Because production is going to be increased and the implementation for continuing to manually review and report on these welds is too time consuming, they asked Vision Partners if we were able to expedite this inspection process.
For this, after extensive feasibility testing and constructive consultation with the end customer, Vision Partners was able to develop an automatic vision system that met the client's exact requirements.
In this regard, an overlay unit was provided for the construction in which the checker could insert the product upside down and in only 1 way. The construction here was also designed so that no direct contamination of the product could fall onto the camera lens recently the fact that the camera had to "look up" to assess the product placed upside down.
Where previously the welding inspector had to indicate and trace the welding position in the software himself, Vision Partners automated this process completely via Halcon vision software. We were also able to recognize and accurately measure surface defects by applying a 65MP Area camera which checks the product with a resolution of 0.01 mm.
The vision system automatically loads the correct settings for the imposed product after the type of product has been scanned beforehand by the controller using a matrix scanner. After imposing the product on the vision setup, the controller presses start in the vision application after which the checking and reporting starts automatically and the controller only has to confirm the recording and results.
After confirmation by the checker of the correct recording results, a report is automatically generated after which it is saved including the recorded photo for possible further analysis of the products.
Capturing and evaluating these test products including reporting has thus become faster than the previous traditional way by a factor of 10. The new vision setup hereby fully meets all the wishes and requirements of a satisfied customer.
