Epstein
Associates - K9APE®
K9APE® Machine Vision Inspection System For
Convex Surfaces
K9APE® Machine
Vision Inspection Systems are readily adapted for inspection of precision parts
with 360° convex surfaces - such as U-Joint yokes. Inspection can occur during
or after the manufacturing process.
The images shown below are from a 1-5/8 inch
(41 mm) diameter U-Joint yoke.
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U-Joint
Yoke
A high-resolution 360° image of the surface
of the yoke was captured with our K9APE® Machine Vision
Inspection System. A highly compressed image of yoke is shown below. Small
defects that could readily escape notice by human inspectors were readily
detected on uncompressed images.
360°
Pseudo-Color View Of U-Joint Yoke
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The previous image is a 360° view of the
U-Joint yoke that has been pseudo-colored to assist in defect detection.
Concentricity and dimensions are readily measured. Because the 360° image shown
here is highly compressed for INTERNET viewing, much of the fine detail of the
original image cannot be seen here.
These images were captured with an EPIX®
PIXCI® Model D Imaging Board.
EPIX® XCAP™ Imaging Software was used for image formatting. The original files
have been JPEG-compressed for display here.
Manufacturing defects are readily detected
and measured by our K9APE® Machine Vision Inspection Systems. Images
better than JPEG-compressed quality can be obtained by our systems during
manufacture.
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