Epstein
Associates - K9APE®
K9APE® Machine Vision Inspection System For
Cylinders
K9APE® Machine
Vision Inspection Systems are readily adapted for inspection of cylindrical
products. Inspection can occur during or after the manufacturing process.
The product shown below is a ~3 inch (76 mm)
wide cylindrical lithographed aerosol can measuring 1.75 inch (44.5 mm) in
diameter. The circumference of the can is ~5.5 inches (140 mm). Its entire 360°
surface was captured and a small portion was selected for the image below.
The image below covers ~2 inches (50 mm) or
37% of the total circumference. The objective of the inspection is to identify
the presence and location of defects in the six-color lithographic printing.
CLICK ON IMAGES BELOW FOR EXPANDED VIEWS
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Portion Of Original Image |
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1871 W x 744 H Pixels |
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3.0 x 2.0 inch |
This image was captured with a BASLER® Camera and
an EPIX® PIXCI® Model D Imaging Board. EPIX® XCAP™
Imaging Software was used for image
formatting.
The can is mounted on a K9APE®
Machine Vision System. Each pixel corresponds to a 0.00143 inch across the
circumference and 0.00275 inch along the circumference of the can. The total
captured image is ~12.3 Mbytes in size and covers the entire surface of the
aerosol can. Only one image is required to inspect the total surface of the
cylinder.
The image shown above was JPEG compressed to
499 Kbytes in file size. Click on this link to obtain a more detailed image
having a file size of 5,162 Kbytes. Please use E-Mail to contact us if you are
interested in obtaining the original file, which is 12,292 Kbytes in TIFF
format.
The original 12.3 MByte
files contain examples of printing defects, such as that shown in the following
image.
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Portion Of Original Image Showing Printing Defect |
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57 W x 37 H Pixels |
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2.0 x 1.7 mm |
Defects such as this example are readily
detected by our K9APE® Machine Vision Inspection Systems.
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