Objective Objectives and content The project addresses the needs of manufacturers of rotating machines like gearboxes and electric motors for the purpose of final product test. The technical approach is the development of a trainable, artificial intelligence based inspection system. The system will be introduced into the assembly line for the purpose of real-time in-line quality control. Output of the system is a fault diagnosis, received by the evaluation of complex acoustic signals. Environmental conditions like aging of test bench mechanics, the influence of spare parts to the classification result, and an optimised sensor concept will be considered. End-user 1, a domestic machine manufacturer, and End-user 2, an electric motor producer, anticipate cost savings in a volume of several hundred kECU per year by automatic test procedures, and well defined fault diagnosis.In the case of End-user 3, a manufacturer of gearboxes, an objective and reliable test is necessary with a reproductive accuracy of 3 dB compared to present 12-15 dB. The inspection system will detect and classify minimum 95% of the most frequent faults like missing parts, faulty assembled components, faulty gear mesh noise. These faults must be detected in an incipient and well-defined stage. The inspection system must work in real-time. A fault classification rate of at least 97% is envisaged. The consortium consists of three end-users, two SMEs and three research institutes universities. The end-users are first users of the inspection system under development; the end-users have complementary applications. The product ranges of the SMEs involved are complementary as well as the expertise of the research organisations BE97-4872. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0203 - Reliability and quality of materials and products Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MEDAV Digitale Signalverarbeitung GmbH EU contribution No data Address Grafenberger Strasse 91080 Uttenreuth Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Automation Service Srl Italy EU contribution No data Address 11,Via Giolitti 10070 Robassomero See on map Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Exhibition Road SW7 2BX LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Moulinex S.A. France EU contribution No data Address Boulevard Jean Hantelet 14700 Falaise See on map Total cost No data OESTERREICHISCHE STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT FUER KYBERNETIK Austria EU contribution No data Address 3,Schottengasse 3 1010 WIEN See on map Total cost No data Siemens AG Germany EU contribution No data Address 6,Otto-Hahn-Ring 81730 München See on map Total cost No data Université de Technologie de Compiègne France EU contribution No data Address Centre de Recherche de Royallieu 60205 Compiègne See on map Total cost No data ZF Getriebe GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Südring 66117 Saarbrücken See on map Total cost No data ZF Getriebe GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Südring 66117 Saarbrücken See on map Total cost No data
