1. IPD Technical Conference February 19 th 2008 Automotive Fuse Box Inspection

2. Braas Company Info  Founded in 1961 by Jim Braas  ESOP Company  4 physical branches – MN, WI, IL, FL (+ IA,SD,MX)  Fluid Power and Motion Control/Automation focus  105 employees  Over 15 years in Machine Vision  Industries Served: Medical, Electronics, Pharma, Automotive Tier, Packaging

3. Primary Product Lines Denso didn’t get the memo about blue logos

4. Application Data  Part is automotive fuse block assembly.  Goal: Identify bent & missing pins inside of connector sockets.  Pin locations must be relative to each other within +/-.005”  3 sockets per assembly. Each required Hi-Res camera to achieve required resolution (1376 x 1035).  Different lighting required for each socket due to shape and depth differences.  Hardware selected: VA41 w/ 3, Mpixel cameras.

5. Target Part (Sockets shown in red)

6. Socket 1 Details  Multiple pin heights  Reflective particles in socket housing  Different sized pin tips  Red LED Dome light selected.

7. Socket 1 Lighting Results  Pin tips much more distinct.  Dust particles not as noticeable

8. Socket 2 Details  Consistent heights  Reflective particles in socket housing  Pins high in Socket  Red LED Low Angle Ring Light selected.

9. Socket 2 Lighting Results  Pin tips much more distinct.  Match Tool used for presence and location

10. Socket 3 Details  Consistent heights  Reflective particles in socket housing  Pins LOW in Socket  Array too wide for Dome.  Red LED Low Angle Linear arrays

11. Socket 3 Lighting Results  Pin tips much more distinct.  Match Tool used for presence and location

12. INspect Solution (Locator & Pin Tips)  Housing Socket used as Locator  Match Tool used to find pin tips

13. Inspect Solution (Location of Pin Tips)  Match Tool Used to find pin tips  Model drawn around entire perimeter of pin to minimize errors from background (dust). Search widow enlarged to capture pin movement  Point tool enabled to track pin movement from nominal part model Detail of Pin Tip Match Tool

14. Inspect Solution (Distance between pins)  Length Tools attached to center point of pin tip Match tools  Length tools used to check distance from one pin to another for interface with plug

15. Inspect Solution (Pin Array to Socket Edge)  Mid Point calculated between pin tips  2 point tools and pencil tool used to generate line on socket edge  Distance from mid point to socket edged calculated (to account for interface with mating plug)  One Distance Tool used for each set of pin tips (all reference same socket edge). One tool shown for clarity).

16. Additional application info  Additional VA21 also used to detect placement and orientation of mounting feet, and to read bar code under fuse box.

17. Wrap Up Items sold for application  1 VA41 w/ 3 Mpixel cameras  1 VA21 w/ 2 low res cameras  1 LED Dome, 1 LED Low Angle, 2 LED Linear Arrays, 2 High Freq florescent (VA21)  5 lenses and extension tubes of various sizes  2 power supplies  1 Industrial Switch Additional Notes  2 additional systems have been sold for similar applications to this customer.  Currently customer has 9 Dalsa/IPD systems in house.  Former DVT/Cognex user.  Customer now looking at Sherlock for future applications. They have grown more comfortable in vision programming, and are enjoying the flexibility of Sherlock

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