Development of an advanced in-line gear inspection system

Vehcom是Linamar的成员之一，为汽车行业制造齿轮和动力总成部件，在安大略省圭尔夫市拥有约450名员工，其中包括15名研发人员。Vehcom每年生产500多万个零部件。其中，约120万个零件是各种形状和设计的齿轮。所有齿轮都经过人工检查，以确定是否存在各种缺陷。由于质量控制和故障或缺陷的检测，生产的齿轮中有很少但很大比例是不合格的。本研究项目的目的是开发一种用于检测汽车动力总成系统中齿轮缺陷的自动在线检测系统。建议的研究在机器视觉和估计精度、对多个缺陷的稳健性、可靠性和安全性方面提供了改进。此外，该技术还可以转移到其他制造行业，以提高质量控制、效率和成本效益解决方案，帮助它们在市场上保持竞争力。此外，拟议的项目将为研究生和本科生团队提供先进制造和机器人系统方面的培训。这些高素质的人员(HQP)将为加拿大自动化和制造业的劳动力做出贡献。

Vehcom, a member of Linamar, manufactures gears and powertrain parts for the automotive industry, and employs about 450 people in Guelph, Ontario, including 15 R&D members. Vehcom manufactures over five million parts annually. Of these, approximately 1.2 million parts are gears of various shapes and designs. All of the gears are inspected manually for various types of defects. A low but significant percentage of the produced gears are rejected due to quality control and detection of faults or defects. The purpose of this research project is to develop an automated on-line inspection system for detecting defects in gears used in automotive powertrain systems. The proposed research offers improvements to machine vision and estimation accuracy, robustness to multiple defects, reliability, and safety. Furthermore, the technology can be transferable to other manufacturing industries to improve quality control, efficiency, and cost-efficient solutions to help them remain competitive in the market. In addition, the proposed project will provide training for graduate students and a team of undergraduates on advanced manufacturing and robotic systems. These highly qualified personnel (HQP) will contribute to the workforce of Canadian automation and manufacturing industries.