able to manage the following functions:
1.    Control of the production process.
2.    Management of the cycle of Master Verification and automatic Master Resetting. 
3.    Data saving in SQL database, with fully network functionality.
4.    Saving in the database of measures + profiles + Piece ID, to guarantee the traceability one by one. 
5.    Possibility to make a remote real time monitoring.
6.    Management of remote tele-assistance.
7.    Dialogue with external devices (load robot, frequencies control, cracks control, marking machines, processing machines, etc…).
8.    Management of the marking of pieces.

The graphic interface simplifies the activities of the operators:

	Immediate and visual configuration of the station.
	Creation of control plans with rapid and intuitive graphic support.

	Definition of complex characteristics using the selection of the probes from the picture.

	User interface totally configurable: simple and immediate, with the global result of the test (green for good, red for reject and yellow for uncertain), punctual values for each characteristic of the control plan and possibility to display up to 6 graphics for the critical sections.

	Display of complex geometrical characteristics in 3D mode.

Nowadays it’s necessary to measure what it’s produced. But often measuring is not sufficient: it’s necessary to manage and organize in a rational way the available measures in order to reduce at the minimum the costs and optimize the utility.

The picture outlines the main functions of the software modules for the collection and the management of the measuring data.
The measures can come from the metrological room or from the production lines; in the metrological room they are collected by the software Itaconv 6, which reads the file coming from the instruments and writes the control plans and the measures in the database of Itastat 6.
In the production line the data can be collected from SPC stations managed by the software Itastat 6 Measure or from special stations which can be also provided with personalized special software.   
The data coming from the production line are saved in the same database of Itastat 6.
The data can be object of statistical analysis (software Itastat 6 Analysis). It’s possible to make very detailed selections and stratifications (software Itaselect) and also make the monitoring in real time of all the stations connected to the database (software Italarm).

In the following images some examples.