BRICORK: a vision system for automating the manufacture of cork stoppers

Roger Davies; Bento A. Brazio Correia; Fernando D. Carvalho; Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues; Luis Alberto Almeida Ferreira

doi:10.1117/12.164871

17 December 1993 BRICORK: a vision system for automating the manufacture of cork stoppers

Roger Davies, Bento A. Brazio Correia, Fernando D. Carvalho, Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues, Luis Alberto Almeida Ferreira

Proceedings Volume 1989, Computer Vision for Industry; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164871
Event: Electronic Imaging Device Engineering, 1993, Munich, Germany

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a vision system at the heart of a machine capable of manufacturing cork stoppers automatically. The vision system, which uses three monochrome CCD cameras and a solid-state laser, is capable of generating an optimized punching pattern for producing cork stoppers from strips of raw cork material introduced by an unskilled operator. The vision system allows objective quality control constraints to be applied and decreases the amount of waste produced when compared with the manual method. A fully functioning prototype of the machine has been built and successfully tested.

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Roger Davies, Bento A. Brazio Correia, Fernando D. Carvalho, Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues, and Luis Alberto Almeida Ferreira "BRICORK: a vision system for automating the manufacture of cork stoppers", Proc. SPIE 1989, Computer Vision for Industry, (17 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164871

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