Title :
Distributed system for online quality control and production process assessment for the automobile industry
Author :
Fernández, C. ; Pastor, J.A. ; Iborra, A. ; Suardíaz, J. ; Álvarez, B. ; Fernández-Meroño, J.M.
Author_Institution :
DSIE, Univ. Politecnica de Cartagena, Spain
Abstract :
The paper describes the distributed control solution for quality assessment developed for the automobile industry with the aim of controlling the production process of valuable mechanical pieces. A suitable control structure and software architecture was developed, which include a quality assessment system, intelligent production process assessment system, and tracking system. These are online fed with inspection data gathered by different nondestructive testing systems: a visual inspection system, optical roughness assessment system and laser measurement system. The system has been successfully installed and is under evaluation at the Renault VI factory in Spain
Keywords :
automatic optical inspection; automobile industry; distributed control; nondestructive testing; quality control; real-time systems; software architecture; tracking; SMARTMEC; automobile industry; distributed control; laser measurement system; nondestructive testing; optical roughness assessment; production process; quality assessment; software architecture; tracking system; visual inspection system; Automobiles; Control systems; Distributed control; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Inspection; Process control; Production systems; Quality assessment; Quality control;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 2001. IECON '01. The 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7108-9
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2001.976477
