Development of an advanced in-line gear inspection system

Vehcom是Lincoln的一员，为汽车行业制造齿轮和动力总成零件，在安大略的圭尔夫拥有约450名员工，其中包括15名研发成员。Vehcom每年生产超过500万个零件。其中，大约120万个零件是各种形状和设计的齿轮。所有的齿轮都是人工检查各种类型的缺陷。由于质量控制和故障或缺陷的检测，生产的齿轮中有很低但很大比例的齿轮被拒收。本研究计画的目的是发展一套自动化的线上检测系统，以侦测汽车动力传动系统中齿轮的缺陷。拟议的研究提供了改进机器视觉和估计精度，对多个缺陷的鲁棒性，可靠性和安全性。此外，该技术可以转移到其他制造业，以提高质量控制，效率和成本效益的解决方案，以帮助他们保持在市场上的竞争力。此外，拟议项目将为研究生和一组本科生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.