Part identification
Part identification on a skid
The inspection point
On a mixed line, body parts arrive on skids and each part type calls for a different robot program. The wrong program means a scrap part or a stopped line. What makes it hard is that the parts resemble each other and their position on the skid shifts a little every time, so the appearance of the part has to be learned rather than described by a fixed rule.
How it runs on the line
The unit is mounted looking at the point where the skid passes. Part identification is trained on about 20 good parts collected from your line, each part type becoming its own class. When a skid arrives the unit captures the image, classifies the part and sends the result to the PLC. The robot picks its program from that result, with no manual changeover.
Each part type on the skid separated into its own class
Application references
- Mode used
- Part identification
- Training set
- About 20 reference parts
- Decision time
- ~90 ms per part
- Line signalling
- PROFINET · EtherNet/IP · Digital I/O
Measured in the field
Automotive OEM · in production
Running on the line of a leading automotive manufacturer: the unit identifies the parts on the skid and the robot program follows that result.
Let us test your part.
We bring the unit to your line and measure your own part at your own line speed. The quote comes after that measurement.