• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.698-704
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• 2010

The machine vision system has been widely applied at automatic inspection field of the industries. Especially, the machine vision system shows good performance at difficult inspection field by contact method. In this paper, the automatic system of a slant method to inspect screw/bolt shape using machine vision is developed. The inspection system uses pattern matching method that search similar degree of the lucidity, the average lucidity, length and angle of inspection set up area using a circular scan and a line scan method. Also the feeding method for inspection product is the slant method, and feed rate is controlled by the ramp angle adjustment. This inspection system is composed of a feeding device, a transfer device, vision systems, a lighting device and computer, and is composed the sorting discharge system of the inferior product. The performance test carried out the feeding speed, the shape correct degree and the sorting discharge speed according to the type of screw/bolt. This sorting inspection system showed a satisfied test results in whole inspection items. Presently, this sorting inspection system is being used in the manufacturing process of screw/bolt usefully.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.502-508
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• 2011

In this paper, we proposed vertical feeding mechanism for a slide parts feeder using the slide type method. This parts feeder of the slide type method have been proposed to suppress the dust generation from the feeding objects. The proposed parts feeder mechanism is composed with the casing hopper, the vertical feeding unit, the in-line feeder and linear shooter unit. And, these mechanisms did modularity through optimum design by means of mechanical and dynamical analysis using the RecurDyn(multi-body dynamics) analysis module. Also were carried out the virtual prototype using the 3-D CAD program. And it had been manufactured as the prototype of the slide parts feeder. The field test for validation of performance was performed directly at the inspection line of bolt and screw. In the field test, this slide parts feeder showed an efficiency of about 1.2 times the bowl feeder. It also showed an epoch reduction in the dust generation compared to the vibration bowl feeder. So this slide parts feeder will be applied useful in the vision inspection system for a screw and bolt.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.37-41
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• 2011

This paper introduces the special eddy current sensor and its characteristic for bolt hole defect evaluation in gas turbine rotor. In the past, Fluorescent penetration inspection method was used for qualitative defect evaluation in gas turbine rotor bolt hole. This method can defect the bolt hole defect but can not evaluate the defect size. Nowadays, eddy current method is used quantitative defect evaluation due to advanced sensor design technology. And eddy current method is more time and cost saving than the old method. We developed bolt shape eddy current sensor for the rotor bolt hole defect detection and evaluation. The eddy current sensor moves to the bolt hole guided by screw nut and detects the defect on the bolt hole. The bolt hole mock-up and artificial defects were made and used for the signal detection & resolution analysis of eddy current sensor. The results show that signal detection capability is enough to detect 0.2 mm depth defect. And the resolution capability is enough to differentiate 02, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mm depth defect.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2004

가스관의 비파괴검사로 가장 널리 사용되고 있는 자속누설탈사에서 가스배관의 잔류자화(residual magnetization, $M_{res}$)와 탐사횟수가 누설자속에 미치는 영향을 정량적으로 간편하게 실험실에서 해석할 수 있도록 배관대신에 소형의 모의장치를 제작하여 조사하였다. 제작된 장치는 나사에 의한 결함까지도 측정할 수 있고 또 원형 링을 완벽히 탈자시킬 수 있어 탐사가 진행됨에 따라 잔류자화의 영향, 배관의 자화상태변화와 누설자속 등을 효과적으로 모사할 수 있었다. 탐사횟수가 증가할수록 잔류자화, 최대자속밀도 그리고 검출전압은 감소하다가 일정해지지만 초기잔류자화(initial $M_{res}$)가 커지면 최종잔류자화(final $M_{res}$)도 커졌다. 탐사조건이 일정할 경우 검출전압은 배관의 최대자속밀도보다는 직전의 잔류자화의 크기에 직선적으로 비례하였으며 이것은 탄소강으로 만들어진 원형 링의 자기이력현상, 즉 자구구조의 변화 때문에 생기는 것으로 정확한 탐사신호를 해석하기 위해서는 이력현상을 고찰할 필요가 있다. 또 잔류자화가 크면 첫 번째 탐사에서 높은 검출전압을 얻을 수 있다는 것을 착안하여 두 번째 탐사에서는 착자기의 자화방향을 바꾸면 높은 검출을 얻을 수 있음을 제안하였다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.653-658
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• 2011

In general, the purpose of packaging fasteners is a series of management activities to maintain the condition at the time of production until they get delivered to the end user. An automatic packing system for fasteners is consisted of bucket conveyor, slide feeder, vision inspection system, box-magazine conveyor system and automatic packing machine. Also, the automatic packing machine is consisted of six modules including charging device, clamping/opening device, sealing/cutting device, feeding/air-shower device, supplying/adjusting device and device frame, etc. In this paper, we proposed an automatic packing mechanism of the one station concept for packing work of fastener objects where the continuous batch work is performed in a finite space. The proposed one-station packing mechanism has been optimized through mechanical, dynamical, structural and fluid analyses. And it had been manufactured as the prototype of automatic packing machine. The field test for validation of performance was performed directly at the production line of bolt and screw. In the field test, this packing machine showed an efficiency of about 4.5 times the manual operation. It also showed 30% reduction in the consumption of packing materials compared to the manual operation. This automatic packing machine for fastener objects will be commercialized soon.