Open AccessMachine Vision System for Evaluating Performance Measure of Laser Beam on Leather
Author(s) -
Karen Vanessa Pennefather,
Rudra Sekhar Reddy A,
S. Vasanth
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.e1024.0785s319
Subject(s) - process (computing) , laser , laser beams , computer vision , computer science , measure (data warehouse) , machine vision , artificial intelligence , quality (philosophy) , matlab , laser cutting , mechanical engineering , engineering drawing , automotive engineering , engineering , optics , data mining , physics , operating system , philosophy , epistemology
The manual inspection of leather is sluggish and labor-intensive tasks, they can become precarious in the entire production process. In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate the Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) of leather during the laser cutting process due to the thermal effect caused by a laser at the cut contour edges. To inspect this, a machine vision system is used to capture images of the laser cut edges and then process it using MATLAB to acquire the required information for assessing the quality of leather. The leather can be categorized as good, average or poor quality based on the acquired information for the respective application. As a result, the degree of burn of the leather was determined.