{"id":4694,"date":"2016-10-20T13:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T13:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.profactor.at\/en\/?page_id=4694"},"modified":"2017-02-23T10:50:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T10:50:23","slug":"thermobot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.profactor.at\/en\/research\/industrial-automation-systems\/non-destructive-inspection\/projects-archive\/thermobot\/","title":{"rendered":"ThermoBot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Non-destructive testing of components is an important auxiliary process step, not only in quality control but also in regular maintenance. The detection of cracks is currently done by using magnetic particle inspection, which is a decades-old, inefficient and ecologically undesirable process. There is an urgent need in industry to replace this technology with more up-to-date methods that provide fully automatic testing.<\/p>\n

ThermoBot aims at the development of a thermographic inspection system that is able to scan complex parts and to detect cracks and inclusions. It consists of a robot that is positioning the part in front of a thermo-camera and a heating system. The motion of the part will be continuous in order to achieve reasonable cycle-times for in-line inspection.<\/p>\n

The main developments of ThermoBot focus on<\/p>\n