AUTOMATIC FAULT DETECTION INSTALLATION FOR CRACK TESTING

摘要

The invention relates to an automtic fault detection installation for crack testing in in-process-inspection via image processing by the magnetic powder process in which regions of higher fluorescent magnetisable particle concentrations on workpieces are detected by areas caused to fluoresce by fluorescence-exciting lighting devices, with one or more imaging units; a testing agent applying and collecting installation in which the testing agent is placed in a circuit; an image processing unit capable of evaluating image units taken by the imaging units by scanning and recognising brighter areas, and capable of emitting various signals from the evaluation logic, in which there are several possibly movable imaging units like cameras or video cameras, the geometrical arrangement, focus and operation can be checked by sensors, u/v lamps with intensity measuring sensors being used to excite fluorescence. There is a by-pass line which feeds testing fluid into a testing medium checking device to check its effectiveness, in which the testing medium checking device generates a signal corresponding to the measurement of the testing medium. The signals from the test units are taken to a computer which compares them with predetermined data and correspondingly emits signals to a display, e.g. a monitor, a document device, e.g. a printer, and/or a device to change the operating values, e.g. the lamp voltage, the direction of the imaging unit or the focus, or to shut the installation down, and a process for automatic crack detection.