Method for testing a preservative layer
AssigneeMAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
InventorChristoph Kribernegg
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Abstract
A method for inspecting a preservation layer of a motor vehicle component during the manufacture of a motor vehicles. A preservation medium is applied having fluorescent additives to a component of the motor vehicle in a coating region. An inspection head having at least one camera and a UV light source is then caused to move adjacent to an inspection region that is a partial region of the coating region. The UV light source is the caused to emit radiating light onto the inspection region and the at least one camera is concurrently caused to record at least one image of the inspection region. An examination of the at least one recorded image is then conducted for a faulty coating with the preservation medium.
Claims18
A method for inspecting a preservation layer of a component in a manufacture of motor vehicles in which a preservation medium having fluorescent additives is sprayed to the component in a coating region, the method comprising:
- by a computing device having one or more processors:
- selectively moving an inspection head having at least one camera and a UV light source by a control unit adjacent to an inspection region of the component that is a partial region of the coating region having the preservation medium, the inspection region being located in a cavity of the component accessible through an opening;
- causing the UV light source to emit radiating light onto the inspection region and concurrently causing the at least one camera to record at least one image of the inspection region;
- and
- appraising the quality of the preservation layer by examining the at least one recorded image for faulty coating of the preservation medium,
- wherein the inspection head is selectively moved adjacent to the inspection region through the opening into the cavity.
A method, comprising:
- spraying, during manufacture of a motor vehicle, a preservation layer that includes a preservation medium having fluorescent additives to a component of the motor vehicle in a coating region;
- selectively moving, via a computing device having one or more processors, an inspection head having at least one camera and a UV light source adjacent to an inspection region of the component that is a partial region of the coating region having the preservation medium, the inspection region being located in a cavity of the component accessible through an opening;
- causing, via the computing device, the UV light source to emit radiating light onto the inspection region and concurrently causing the at least one camera to record at least one image of a surface of the component in the inspection region;
- appraising the quality of the preservation layer by examining, via the computing device, the at least one recorded image for a faulty coating of the preservation medium;
- and
- sending, after the appraisal, a warning when faults in one or more sectors of the at least one recorded image of the surface of the component is identified,
- wherein the inspection head is selectively moved adjacent to the inspection region through the opening into the cavity.
A method for inspecting a preservation layer of a motor vehicle component during a manufacture of the motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- by a computing device having one or more processors:
- selectively moving an apparatus having at least one camera and a UV light source adjacent to an inspection region of a motor vehicle component having sprayed on a coating region thereof a preservation medium having fluorescent additives, wherein the inspection region is a partial region of the coating region having the preservation medium and is located in a cavity of the motor vehicle component accessible through an opening;
- causing radiating light to be emitted onto the inspection region and concurrently causing a recording of at least one image of a surface of the component in the inspection region;
- appraising the quality of the preservation layer by examining the at least one recorded image for a faulty coating of the preservation medium;
- and
- sending, after the appraisal, a warning when faults in one or more sectors of the at least one recorded image of the surface of the component is identified,
- wherein the inspection head is selectively moved adjacent to the inspection region through the opening into the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.