Applications

Additive manufacturing processes have been used on a daily basis for a long time at BMW Group Plant Landshut. For many years, these have included moulds for the manufacturing of aluminium cylinder heads, which are printed three-dimensionally using the sand casting process. Here, sand is repeatedly applied in thin layers and stuck together using binders.

Machine vision offers enormous advantages for quality control applications. High accuracy and speed as well as high flexibility and availability are important for practical use. K&S Anlagenbau GmbH has implemented such an application for the beverage industry with the help of the consulting company Computer Vision Solutions. In this application the machine vision software MVTec HALCON is used.

More than 400,000 hip and knee prostheses are manufactured in Aarau each year. A large proportion of these are coated in five state-of-the-art vacuum chambers at temperatures of up to 20,000 degrees Celsius, either purely with titanium or with titanium and hydroxyapatite. The latter is a bone substitute substance that improves or stimulates the ingrowth of the bone follicles into the porous prosthetic surface.

General Inspection has installed a Gi-100DT automated inspection system (AIS) for a large manufacturer of precision aerospace fasteners.  This Gi-100DT is equipped with a total of 6 cameras providing complete dimensional inspection, internal and external visual defect detection, top and bottom surface inspection for a full range of turned aerospace collars.

Prior to implementing Elementary’s vision solution, Yamaha Motors relied on manual inspectors to verify the accuracy of warning labels placed on their ATV and ROV units, causing fatigue and high turnover among quality control personnel. Elementary helped automate the inspection process and improve traceability throughout the manufacturing process. The warning label inspection is critical for safety and is required to be in compliance with industry safety regulations.

X-ray computed tomography (CT) technology provided by Nikon IMBU has enabled optical components production powerhouse Tochigi Nikon to unlock a game-changing solution which has transformed the world of precision plastic injection moulding.

The Baty Venture Vision System is an advanced optical measurement system designed to provide precise and accurate inspection of components in various industries. Equipped with powerful optics and intuitive software, the Venture system offers comprehensive measurement capabilities, including dimensional analysis, surface inspection, and defect detection.

Ductility exhaustion of a rail’s steel surface will cause material to be removed as ‘wear flakes,’ whereas RCF damage is related to the length and depth of cracks, including ratcheting initiation and early growth, fluid-assisted crack growth, and rail bending and branching crack growth.

By utilising SmartRay’s industry-leading sensor system for weld seam inspection, Waldaschaff was able to inspect 100% of the weld seams on each component, improving quality, efficiency and accuracy.