Automatic inspection systems for the flat glass industry

Author

Imbert, Gérard

Author_Institution

SGN, Quentin Yvelines, France

fYear

1989

fDate

1-5 Oct. 1989

Firstpage

1370

Abstract

The author presents two types of automatic inspection system (AIS) designed for the glass industry. The first type of system is designed for the dimensional inspection of flat glass pieces. Using a linear scanning system, lighting apparatus, and customized software, the AIS is fully integrated into the control system of the glass plant. Dimensions and tolerances are transmitted by the supervisor units, which adjust the cutting process according to the feedback data such as dimensions, broken corners, and straightness. The second type of system is a turnkey system for three-dimensional inspection of curved glass pieces (side and rear car windows). A variety of leading-edge technologies are implemented to provide a fully noncontact inspection system: vision software, high-speed handling system, metrology algorithms, laser lighting, etc.<>

Keywords

automatic test equipment; glass industry; inspection; process computer control; automatic; automatic inspection system; car windows; control system; curved glass; customized software; cutting; dimensional inspection; feedback; flat glass industry; linear scanning system; metrology algorithms; turnkey system; vision software; Automatic control; Control systems; Feedback; Glass industry; Inspection; Lighting control; Machine vision; Metrology; Software systems; Windows;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1989., Conference Record of the 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1989.96822

Filename

96822