BRICORK: an automatic machine with image processing for the production of corks

Roger Davies; Bento A. Brazio Correia; Fernando D. Carvalho; Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues

doi:10.1117/12.44404

1 June 1991 BRICORK: an automatic machine with image processing for the production of corks

Roger Davies, Bento A. Brazio Correia, Fernando D. Carvalho, Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues

Proceedings Volume 1459, Extracting Meaning from Complex Data: Processing, Display, Interaction II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44404
Event: Electronic Imaging '91, 1991, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The production of cork stoppers from raw cork strip is a manual and labour-intensive process in which a punch-operator quickly inspects all sides of the cork strip for defects and decides where to punch out stoppers. He then positions the strip underneath a rotating tubular cutter and punches out the stoppers one at a time. This procedure is somewhat subjective and prone to error, being dependent on the judgement and accuracy of the operator. This paper describes the machine being developed jointly by Mecanova, Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia (LNETI) and Empresa de Investiga&sigmafcoe Desenvolvimento de Electronica SA (EID) which automatically processes cork strip introduced by an unskilled operator. The machine uses both image processing and laser inspection techniques to examine the strip. Defects in the cork are detected and categorised in order to determine regions where stoppers may be punched. The precise locations are then automatically optimised for best usage of the raw material (quantity and quality of stoppers). In order to achieve the required speed of production these image processing techniques may be implemented in hardware. The paper presents results obtained using the vision system software under development together with descriptions of both the image processing and mechanical aspects of the proposed machine.

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Roger Davies, Bento A. Brazio Correia, Fernando D. Carvalho, and Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues "BRICORK: an automatic machine with image processing for the production of corks", Proc. SPIE 1459, Extracting Meaning from Complex Data: Processing, Display, Interaction II, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44404

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