STTR Phase II: Development of an In-Line Cylinder Bore Inspection System

这个小型企业技术转移（STTR）第二阶段项目致力于气缸内径探头检测技术的商业化。在第二阶段，将继续改进和增强现有的气缸内径探头技术（与密歇根大学的可重构制造ERC合作）。在一期工程中，验证了该缸膛检测技术的科学可行性；在第二阶段的项目中，将展示在工厂环境中并行工作的一系列探针的自动检测站的继续工作。增强该技术可以为在发动机缸体生产线的其他位置和其他圆柱形加工表面进行检查创造机会。预计这一检验过程的更广泛影响将是提高质量，降低生产成本，改善全球数亿人使用的车辆的性能。预计这项技术还可以优化制造过程，从而生产出排放更少、油耗更低、效率更高、寿命更长的发动机。优化表面光洁度可能对柴油发动机有更大的影响，因为柴油发动机比汽油发动机效率更高。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project is working toward commercialization of cylinder bore probe inspection technology. During Phase II continued improvements and enhancements to the existing cylinder bore probe technology (in cooperation with the ERC for Reconfigurable Manufacturing at the University of Michigan) will continue. The scientific feasibility of this cylinder bore inspection technology was proven during the Phase I project; continued work on the operation of an automated inspection station with an array of probes working in parallel in a factory environment will be demonstrated during the Phase II project. Enhancing the technology may create opportunities for performing inspections at other locations on the engine block production line and for other cylindrical machined surfaces.The broader impacts anticipated from this inspection process will be improved quality, reduced production costs and improve performance of vehicles used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. It is also anticipated that this technology could lead to an optimized manufacturing process that would produce engines with reduced emissions, reduced oil consumption, improved efficiency and longer lives. Optimizing surface finish may have a greater effect on diesel engines, which are more efficient than gasoline engines.