Vision system for gauging and automatic straightening of steel bars

Oliver Sidla; Ernst Wilding; Albert Niel; Herbert Barg

doi:10.1117/12.417200

12 February 2001 Vision system for gauging and automatic straightening of steel bars

Oliver Sidla, Ernst Wilding, Albert Niel, Herbert Barg

Proceedings Volume 4189, Machine Vision and Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems for Inspection and Metrology; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417200
Event: Intelligent Systems and Smart Manufacturing, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A machine vision application for the fully automatic straightening of steel bars is presented. The bars with lengths of up to 6000 mm are quite bent on exit of the rolling mill and need to be straightened prior to delivery to a customer. The shape of the steel bar is extracted and measured by two video resolution cameras which are calibrated in position and viewing angle relative to a coordinate system located in the center of the roller table. Its contour is tracked and located with a dynamic programming method utilizing several constraints to make the algorithm as robust as possible. 3D camera calibration allows the transformation of image coordinates to real-world coordinates. After smoothing and spline fitting the curvature of the bar is computed. A deformation model of the effect of force applied to the steel allows the system to generate press commands which state where and with what specific pressure the bar has to be processed. The model can be used to predict the straightening of the bar over some consecutive pressing events helping to optimize the operation. The process of measurement and pressing is repeated until the straightness of the bar reaches a predefined limit.

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Oliver Sidla, Ernst Wilding, Albert Niel, and Herbert Barg "Vision system for gauging and automatic straightening of steel bars", Proc. SPIE 4189, Machine Vision and Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems for Inspection and Metrology, (12 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417200

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