Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IISFor the inspection of safety components such as wheels and chassis parts the technology called Automatic Defect Recognition (ADR) has replaced the visual evaluation by qualified inspection personnel. With the aid of the solution developed by EZRT, X-ray image data, e.g. of cast parts can be inspected with respect to contained defects. Here it is necessary to decide whether the quality of the cast part is sufficient compared with the quality prescription or if it has to be declared waste. The system “PIDA” (Process Integrated Defect Analysis) unites fast volume data reconstruction (in a few seconds) with a 3D volume evaluation.
PIDA (Process integrated Defect Analysis)
Characteristics of PIDA
- Complete tomography and automatic evaluation of components in the production cycle
- Combination of several inspection tasks in one measurement (defect recognition, metrology, completeness control)
- High recognition reliability with low pseudo defect rate
Application fields of PIDA
Automatic X-ray inspection of:
- Light alloy wheels
- Aluminum cast chassis parts
- Welded seams
- Polymer objects
Requirements and availability
- In case of certain X-ray components (on request) available at short notice
- Technical minimum requirement: MS Windows 7, 2 GB RAM
- Technical minimum requirement of the reconstruction PCs: MS Windows 7, 64 GB RAM, for reducing the computing time we recommend to equip every reconstruction PC with a CUDA compatible graphics card (specification on request)