Vision inspection of the piston rod and thread of an automotive shock absorber.
Together with our partner S.C Solutions for one of the leaders in the automotive industry, we designed, supplied
and implemented a system for inspecting threads and shock absorber pistons. The built device was integrated into the customer's automated line and performs 100% inspection of all products for:
1. damage to the piston rod thread coils (whipping, pulling out, grinding, breakage),
2. incorrectly produced HEX/TORX holes in the piston rod face (missing hole, double hole, incorrectly produced hole)
The station is equipped with a piston rod positioning system and a drive system that allows the position of the head of the vision system to be adjusted to the current reference. Inspection results are archived at the station and sent to a host system to maintain treaceability.