OP-RIP: a case history in machine vision factory automation

Author

Goulding, John R.

Author_Institution

Program Syst. Intergrator Electroglas Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

Summary form only given. A prototype machine vision system was designed to measure and inspect lumber to automate a rip saw process in a secondary wood products manufacturing plant. The optimizing ripsaw project is known as OP-RIP. OP-RIP scans boards, processes color images, optimizes value recovery for production and generates product at an average rate of 18 feet per second. The system is an island of automation in an otherwise unautomated plant. The use of machine vision technology in manufacturing can be as simple as producing a 100% inspection quality report or as complex as process automation. This paper presents several simple charts, gleaned from a case history of the OP-RIP project, that compare machine vision technology and application arenas to potential price, promotion, position, product and production benefits

Keywords

automatic optical inspection; computer vision; cutting; image colour analysis; process control; project engineering; wood processing; OP-RIP project; board scanning; case history; color images processing; factory automation; inspection quality; machine vision system; machine vision technology; rip saw process automation; wood products manufacturing plant; Color; Computer aided software engineering; History; Machine vision; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Production; Prototypes; Pulp manufacturing; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.808520

Filename

808520