GE Inspection Technologies

Xray

GE Inspection Technologies

Xray

Technical Data
Font ISO Standard Type in accordance with DIN 6776 B vertical, with the following deviation: Space between numeric characters = three times the line width, user scalable, starting from 10 mm height at 100 m/pixel. Font sample:

SEIFERT SABA 3000 XCR

X-ray Character Recognition

Allowable numeric characters:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9

Minimum values of numeric characters, based on an image resolution of 100 m/pixel and an X-ray tube current of 4 mA: Height (nominal size) Width (at nominal size) Line width Minimum distance between numeric characters 10 mm 5 mm, the numeric character 1 having a 3 mm width 1 mm, (-0.1 mm, +0.4 mm) 3 mm

Required type elevation (minimum values) with given material thickness Material thickness [mm] Type elevation [mm] Numeric character slant 5 10 0.75 1 approximately 3 20 1.6 30 >2.4

Application
The SABA 3000 XCR software for X-ray Character Recognition acts as an additional module within the SABA 3000 image evaluation system. It is designed for automatic numeric character recognition. The cast-on clear text information (e.g. mould numbers) is read from the X-ray radioscopic image. Produced under ISO 9001 certified quality management system.

Numeric character arrangement in the image rectangular relative to the image border (0, 90, 180, 270) Deviation of the character string position from the nominal position 2 mm Deviation of the rotation (within the string) from the nominal position 2

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Description
In order to obtain accurate character recognition results the following prerequisites have to be met: The font to be used is the ISO Standard Type for drawings in accordance with DIN 6776 B vertical. This type is characterized by high legibility. Each individual numeric character must be distinct in shape to prevent confusion with others. The distance between two numeric characters must be three times the line width (d). The numeric character height (h) must be at least 10 mm (see Figure 1). For serial inspection the numeric characters in the image must always appear in the same place. The arrangement of the numeric characters in the image must be rectangular. A diagonal arrangement prevents them from being recognized. The type must be highly contrastive. The proportion of the type elevation T1 to the material thickness T2 (see Figure 2) must be constant throughout the entire numeric character area (see Figure 3) and be at least 1:10 given a numeric character height of 10 mm. Example: Given a 10 mm material thickness the type elevation must be 1 mm (-0.2 mm, +0.8 mm). No further structures (e.g. cooling ns) must be in the numeric character area as they will affect results. In the numeric character area the material thickness must be constant. As the type elevation is limited for reasons inherent in the casting process, the numeric characters should be placed in workpiece areas with the least possible material thickness. This is the only way to ensure a sufciently high contrast in the X-ray radioscopic image.

Figure 2 - Proportion T1/T2

Figure 3 - Numeric character area

The following points are important for X-ray character recognition on wheels:

The strip must not contain any other information except for the numeric characters. For all wheels of one type the strip must have the same height position. The number of numeric characters (3 in the example on the right) must be the same for all wheel types to be inspected in one plant.

Figure 1 - Dimensions for 10 mm numeric character size