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Micro gears are applied in an increasing quantity in many applications. Therefore, precise measurements are of growing importance to ensure their quality. This contribution describes the measurement of gears of a micro planetary gear set with a tactile probe, a tactile-optical probe, an optical sensor, and computed tomography (CT). For the tactile measurements, a high precision piezoresistive microprobe was used. A so-called fiber probe was applied for tactile-optical measurements. This probe applies image processing to determine the position of the tactile probing element. For all tactile and tactile-optical measurements, single point probing was used. The optical measurements were carried out with an imaging sensor based on focus variation. Due to limited accessibility, on some gears not all regions could be measured by the optical sensor and the tactile-optical probe. In contrast to this, with CT the whole part could be measured with high point density. We used a micro-CT system and carried out measurements with Synchrotron-CT. All the sensors used deliver measurement data in Cartesian coordinates. It is a challenge to transfer these data into coordinates in which gear parameters are defined. For this, special attention must be paid to the determination of the gear axis and to the orientation of the teeth. The applied procedures are detailed for different micro gears. The comparison between data of different measurements was carried out successfully. The deviations between the CT data and the tactile or tactile-optical data lie in the range of only a few micrometers.
Industrial computed tomography (CT) today is an important method to analyze defects and to measure the geometry of technical products. The measurement capability of industrial CT often depends on the knowledge of the measurement errors being present. Only with this knowledge, effective corrections are possible by manufacturers, or adapted measurement procedures become possible for the customers. Thus, there is the strong need to have adequate reference standards both for the assessment of general dependencies and for the measurement of task-specific effects. Especially the latter are difficult to assess. This paper shows the application of a versatile dismountable workpiece-near reference body for the use with CT. The reference standard was made from a miniaturized cast aluminium (one-)cylinder head. It can be dismounted into four segments, each featuring reference geometries which enable a registration of CT measured and other reference datasets (e.g. from tactile CMM). The reference standard embodies complex freeform surfaces which are a challenging measurement task for CT and other sensors. Here the application of the reference standard is the study of the influence of material mixes. This is realized by adding pieces of other materials which disturb the mono-material measurement.
Results of the application of the reference standard are presented using data from industrial micro-CT systems and CMM reference data. A special emphasis is given on the workflow of the data processing and the data analysis.
Die Computertomographie (CT) hat sich als dimensionelle Messmethode in der industriellen Produktion etabliert. Durch Messungen an speziellen Prüfkörpern ist es möglich, quantitative Informationen über die metrologischen Eigenschaften dimensioneller Messungen zu erhalten. In dieser Arbeit wird einen Aluminium-Guss-Prüfkörper (120 mm x 90 mm x 60 mm) benutzt, mit dem – in der vorliegender Form – auch der Einfluss von Materialien unterschiedlicher Schwächung auf dimensionelle CT-Messungen untersucht werden kann. Der Prüfkörper ist in vier Segmente zerteilt, so dass auch innenliegende, raue Gussfreiformflächen der taktilen Koordinatenmessung zugänglich sind. Durch adaptierte Rubinkugeln als Referenzstrukturen können die CT-Messdaten in taktile Referenz-Koordinatensysteme überführt werden. Um den Einfluss von Materialien unterschiedlicher Schwächung auf das dimensionelle Messen mit CT zu untersuchen, wurden stärker schwächende ZTA-Störkugeln (Zirconia Toughened Alumina) mit zur Ausrichtung geeigneter Symmetriebrechung in der Nähe von ausgewählten taktilen Messstellen angebracht.
Zur Bewertung der Messabweichungen dienen taktile Referenzmessungen an den ZTA-Kugeln sowie taktile Messungen an den Freiformflächen des Gussteils, wobei durch ein iteratives Antastverfahren eine verbesserte Erfassung der Geometrie auch bei starken lokalen Oberflächenkrümmungen sichergestellt wird.
Data processing is an essential part of the evaluation of measurement results, e.g. in X-ray computed tomography
(CT). Some of these calculations are denoted as 'filtering'. Filtering is always a trade-off between an enhancement
of data quality and a loss of information. The standard reconstruction technique for CT data is t he filtered
back-projection. Additionally to the high-pass filter inherent to this technique, a suppression of high-frequency
noise is in most cases also necessary. Many different possible filter algorithms are found in the literature. Although
their effect on the signal-to-noise ratio and the spatial resolution is well-studied, it is not obvious how the
different filters affect the determination of the object's surface in the reconstructed data and, thus, the results of
dimensional CT measurements. We compare the results of industrial dimensional CT measurements obtained at
the same data set of a calibrated reference standard – a calotte cube – when using different filters and discuss the
implications. Filters under investigation are mainly median filters on projections and as well filters during filtered
backprojection and filters on the reconstructed volume.
Methode und Prüfkörper zum Nachweis von Gussdefekten in Aluminiumbauteilen mit Computertomographie
(2009)
Phasenkontrastmessungen haben sich als hilfreich bei der
Kantenfindung von Strukturen mit nur geringem Absorptionskontrast erwiesen.
Solche Messungen können besonders gut mit monochromatischer Röntgenstrahlung
hoher räumlicher Kohärenz durchgeführt werden, wie sie bei der Synchrotron-
Computertomographie (SY-CT) benutzt wird. Nachteilig wirken sich allerdings die
Phasenverschiebung des Synchrotronstrahls über das Strahlprofil und damit die
Kantenverbreiterung in den zu untersuchenden Strukturen aus. Daher ist ein
dimensionelles Messen mit normalen Rekonstruktionsverfahren nicht möglich. In
der vorliegenden Arbeit werden neue Filterverfahren zur Korrektur der
Phasenverschiebung unter Beibehaltung des erhöhten Kontrastes bei der
Rekonstruktion angewandt, um ausgewählte einkomponentige Referenzobjekte
hinsichtlich der dimensionellen Messeigenschaften zu untersuchen. Als Referenz
werden rückgeführte Messungen mit taktilen Koordinatenmessmaschinen
herangezogen. Die Untersuchungen wurden im freien Strahl durch Variation des
Abstandes zwischen Objekt und Detektor am Strahlrohr der BAM am Helmholtz-
Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie - Speicherring BESSY II durchgeführt.
We present a modified aluminium casting which is especially suited as test piece for measuring casting defects and the geometry by means of cone-beam micro-focus X-ray systems, and which may become a reference standard for dimensional measurements and defect detection.
To obtain a test piece with inner geometries measured by tactile means, we divided a small aluminium cylinder head into four pieces in such a way that most inner surfaces can be reached with a tactile probe. Reference geometries (spheres and cylinders) were applied to define a coordinate system for aligning the measurements in the disassembled and re-assembled state. The four pieces were re-assembled after the tactile measurement.
The test piece also contains casting defects. In order to be able to use the assembled cylinder head as reference sample for defect detection, measurements with higher spatial resolution and better signal-to-noise ratio were performed on the single parts. For improving the reliability of the reference measurements, CT measurements of each part were carried out in three different orientations, and the individual defect detections were combined to obtain a reference data set with a high probability of defect detection and a low rate of erroneous detections.
A new method for comparing the defect detection in a CT measurement to a reference data set is demonstrated, which provides individual information on every detected flaw.
We discuss the results of measurements in the assembled state with respect to the reference data for flaw detection.