which is a salutary reminder that many inspection
systems are making increased use of vision technology.
This was supported by the presence of many other
exhibitors promoting camera-based image processing
systems. These included: Olympus Industrial, which used
the show to launch its latest videoscope with
interchangeable optical tip adaptors; Optimax Imaging
Inspection & Measurement, a specialist provider of
optical inspection and non-contact metrology products;
Karl Storz UK, which offers visual inspection equipment
ranging from rigid and flexible endoscopes through to
highly sophisticated video inspection and documentation
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systems; and GE Inspection Technologies, which designs
and manufactures radiographic, ultrasonic, eddy current
and remote visual inspection equipment.
Allied to the inspection of parts are the increasing
traceability requirements that have been well documented
in the aerospace industry over the past five years. It comes
as no surprise then to find that suppliers of direct part
marking and identification (DPMI) systems have
prospered, including Acrovision, which used the Aero
Engine Expo to display a range of ‘breakthrough’ DPM
products such as affordable DPM hand held readers, plus
DPM reading capability within a rugged mobile
computer. This enables the user to take the computer to
the part rather than the part to the computer. Acrovision
offers a complete range of automatic identification
systems including barcode reading, RFID and camera
vision solutions.
One of the reasons behind the increase in vision-based
inspection and identification systems in the aerospace
sector is component complexity. This difficulty also
applies to machining and is the reason why TTL occupied
a stand at the Aero Engine Expo. TTL describes itself as
‘the home of adaptive machining’ and provides complete
manufacturing solutions for aerospace parts such as
compressor and turbine blades, fan blades, NGVs,
impellers, blisks and casings. The company’s products are
software-based adaptive solutions that utilise standard
CNC machinery and are especially applicable if the
geometry of the raw components have casting or forging
variations.
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