Automated classification of small jet engine parts

Author

Muhlbauer, Thomas C. ; Desai, Mita ; Brown, James A.

Author_Institution

Robotics & Autom. Center of Excellence, Kelly AFB, TX, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

8-9 Apr 1996

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

42

Abstract

Manual part sorting of small jet engine parts can be a tedious process. Because of personnel shortages, the Small Parts office at Kelly AFB, in San Antonio, Texas, has difficulty in keeping up with the backlog of parts that need to be sorted for engine reassembly. Currently, there is a system being developed by the Robotics and Automation Center of Excellence (RACE) at Kelly that will help the Small Parts office to overcome their personnel shortages. This part sorting system, known as the Small Part Sorting System (SPaSS), will sort these parts by incorporating the use of a statistical model-based classifier algorithm with a machine vision system. This paper presents the experimental results of this classifier

Keywords

aerospace engines; automatic optical inspection; computer vision; image classification; statistical analysis; Kelly AFB; Robotics and Automation Center of Excellence; Small Part Sorting System; automated classification; engine reassembly; experimental results; machine vision system; part sorting system; small jet engine parts; statistical model-based classifier algorithm; Assembly; Cameras; Costs; Fasteners; Head; Jet engines; Machine vision; Personnel; Robotics and automation; Sorting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Analysis and Interpretation, 1996., Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3200-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAI.1996.493723

Filename

493723