Automated Visual Inspection of Contact Gap and Contact Malposition of Automotive Relay

Abstract:

The gap and the malposition of the contact of automotive relay would heavily influence its life. If the gap and the malposition of all relays can be fully inspected and the inspection operation can be incorporated into the existing automated manufacturing and testing equipment, the quality will thus be significantly promoted. To reach this goal, a visual inspection system based on the platform of LabVIEW has been developed in this paper. The visual inspection system is capable of performing the inspection of the gap and the malposition of electrical contact in 1.6 seconds for one relay, and the whole automation system can manufacture one relay for every 2 seconds.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 190-191)
• Pages: 661-665
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.190-191.661
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Chen Huei Hsieh, Chi Sheng Tsai, Ting Yu Tseng, Yi Sheng Wong, Shi Zhen Zhou
• Keywords: Automotive Relay, Contact Gap, Contact Malposition, LabVIEW, Visual Inspection

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