An Automated CT Scanner System for Quality Control

摘要

An automated CT scanner system is presented which has been developed for quality control in the production of sugar beet seeds. The scanner is able to process more than 300 control samples per day with up to 400 seeds per sample. For each single seed about twenty features are determined by automated image processing. Although the automated scanner has been developed for the analysis of seeds, it can be used as well for the rapid analysis of other goods. For instance pore and grain size distribution can be determined for bulk materials and material samples. Large amounts of small components can be checked for wholeness and completeness or for dimensional accuracy.