Visual control system for an extended product
AssigneeClecim
InventorsYvon Fontaine, Stephane Gouttebroze
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Abstract
A visual control system for an extended product being a wire, a tube, a plate, a strip or a series of juxtaposed elements type contains a first measurement zone with an inspection unit for automatically inspecting a portion of the product advancing along a longitudinal path. The inspection unit delivering at least one map having qualitative information of an inspected portion of the product. A second control zone is disposed downstream of the first measurement zone and has a device for overprinting at least the qualitative information on the portion of the product. The second control zone being intended for displaying the portion as it arrives in the second control zone.
Claims17
A metallurgical defect detection system for detecting a metallurgical defect on a metal product, the metallurgical defect detection system comprising:
- a first measurement zone having an automatic inspection unit for inspecting a product portion advancing along a longitudinal path, said automatic inspection unit delivering at least one map having qualitative information on the product portion inspected including detected defect information having information on a location of the metallurgical defect and type of defect;
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- a second control zone disposed downstream of said first measurement zone, said second control zone containing an overlaying means for overlaying at least the qualitative information onto the product portion of the product at the location of the metallurgical defect, said second control zone being dedicated to displaying the product portion as it arrives in said second control zone, the product being of a metallurgical type and is a wire, tube, plate or strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.