VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT FOR COMPONENTS SCANNING AND DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION, WITH APPLICATION IN INDUSTRY AND OPTICS

Abstract

The paper presents a low cost and efficient solution based on a high flexible and user friendly software interface for the assisted dimensional scanning and inspection. The main advantage of the software using is that it can offer very quickly all the necessary information on the results, giving also conclusive information on the manufacturing process. The method can be successfully applied for components or probe inspection with application in industry, optics and medicine. The software interface can be used both in case of direct scanning (even manufacturing or turning process) and also in case of indirect inspection (post-process), depending especially by the dimensional measuring devices of the workshops equipments. The application was successfully tested on different types of probes with application in industry and optics, using classic and modern measuring devices. It was found that some components correspond, while other components were rejected or should be rectified.