Measurement & Gauging Applications

Inspection Challenge: A manufacturer of fighter planes needed to examine the wing of an F15 fighter. Twelve different types of fasteners had to be identified and their presence verified. The manufacturer also needed to know the X-Y co-ordinates of the fasteners to make sure that they were in the correct position.

Measure and Assess:

• Front rim diameter and width
• Hole void and concentricity to pad
• Edge detection and spacing
• Tab measurement
• Surface scale

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Inspection Challenge: A manufacturer needed to inspect automotive insulation panels. They wanted to check that all the holes were in place, and needed to verify that the area of the panel was correct within +/- 0.5mm. They were also checking for rips in the material.

Verify and Assess:

• Check to see if there are the correct number of holes.
• Check for any missing material (rips).
• Measure the area.

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Inspection Challenge: A manufacturer needed to inspect the labels for its products. They print ten different types of labels, and needed to know which type of label was being printed at a certain point in time. The quality of the labels (missing colors, etc.) also needed to be checked.

Verify:

• Is the label the correct design? (inspect two out of every sheet).
• Are the colors correct?

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Inspection Challenge: A manufacturer needed to check for inclusions (knots) in pieces of wood. Requirements included size, x-y co-ordinates and quantity. The wood would be passing along a high-speed production line.

Verify and Measure:

• Check to see if there are any defects within the pieces of wood.
• Measure and count the defects.

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Inspection Challenge: A manufacturer wanted an automated system to stamp five holes on supplied labels.

Measure and Access:

• Detect if there are five holes present on the supplied labels.
• Check for the X and Y co-ordinate of each hole.

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Inspection Challenge: A manufacturer wanted an automated system to gauge two sections on the samples set.

Verify and Measure:

• The first gauge on the top left-hand side.
• The second gauge on the left hand-side.

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