...Annalisa Milella; Rosalia Maglietta; Massimo Caccia; Gabriele Bruzzone Purpose Periodic inspection of large tonnage vessels is critical to assess integrity and prevent structural failures that could have catastrophic consequences for people and the environment. Currently, inspection operations...

... needs with the rapid advances being made by sensor device and inspection system suppliers to offer innovative ways to better inspect components. Originality/value Manufacturers are finding answers to many quality assessment needs with the rapid advances being made by sensor device and inspection...

... effectively on different deco finish and gap separations. Mohammed Omar can be contacted at: momar@clemson.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Automotive industry Optical instruments Lasers Optical measurement Inspection The fit and finish of automotive interior...

... guidance and absolute accuracy. Much work lies ahead in the area of software for applications and specifically for vertical applications. Measurement Robotics Inspection Image sensors Dimensional measurement Metrology, or the science of measurement, continues to enjoy relevance...

... sensors Inspection Measurement Cameras Machine vision systems are now well established for industrial inspection and quality control. The development of the smart camera with its integrated lighting and processing capability, rugged housing and powerful interfacing has revolutionized the vision...

... performance with reduced number of hall sensors in an equipment for pipeline inspection called caliper tool. Design/methodology/approach The paper opts for an exploratory study by making various configurations of sensors possible under given constraints, analyzing results of each one of them...

...Yih‐Chih Chiou; Chern‐Sheng Lin; Guan‐Zi Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an automatic inspection method of colors and textures classification of paper and cloth objects. Design/methodology/approach In this system, the color image is transformed from RGB model to other...

...Rajesh Keshwani; Shiben Bhattacharya Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce an in line non‐destructive inspection tool instrumented pipeline inspection gauge (IPIG) and the need for secondary sensors in it; and to design a proper configuration of eddy current based secondary sensor...

... technology innovation, complements traditional inspection methodologies without being disruptive. Design/methodology/approach The paper compares traditional and new measurement processes and asks how modern techniques can become more efficient, faster and more economical. Findings This paper shows...

.../methodology/approach An inspection system based on machine vision is presented which could assure illumination and imaging at 940 nm which is safe for film. Findings An objective evaluation is given using an image processing method and satisfactory results are obtained. Now, the inspection system is used...

... by some football event! © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Visual programming Trade fairs Optical instruments Inspection When the organisers of the “Control” exhibition in Sinsheim, Germany decided to anglicise the German “Kontrolle” they probably did not realise that the better...

... Buildings Fibre‐optic sensors Inspection Sensors To ensure the safety of buildings, bridges, tunnels and dams and to make their maintenance more effective and efficient, there is an expanding use of instrumentation. There is a growing awareness of the importance of the civil engineering...

... by numerically integrating equation (3) using parameters matching the actual cutting conditions. Comparison of the measured and predicted results is conveniently done by visual inspection because the predicted tool vibration can be mapped to the shape of the workpieces. The interferometrically‐verified...

... for cans at the rate of 20,000 per hour, there are vision systems working at a speed of 300 ppm to allow three primary inspection applications to take place: the inspection of the paneling, the inspection of the curling (deformations of the surface) and the verification of the sealing. Each step...

... Visual perception Inspection Agriculture and food technology Ten years ago the research team at the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture had already established a reputation for vision‐based automated guidance of agricultural vehicles. More recently, a succession of vision projects...

... of NIR spectroscopy outside the confines of the laboratory. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Optical instruments Food industry Inspection Near‐infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the examination of food and drink. Researchers have shown that it can detect fungal...

... inspection companies in Germany, starting with Innomess and then Nanosystems and Lasor. Previously the remaining vision activities of Rheinmetall had been added to ISRA's stable. He explained that recently he has been concentrating on inspection of continuous webs such as plastic film, paper, and glass...

... production. Specifically, machine vision is used for robust part inspection, operator part placement verification, 3D robotic guidance, and a combination thereof. These solutions to car‐making certainly suggest other applications in other industries. With new and more versatile robots with more and more...

...Brian Rooks A report on the Total Engineering and Manufacturing (TEAM) exhibition held at the NEC, Birmingham with a focus on vision and optical systems for inspection and measurement. New low cost and high speed smart cameras were introduced by DVT, who was “hidden” away within the Design...

... Doel had the original idea of lighting the inspection area with yellow light,as this heightens the visual contrast between many of the coloured parts, making them easier to assess with photoswitches and vision cameras. It also manages to detect the black felts against their black background...