Apparatus and method for testing the quality of bicycle components
AssigneeDt Swiss Inc.
InventorsAndreas Henig, Christophe Witschi, Martin Walthert, Alexander Dillenz
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Abstract
A facility and its use and method of examining the production quality of bicycle components with a control device, a heat source and a camera. The heat source applies heat on the bicycle component during a measuring process. The camera captures a spatially resolved thermal image of the bicycle component. The thermal image is evaluated to determine the production quality of the bicycle component. A deflecting device deflects heat radiation, to capture different sides of the bicycle component.
Claims18
A facility for examining the production quality of bicycle components including at least one component body comprising at least one control device;
- at least one heat source;
- and at least one camera;
- wherein the heat source is configured and set up to apply heat on at least one section of the bicycle component, time-controlled, during a measuring process;
- and wherein the camera is set up and configured to capture and evaluate at least one spatially resolved thermal image of at least one subsection of the section of the bicycle component, to determine the production quality of the bicycle component by analyzing the thermal image;
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- wherein the at least one control device is set up and configured to capture thermal images at a point in time in which the radiation intensity of the heat source is lower than an average radiation intensity of the heat source as applied to the at least one section of the bicycle component during the measuring process.
A method for examining the production quality of bicycle components, comprising:
- at least one heat source supplying heat to at least one targeted section of the bicycle component in a facility with at least one control device;
- wherein at least one camera takes at least one thermal image of at least one subsection of the section of the bicycle component;
- wherein the thermal image is evaluated to determine the production quality of the bicycle component;
- wherein a deflecting device deflects heat radiation to capture different sides of the bicycle component;
- wherein at least one deflecting device is comprised which is configured to deflect heat radiation to capture different sides of the bicycle component;
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- wherein the at least one control device is set up and configured to capture thermal images at a point in time in which the radiation intensity of the heat source is lower than an average radiation intensity of the heat source as applied to the at least one section of the bicycle component during the measuring process.
A method for examining the production quality of bicycle rims, comprising:
- at least one heat source supplying heat to at least one targeted section of the bicycle component in a facility with at least one control device;
- wherein at least one camera takes at least one thermal image of at least one subsection of the section of the bicycle component;
- wherein the thermal image is evaluated to determine the production quality of the bicycle rim;
- wherein the component body is provided with a encoding, to which at least one thermal image and/or evaluation image is unambiguously assigned;
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- wherein the at least one control device is set up and configured to capture thermal images at a point in time in which the radiation intensity of the heat source is lower than an average radiation intensity of the heat source as applied to the at least one section of the bicycle component during the measuring process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.