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Adhesive Validation |
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Are your processes being optimized with automated inspection for quality control and sustainability? Thermal Imaging may be used to inspect any process in which heat is a critical factor. Applications which entail dispensing a black adhesive on a black substrate or where clear adhesives are dispensed at all have proven challenging for standard machine vision systems to analyze. Thermal machine vision systems which rely on radiometric analysis instead of standard vision give your solution the unique capability to easily inspect and analyze processes which may prove challenging using other machine vision providers. Experienced in deploying solutions for 100% inline inspection ensuring optimal quality control using Non-Destructive Testing methods |
Inconsistencies in adhesive application become visible with thermal imaging.
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In this application, this customer was having issues with achieving proper adhesion on the manufacturing of their product. Prior to our solution, they relied on a destructive pull test, destroying one product per hour to validate their process. Not only was this costly, but it also did not provide them with 100% assurance that every part being produced was acceptable. In the below picture, you can notice the gaps in the glue are easily identified (Bx1 & Bx2), our solution even provides them with the temperature monitoring to verify the glue is up to the proper temperature. This is good for situations that have upper / lower control limits and not just presence verification. |
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This customer was using a vision system to verify their glue bead on a moon-roof application. In this case, there were no issues with their current camera seeing the glue, however, air bubbles were forming in the glue lines at certain temperature ranges, causing glue "breaks" to form. Existing sensors were inconsistent and faulty and standard machine vision had not proven to be consistent and repeatable verification method. After our system, they were able to monitor and alert when the glue dispense heads were clogged, or for inconsistent or lack of coverage. Our system gave them the temperature data as well, in case their customer called with a concern, they could simply reference the barcode on that part and provide the customer with a thermal image with temperature data. |
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Various Applications |
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