Automated Stand for Magnetic Luminescent Control of Railway Wheels
The amount of information processed and time constraints required the creation of a multi-level distributed image processing system based on National Instruments Compact Vision System controllers, industrial computers and workstations. During the control process, the wheel is watered with a magnetic-luminescent emulsion, magnetized and exposed to ultraviolet radiation. As a result, the emulsion deposited on the defects glows in the visible range (yellow-green light). Eleven FireWire (IEEE 1394) color cameras with a resolution of 1280 x 1024 are used to scan the wheel surface. In one iteration, they completely cover a 20-degree sector of the wheel.
Topics
- Control
- Controllers
- IEEE 1394
- Magnet
- Magnetic
- Ultraviolet
- Vision Systems
- Processing
- Systems
- Automation
- Cameras
- Color
- Compaction
- Computer
- Defect
- Deposition
- Distribution
- FireWire
- IEEE
- Instrumentation
- Instruments
- Light
- Lighting
- Luminescence
- Radiation
- Railway
- Scanning
- Time
- Timing
- Visible
- Vision
- Water
- Control Systems
- Distributed Systems
- Process Control
- Process Controllers
