A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision Technology
Surface defect detection and dimension measurement of automotive bevel gears by manual inspection are costly, inefficient, low speed and low accuracy. In order to solve these problems, a synthetic bevel gear quality inspection system based on multi-camera vision technology is developed. The system c...
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description | Surface defect detection and dimension measurement of automotive bevel gears by manual inspection are costly, inefficient, low speed and low accuracy. In order to solve these problems, a synthetic bevel gear quality inspection system based on multi-camera vision technology is developed. The system can detect surface defects and measure gear dimensions simultaneously. Three efficient algorithms named Neighborhood Average Difference (NAD), Circle Approximation Method (CAM) and Fast Rotation-Position (FRP) are proposed. The system can detect knock damage, cracks, scratches, dents, gibbosity or repeated cutting of the spline, etc. The smallest detectable defect is 0.4 mm × 0.4 mm and the precision of dimension measurement is about 40–50 μm. One inspection process takes no more than 1.3 s. Both precision and speed meet the requirements of real-time online inspection in bevel gear production. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d3f404dc709d431db3d0724b7c79807f2022-12-22T04:20:11ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202016-08-01169136410.3390/s16091364s16091364A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision TechnologyRuiling Liu0Dexing Zhong1Hongqiang Lyu2Jiuqiang Han3School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSurface defect detection and dimension measurement of automotive bevel gears by manual inspection are costly, inefficient, low speed and low accuracy. In order to solve these problems, a synthetic bevel gear quality inspection system based on multi-camera vision technology is developed. The system can detect surface defects and measure gear dimensions simultaneously. Three efficient algorithms named Neighborhood Average Difference (NAD), Circle Approximation Method (CAM) and Fast Rotation-Position (FRP) are proposed. The system can detect knock damage, cracks, scratches, dents, gibbosity or repeated cutting of the spline, etc. The smallest detectable defect is 0.4 mm × 0.4 mm and the precision of dimension measurement is about 40–50 μm. One inspection process takes no more than 1.3 s. Both precision and speed meet the requirements of real-time online inspection in bevel gear production.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/9/1364multi-camera visionbevel geardefect detectiondimension measurement |
spellingShingle | Ruiling Liu Dexing Zhong Hongqiang Lyu Jiuqiang Han A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision Technology Sensors multi-camera vision bevel gear defect detection dimension measurement |
title | A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision Technology |
title_full | A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision Technology |
title_fullStr | A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision Technology |
title_full_unstemmed | A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision Technology |
title_short | A Bevel Gear Quality Inspection System Based on Multi-Camera Vision Technology |
title_sort | bevel gear quality inspection system based on multi camera vision technology |
topic | multi-camera vision bevel gear defect detection dimension measurement |
url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/9/1364 |
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