Automated inspection system for automobile bearing seals

• Published in: Materials today : proceedings Vol. 46; pp. 4709 - 4715
• Main Authors: Ashwini, K., Rudraswamy, S.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Leak Down Test [LDT]; Programmable Logic Controller [PLC]; Vision system; Programmable Logic Controller [PLC]; Vision system; Leak Down Test [LDT]
• ISSN: 2214-7853; 2214-7853
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.301

Automation plays a wide role in industries in order to maintain high productivity, reliability and repeatability. Automated quality inspection system yields cost effective, high reliable and high endurance quality inspection process. The objective of the system is to eliminate errors occurred during manual quality inspection by means of camera vision system and Leak Down Test [LDT] integrated together in a single machine to serve the purpose. The system comprises the location and a physical model of the object to be inspected along with its quality parameters fed into the system to be achieved. This paper exhibits the results of the improved inspection accuracy by eliminating manual inspection and implementing automated inspection system. Each and every activities of the system are controlled and coordinated using a Programmable logic Controller [PLC]. The system achieves efficiency by reducing the false rejection rate from 27% to 10% and false acceptance rate from 10% to 2%.