Descripción del proyecto
Inspección no destructiva para materiales compuestos robustos
Las excelentes propiedades de los materiales compuestos han motivado que muchas industrias los incorporen en sus diseños de productos a un ritmo vertiginoso. Por ejemplo, más de la mitad de las estructuras primarias de una aeronave están construidas actualmente con materiales compuestos. Las principales características del diseño de estas estructuras primarias son una forma compacta y un gran espesor. El proyecto SonicScan, financiado con fondos europeos, está desarrollando un nuevo método de ensayo no destructivo por ultrasonidos para evaluar la calidad de las estructuras primarias. Su innovación radica en el uso de una tecnología de ultrasonidos en fase avanzada junto con un sistema robótico de manipulación. El nuevo sistema simplificará considerablemente el proceso de inspección y mejorará la calidad de las piezas de materiales compuestos.
Objetivo
The SonicScan project aims at developing NDT methods based on ultrasonic testing that are suitable for primary structural parts. The main challenge is the compact shape of the parts and their high thickness. To address this problem the project will build upon the sampling phased array technology that allows the tomographic inspection of parts and combine it with a robotic handling system to move the sensor across the part. Particular emphasis will be put on the model-based, automatic planning of the robot's inspection path to ensure that all elements of the part are inspected. This will be based on methods developed by the project partners for image-based surface inspection robots and they will be adapted to volumetric inspection methods. Data analysis for automatic defect detection, segmentation and classification will be developed, including machine learning methods such as random forests.
The main result of the project will be an integrated inspection robot that will be demonstrated on landing gear components.
The technologies developed in the project will have impact on the manufacturing of structural composite parts, in particular on their quality control in series production, and on the efficient deployment of ultrasonic inspection robots, by increasing the usability of such robots through automatic adaptation to new part designs.
The consortium consists of two partners, covering the required expertise in ultrasonic testing of composite parts and in the automation of robotic inspection tasks. The partners will extend their business in the field of inspection robots by about 2M€ per year based on the developed technologies.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata science
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositescarbon fibers
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
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Régimen de financiación
CS2-IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
4407 STEYR GLEINK
Austria