THE AUTOMATIC INSPECTION OF CAR DISK BRAKE ROTORS BY USING OPTOELECTRONIC MEANS
The paper describes the results of a feasibility study performed by FIAT and aimed at developing an in-line vision system for inspecting disk brake rotors. The variety of the examined surface defects, produced mainly by melting and mechanical finishing operations, required two different visual techniques to be operating simultaneously: one uses linescan cameras and a tailored software package that combining autocovariance analysis with filters, thresholds operators and template matches enables quasi-periodic and non periodic noisy defects to be detected; the other, utilizing some properties of the scattered laser light from rough surfaces, allows to identify small and large surface cavities inside a relief. The vision system essentially consists on three cameras, a laser head and a computer based control unit and, at present, is under development.
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Supplemental Notes:
- ISATA 84, "In Pursuit of Technical Excellence". Proceedings Volume 2. International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation with particular reference to Vehicle Management Systems and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Milan, Italy 24-28 September 1984.
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Corporate Authors:
Automotive Automotion Limited
42 Lloyd Park Avenue
Croydon CRO 5SB, Surrey, EnglandAlfa Romeo Auto SpA
Milan, Italy -
Authors:
- Milana, E
- Strobbia, L
- Publication Date: 1984
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 15 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Automobile industry; Brake components; Defects; Inspection; Machine vision; Manufacturing; Rotors
- Old TRIS Terms: Optoelectronics
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00399977
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: ISATA 84103, HS-038 517
- Files: HSL, USDOT
- Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM