A Real Time Quality Monitoring System for Engineering Industry: A Practical and Rapid Approach Using Embedded Vision System with LabVIEW

Abstract:

With increased expectations for engineering products of high quality and safety standards, the need for accurate, fast and objective quality determination of these characteristics in engineering products continues to grow. Embedded vision provides one alternative for an automated, non-destructive, fast and cost-effective technique to accomplish these requirements. In this work, the authors are developed an integrated system which has two major components: an Embedded Vision System (EVS) and a Real Time Monitoring System (RTMS). This work describes design and development of prototyped Production Line System (PLS) based on a practical and fast approach using EVS and LabVIEW with IMAQ Vision Assistant as image processing tool. Experimental results show that this integrated system is faster and produces a lower error rate than humans produce in the quality inspection process.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 592-594)
• Pages: 2129-2133
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.2129
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: V.R. Ravi*, A.M.Adil Baig, G. Udhaya Karthick, S. Thiruchittrambalam
• Keywords: Embedded Vision, Image Processing, Integrated Manufacturing, LabVIEW, Real Time Monitoring System, Vision Assistant

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DOI: 10.1016/s0262-8856(02)00152-x

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