Inspection of the Knuckle Bracket Holes of a Shock-Absorber using Image Processing Method

영상처리를 이용한 쇽업서버 너클 브라켓 홀 검사 방법

  • 정규원 (충북대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 안계운 (SK D&D Co., Ltd. SKYHOME 사업본부)
  • Received : 2010.09.27
  • Accepted : 2010.11.08
  • Published : 2010.12.15

Abstract

Automotive industry is a major business area in this country and it becomes more and more important. In order to maintain high quality of vehicles, every parts should be inspected. Among them the inspection job of the knuckle bracket holes of the outer tube of shock-absorber has been done manually until now. So, it takes long time and every product can not be inspected. An automatized inspection system was proposed utilizing machine vision technology, which was composed of a slit beam laser, CCD camera, image processing computer, special jig and illuminating back lights. An algorithm which could process images of the laser and bracket holes, then gave the position, radius, roundness of the holes, was developed. This system was applied for the good and no good products and the performance was confirmed.

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