High-speed high-resolution fine wire diameter measurement system

Marcelo Ferreira Guimaraes; Theodore D. Doiron

doi:10.1117/12.162100

22 October 1993 High-speed high-resolution fine wire diameter measurement system

Marcelo Ferreira Guimaraes, Theodore D. Doiron

Proceedings Volume 2066, Industrial Optical Sensing and Metrology: Applications and Integration; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.162100
Event: Optical Tools for Manufacturing and Advanced Automation, 1993, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A fine wire diameter measurement system, for on-line monitoring, has been proposed by using a Machine Vision System and a visible diode laser. The system uses the Fraunhofer diffraction principle. The diffraction pattern, generated by a small wire exposed to a collimated laser beam, is acquired by a CCD industrial camera that is connected to a processing board inside a PC computer. Two different methods of measuring the diameters, static and dynamic, have been proposed in order to get high precision and high measurement rate. Wires with diameter from 10 to 350 micrometers have been measured by this system with 0.06% resolution. The accuracy is less than +/- 0.5% over a range of 90 - 350 micrometers diameter. For thinner wires, the measurement system should be calibrated to eliminate the systematic errors. The estimate random errors are +/- 0.25%. The instrument can measure the wire diameter at a 1000 Hz rate and allows it to move laterally in a 1 mm square window, maintaining the above accuracy. The system is compact and there are no moving parts.

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Marcelo Ferreira Guimaraes and Theodore D. Doiron "High-speed high-resolution fine wire diameter measurement system", Proc. SPIE 2066, Industrial Optical Sensing and Metrology: Applications and Integration, (22 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.162100

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