公开(公告)号：US5619587A

公开(公告)日：1997-04-08

申请号：US166891

申请日：1993-12-15

申请人： Louis G. Willoughby, Jr. ,  Donald G. Jordan ,  Paul R. Adomaitis ,  Avraham C. Goldman ,  Anthony J. Tomasello ,  Steve Montellese ,  Edward W. Weed ,  Abraham Shtrahman

发明人： Louis G. Willoughby, Jr. ,  Donald G. Jordan ,  Paul R. Adomaitis ,  Avraham C. Goldman ,  Anthony J. Tomasello ,  Steve Montellese ,  Edward W. Weed ,  Abraham Shtrahman

IPC分类号： B21C51/00 ,  G01B11/245 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： B21C51/00 ,  G01B11/245

摘要： There is disclosed a system for visually measuring the cross-sectional thickness of a light-reflective object, such as a vehicle wheel, said object having a plurality of curved surfaces. The system includes: means for transmitting a line of light onto each curved surface of the object at substantially the same cross-sectional area through the object; means for sensing the lines of light reflected from each curved surface and producing a plurality of signals thereby, said signals representing a linear profile of each curved surface at the same cross-sectional area; and means for comparing the profile signals from each curved surface for calculating a cross-sectional thickness of the object at one or more points along the same cross-sectional area. On a more preferred basis, this system further includes means for supporting the object, and means for rotating the object about at least one axis of support to measure a plurality of cross-sectional thicknesses thereof. Most preferably, the light transmittal means of this system include a plurality of light sources for transmitting collimated laser lines across the object's inner curved surfaces from opposite sides of the object substantially simultaneously. A method for inspecting a vehicle wheel to determine whether it is within dimensional specification is also disclosed. This method employs a system substantially as set forth above.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种视觉测量诸如车轮的光反射物体的横截面厚度的系统，所述物体具有多个曲面。 该系统包括：用于通过物体以基本相同的横截面面积将光线传输到物体的每个弯曲表面上的装置; 用于感测从每个弯曲表面反射的光线并由此产生多个信号的装置，所述信号表示在相同横截面积处的每个弯曲表面的线性轮廓; 以及用于比较来自每个弯曲表面的轮廓信号的装置，用于在沿相同横截面积的一个或多个点处计算物体的横截面厚度。 在更优选的基础上，该系统还包括用于支撑物体的装置，以及用于围绕至少一个支撑轴旋转物体以测量其多个横截面厚度的装置。 最优选地，该系统的光传输装置包括多个光源，用于基本上同时从对象的相对侧将物镜的内弯曲表面传送准直激光线。 还公开了一种用于检查车轮以确定其是否在尺寸规格内的方法。 该方法采用基本上如上所述的系统。

公开(公告)号：US5293687A

公开(公告)日：1994-03-15

申请号：US27616

申请日：1993-03-05

申请人： Louis G. Willoughby, Jr. ,  Donald G. Jordan

发明人： Louis G. Willoughby, Jr. ,  Donald G. Jordan

IPC分类号： B21C51/00 ,  B21K1/28 ,  G01B11/02 ,  G01B11/245 ,  G01B11/06

CPC分类号： B21C51/00 ,  B21K1/28 ,  G01B11/024 ,  G01B11/245 ,  Y10T29/49524

摘要： There is disclosed an improved method for manufacturing wheels in a production line by: hot-shaping metal into wheel-shaped articles which are larger in some areas than the wheels to be formed and which have a plurality of complexly-curved inner and outer surfaces; cooling the wheel-shaped articles and removing excess metal from some areas of the wheel-shaped articles. The improvement comprises: inspecting at least some of the wheel-shaped articles at a plurality of points along a transverse plane through the inner and outer surfaces of each article being inspected and at a plurality of transverse plane locations about the perimeter of each such article with a contactless gauging system recently after the articles have been hot-shaped to determine whether the articles are within dimensional requirements to form a wheel therefrom. The improvement further comprises taking corrective action to the hot-shaping operation to minimize the number of unacceptable wheel-shaped articles that are being formed after finding an article which is not within dimensional requirements.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在生产线中制造车轮的改进方法：将金属热成型为在一些区域中比待形成的轮更大的轮形制品，并且具有多个复杂曲面的内表面和外表面; 冷却轮形物品并从轮形物品的一些区域去除多余的金属。 改进包括：通过穿过每个被检查物品的内表面和外表面沿着横向平面的多个点检查至少一些轮形物品，并且在每个这样的制品的周边的多个横向平面位置处， 最近在物品被热成形以确定物品是否在尺寸要求中以形成车轮之前的非接触式测量系统。 该改进还包括对热成型操作采取纠正措施，以便在找到不在尺寸要求内的物品之前使在形成的不可接受的轮形物品的数量最小化。