Techniques for the Use of 3D Digital Inspection Methods in High Volume Production Applications

摘要

Advances in the speed of data acquisition for CT systems and the cost and capacity of hard disk storage devices have made the collection of volumetric CT data practicable in a high volume production operation. For high volume applications, the large, complex data sets produced by VCT inspections will need to be analyzed and dispositioned by Level II operatorswith a cycle time similar to that of digital radiography inspections. Volumetric image review software packages have not been designed with the requirements of high volume inspection applications in mind. Before VCT-based inspections can be inserted into high volume lines, image review tools will need to be improved to encompass the requirements of production inspection environments.