CORE PIN DETECTION

摘要

A method of manufacturing a case part using a die with at least one core pin to form the cast part with at least one receptacle, where the method includes an automated inspection process that inspects the receptacle for quality control using a coordinate measurement machine, and where the inspection process can also automatically determine whether the core pin is bent or broken.

主权项

1. A method of manufacturing parts, comprising the steps of:
casting a part having a receptacle resulting from using a die comprising at least one core pin; automatically measuring the depth of the receptacle in the part; automatically recording a result of the step of automatically measuring the depth of the receptacle; automatically measuring at least one angle of said receptacle; automatically recording the result of automatically measuring the at least one angle of the receptacle; and automatically determining whether said receptacle is acceptable by examining at least one of the measured depth and/or the measured at least one angle of the receptacle.