Abstract
The transfer of graphics to a product’s surface is a widely known technology. Printing, engraving, and etching are used every day in production processes with countless types of materials. This paper deals with quality control for laser engraving on surfaces with variable dimensions via optical sensors. The engraving process, apart from colour changes, can induce volume and moisture changes, which lead to dimension changes in some materials. Natural materials and biomaterials are among the ones most affected. Combined with the porous and inhomogeneous structure of such a material, it can be difficult to measure the quality of graphic transfer, especially for shaded products. The quality control of laser-engraved photographs on thin layers of wood veneer was selected as a suitable problem to solve. A complex method for the quality measurement of the specified production was designed and tested. We used an affine transformation to determine the system behaviour and to determine the transfer function of material changes during the production process. Moreover, there is a possibility to compensate the image deformation of the engraved product.
Funder
European Regional Development Fund in the Research Centre of Advanced Mechatronic Systems project
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry
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