Affiliation:
1. School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 1W2, Canada
Abstract
Manufacturing is an imperfect process that requires frequent checks and verifications to ensure products are being produced properly. In many cases, such as visual inspection, these checks can be automated to a certain degree. Incorporating advanced inspection techniques (i.e., via deep learning) into real-world inspection pipelines requires different mechanical, machine vision, and process-level considerations. In this work, we present an approach that builds upon prior work at an automotive gear facility located in Guelph, Ontario, which is looking to expand its defect detection capabilities. We outline a set of inspection-cell changes, which has led to full-gear surface scanning and inspection at a rate of every 7.5 s, and which is currently able to detect three common types of surface-level defects.
Funder
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry
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