Automated surface flaw inspection. Final report
A study was conducted by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories (PNL) to evaluate the feasibility of automating surface flaw inspection for squib valve housings manufactured at Allied Signal Inc., Kansas City Division (KCD). A borescope/video camera system was developed that was at least equal to the current KCD method in sensitivity to surface flaws. However, the images from this system were not found to be of high enough quality to allow automatic video processing for product acceptance. PNL proposed a three-phase process to further develop automation of this inspection, with the final result being either a partially or fully automated system, depending on the success of the image refinement and software development.
- Research Organization:
- Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00613
- OSTI ID:
- 10170295
- Report Number(s):
- KCP-613-5272; ON: DE94015861
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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