The customer investigated the production of a standalone unit capable of automated measurement of the radius and thickness of a calibration product with the following objectives:
- Obtain optimal setting of the machine.
- By comparing the measured radius and thickness with the desired values.
- For quality assurance
- Measure and log the extent to which treated metal objects meet the desired radius and thickness.
Vision Partners developed a customer-specific 3D machine vision inspection system that can measure edge rounding and thickness of objects with high accuracy and reproducibility. The requirements were high:
- Radius measurement to an accuracy of 0.01mm
- Thickness measurements of 0.015mm are possible
- Measuring the quality of edge rounding
Vision Partners has developed a concept where an industrial 2D laser triangulation sensor is used to create a 3D image of the object.
This was a turn-key delivery where Vision Partners developed and demonstrated the complete inspection module. Below is a 3D image of the edge rounding of a deburred metal. Machine vision software is used to determine the radius and thickness.
This 3D inspection allows accurate and reproducible demonstration of how well the deburring machines are working
