Objective
EUTIST-IMV is a TRIAL action aimed at demonstrating the business benefits which can be obtained by applying advanced machine vision technology integrated into practical applications. The cluster consists of sixteen subactivities, each aimed at a particular application of machine vision. The results of the subactivities will demonstrate that machine vision is a technology which can yield business benefits in these sectors, and has potential in other sectors. The cluster will disseminate the results and successes of each sub-activity with the aim of attracting new end-users and driving the exploitation of technology. Dissemination will take the form of Web-based material, printed material such as flyers which will be used in targeted mailshots. SMEs will be a particular target group. The measurable impact of the work will be assessed at the end of the project, and a report will be produced.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of EUTIST-IMV are: to demonstrate that advanced machine vision is a technology which has the potential to deliver benefits across a range of applications and market sectors; to show that the benefits can be achieved cost effectively; to disseminate the results of the cluster; and to identify further exploitation routes. These objectives will be achieved through a number of sub-activities. These will focus on a number of market sectors including automotive parts manufacture, paper making, timber sawing, manufacture of large structures, textile finishing and glass production. A further objective of EUTIST-IMV will be to assess the measurable impact of the project in a report produced at the end of the activity.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
The cluster consists of the following sub-activities concerned with prototyping applications by integrating advanced machine vision technology: 3D-INLINE: 3d-in-line measurement for the automotive industry. The objective is to show that using integrated machine vision, 100% quality control can be achieved for 10,000,000 pieces made by machine lathe per year. ASPIC-LINUX: Low-cost, fully functional software tools for design and implementation of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Human Machine Interface (HMI) applications. CVADCONTROL: A computer vision solution for monitoring advertising control in press and magazines. The application will demonstrate how the image recognition techniques can be used to generate a database of advertisements. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the database will be possible. IMBUS: Inspection and monitoring of bus manufacturing. This activity will provide an automatic real-time prototype for measuring large structures during manufacture. IMTEX: Image guided distortion measurement for control of a weft straightening machine. The system will demonstrate that the amount of sub-standard textile material produced during the finishing process can be reduced. KNOT: Real-time longitudinal knot and profile control system for automatic edge and trimming in sawmills. The system will show that it is possible to improve the quality of the sawn wood by 10-15% by correct cutting around knots. SAFEGLASS:Optical quality of windscreens and safety glass. The objective is to use a machine vision system to show that flaws in safety glass can be detected so as to reject faulty material and to enable better setting of the production parameters. SEESAW: System to improve the efficiency of European sawmills. Machine vision will be used to obtain information about sawblades which can be used to reduce the breakdown of saws and subsequent loss of earnings for sawmills. SIGPROEL: Trial of a signal processing electromagnetic measurements of food products. The TRIAL will demonstrate that processing the results obtained from NMR scans can be used to detect poor quality or contaminated food products. TOPCAPI: Trial of paper control and paper inspection. Surface inspection of paper on the production line will be used demonstrate that higher yields can be obtained. The projects will be of duration 12 months (fisrt phase) 18 months (second phase) or 24 months (final phase). This will be followed by a six-month period of further dissemination and exploitation. A report assessing the measured impact of the work will be produced at the end of the project. The following sub-activities concerned with prototyping applications by integrating advanced machine vision technology will be added to the EUTIST-IMV cluster. ULTRA: This Trial is addresses the cork production chains. Business benefit will be increase profitability and value yield. The technical innovation is the use of novel laser and x-ray technologies together with multisensor.
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Funding Scheme
BUR - Bursaries, grants, fellowshipsCoordinator
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Participants (77)
38114 Braunschweig
08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles
W4 4PH Chiswick, London
02700 Kauniainen
PE29 3NZ Huntingdon
56124 Pisa
02720 Espoo
08034 Barcelona
1349-017 Lisboa
08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola Del Valles)
99097 Erfurt
06086 Petrignano Di Assisi
56127 Pisa
40050 Quarto Inferiore
12520 Nules (Castellon)
166 36 Praha 6
98544 Zella-mehlis
6722 Szeged
2104-909 Coruche
52066 Aachen
411 01 Steti
80686 Muenchen
98553 St. Kilian
98574 Schmalkalden
33721 Tampere
03038 Roccasecca-frosinone
56123 Pisa
2628 CJ Delft
28046 Madrid
03600 Elda
07745 Jena
99600 Sodankylae
52070 Aachen
FX2 7XU Bainsford, Falkirk
07745 Jena
74224 Nordheim
90459 Nuernberg
80995 Muenchen
460 01 Liberec
33101 Tampere
40101 Jyvaskyla
05200 Rajamaki
50053 Empoli
07745 Jena
04250 Kerava
52068 Aachen
GU35 9QE Bordon
CV2 5DZ Wyken / Coventry
112 65 Praha 1
613 10 Oxeloesund
31500 Koski
99819 Hoerselberg
17455 Caldes De Malavella
28600 Pori
35794 Mengerskirchen
50052 Certaldo (Fi)
50052 Certaldo (Fi)
99600 Sodankylae
07554 Korbussen
41019 Limidi Di Soliera (Modena)
08918 Badalona
38106 Braunschweig
98683 Ilmenau
2628 BL Delft
07551 Gera
53200 Lappeenranta
50121 Firenze
43100 Parma
02044 Espoo
07629 Hermsdorf
98527 Suhl
08191 Rubi - Barcelona
56024 Ponte A Egola (Pi)
99438 Weimar-legefeld
20020 Solaro (Mi)
SN5 8YF Swindon
98693 Ilmenau
