Abstract:This paper introduces a machine vision-based system promising low-cost solution for detecting a fatigue crack propagation caused by alternating mechanical stresses. The fatigue crack in technical components usually starts on surfaces at stress concentration points. The presented system was designed to substitute a strain gauge sensor-based measurement using an industrial camera in cooperation with branding software. This paper presents implementation of a machine vision system and algorithm outputs taking on fatigue crack propagation samples.Keywords: crack; propagation; surface crack; machine vision; National Instruments; Vision Builder
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Use blob analysis to find statistical information-such as the size of blobs or the number, location, and presence of blob regions. With this information, you can perform many machine vision inspection tasks, such as detecting flaws on silicon wafers, detecting soldering defects on electronic boards, or Web inspection applications such as finding structural defects on wood planks or detecting cracks on plastics sheets. You can also locate objects in motion control applications when there is significant variance in part shape or orientation.
The most common machine vision inspection tasks are detecting the presence or absence of parts in an image and measuring the dimensions of parts to see if they meet specifications. Measurements are based on characteristic features of the object represented in the image. Image processing algorithms traditionally classify the type of information contained in an image as edges, surfaces and textures, or patterns. Different types of machine vision algorithms leverage and extract one or more types of information.
Alignment determines the position and orientation of a part. In many machine vision applications, the object that you want to inspect may be at different locations in the image. Edge detection finds the location of the object in the image before you perform the inspection, so that you can inspect only the regions of interest. The position and orientation of the part can also be used to provide feedback information to a positioning device, such as a stage.
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For automated web inspection a number of linescan cameras are combined capturing the complete width of web to allow finite inspection of the continuous web process at speed. Surface inspection lighting techniques are combined with a single or multi-camera station, coupled with the defect map creation. For medical device inspection multi cameras are combined or the product rotated to allow the completed 360 degree inspection using machine vision for surface anomalies.
For example, most web-based production are watched by operators in a patrolling fashion whilst they also attend to set up and maintenance on individual machines. As cost and performance pressures drive up the ratio of machines per operator, less time is available for quality control. This means that defects are going unnoticed, and sometimes a fault is not picked up until it reaches the customer. By employing automated surface inspection vision systems either in-line or at the end of line as part of final inspection, a customer can have the following benefits.
An automated surface inspection solution often replaces an inspector who would have historically been used for surface inspection by eye. But why? Well, there are several limitations to using the old-fashioned way of inspection.
By making the entire visual inspection procedure independent of any human involvement, automated visual inspection can overcome these issues. Using automated systems typically outperforms manual inspection.
Although machine vision systems can tolerate some variation in the appearance of a part due to scaling, rotation, and pose distortion, complex surface textures and image quality issues pose significant inspection challenges. This is where deep learning artificial intelligence can be applied for surface inspection.
Deep learning-based systems are suitable for more complex surface inspection requirements, such as patterns that vary in subtle but unacceptable ways. Deep learning is effective at learning complex surface and cosmetic defects, such as scratches and dents on turned, brushed, or shiny parts. Deep learning-based image processing, whether used to locate, read, inspect, or classify features of interest, differs from traditional machine vision in its ability to conceptualise and generalise a components overall appearance.
Machine vision performs well at the quantitative measurement of a highly structured scene with a consistent camera resolution, optics and lighting. Deep learning can handle defect variations that require an understanding of the tolerable deviations from the control medium; for example, where there are changes in texture, lighting, shading or distortion in the image. Our deep learning vision systems can be used in surface inspection, object recognition, component detection and part identification. AI deep learning helps in situations where traditional machine vision may struggle, such as parts with varying size, shape, contrast and brightness due to production and process constraints.
Deep Learning in the context of artificial intelligence in machine vision surface inspection is a critical application for the future of manufacturing. IVS solutions are now developing with this new technology to solve manufacturing inspection tasks which used to be too complicated, time-consuming and costly based on traditional machine vision.
NI Vision Development Module - Includes hundreds of functions to acquire images from a multitude of cameras and to process images The Vision Development Module is designed to help you develop and deploy machine vision applications for checking for presence, locating features, identifying objects, and measuring parts... Use a Single Software Package for All of Your Vision Hardware Acquire and process images with a wide range of cameras and vision hardware to reduce development time and maintenance costs, as well as port existing code when changing hardware. Whether using Windows, LabVIEW Real-Time, multicore processors, or FPGAs, you can use a single software package. Process Images With a Complete Suite of Algorithms Whether performing optical character recognition on pharmaceutical packaging or examining solar panels for cracks, you can use the hundreds of algorithms in the Vision Development Module to meet any vision application challenge. Integrate With Programmable Logic Controllers, Motion Drives, and Automation Devices When mere image processing is not enough to complete your application, take advantage of the tools and functions to communicate with other devices using a range of I/O options and protocols including digital I/O, Modbus, Serial RS232, TCP/IP, EtherNet/IP, and EtherCAT.See our training for NI Vision Development Module
To produce better quality pencils, this lead offset needed to be contained to within 300 µm, a figure that was impossible to judge manually. When production needed to be increased to 2 million pencils per day, the manufacturer decided to go for a fully automated inspection and sorting system. Such throughput mandated a throughput of 23 pencils/s and that various types of color and graphite pencils were inspected and sorted into different bins based on defect type.
Sometimes the structure is so large that a detailed inspection of the entire asset is impossible! At Niricson, we developed a new inspection technique for dams and spillways to objectively monitor cracks, spalls, and delamination across the entire asset.
Sherlock is an advanced machine vision software interface that can be applied to a wide variety of automated inspection applications. It offers maximum design flexibility and provides a rich suite of proven tools and capabilities that have been deployed in thousands of installations worldwide. With a keen eye for detail, our inspector will help you:
Combines multi-directional lighting with advanced software algorithms to eliminate surface background effects, such as noise or color, and produce an output image focused on the features most relevant to the inspection. This output image can then be inspected using standard Sherlock vision tools.
Cutting edge robotic vision SIR, an Italian machine builder specializing in robotics, created a unique automated work cell for re-working (grinding and surface finishing) that uses PatMax vision tools from Cognex. Re-working knives is among tasks previously thought to complex for automation. The task requires many decision skills, since production is random, and no knife is exactly like another. Knives lose their original shape over time from repeated wear, making it impossible calculate a onemotion profile.
Quality inspection with accurate rejection Mold-Rite Plastics Inc., a manufacturer of containers and closures for the pharmaceutical industry, sought to improve the quality of automated production inspection of tightly controlled pharmaceutical container closures. Different colors and sizes of caps and closures were to be inspected for more than 10 failure criteria, at 1,200 caps per minute. A qualification test procedure was designed to ensure failure capture rates in the 95% to 99% range, well beyond prior inspection methods.
In this study, a fatigue crack detection technique, which detects a fatigue crack without relying on any reference data obtained from the intact condition of a target structure, is developed using nonlinear ultrasonic modulation and applied to a real bridge structure. Using two wafer-type lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducers, ultrasonic excitations at two distinctive frequencies are applied to a target inspection spot and the corresponding ultrasonic response is measured by another PZT transducer. Then, the nonlinear modulation components produced by a breathing-crack are extracted from the measured ultrasonic response, and a statistical classifier, which can determine if the nonlinear modulation components are statistically significant in comparison with the background noise level, is proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed fatigue crack detection technique is experimentally validated using the data obtained from aluminum plates and aircraft fitting-lug specimens under varying temperature and loading conditions, and through a field testing of Yeongjong Grand Bridge in South Korea. The uniqueness of this study lies in that (1) detection of a micro fatigue crack with less than 1 μm width and fatigue cracks in the range of 10-20 μm in width using nonlinear ultrasonic modulation, (2) automated detection of fatigue crack formation without using reference data obtained from an intact condition, (3) reliable and robust diagnosis under varying temperature and loading conditions, (4) application of a local fatigue crack detection technique to online monitoring of a real bridge. 2ff7e9595c
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