Epstein
Associates - K9APE®
K9APE® Machine Vision Inspection System For
Precision Machined Surfaces
K9APE® Machine
Vision Inspection Systems are readily adapted for inspection of products
comprising precision-machined surfaces - such as calendar rollers. Inspection
can occur during or after the manufacturing process.
The image shown below is of a 1-15/32 inch
(37 mm) diameter precision ground steel roller having a 20-microinch finish.
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The roller was mounted on a K9APE®
Machine Vision Inspection System to obtain a 1.92 Mbyte
image of the entire 360° circumference. The following image is of a 1-11/16
inch wide (axial) by 7/16 inch high (circumferencial)
portion that contains burnishing marks. The image has been pseudo-colored and
JPEG-compressed for viewing here.
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This image was captured with a DALSA®
Camera and an EPIX® PIXCI®
Model D Imaging Board. EPIX®
XCAP™
Imaging Software was used for image
formatting.
Polishing and machining defects such as in
this example, are readily detected and measured by our
K9APE® Machine Vision Inspection Systems. Images of higher quality
can be obtained during manufacture.
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