Baumer Inspection, the German specialists of surface quality inspection for 35 years, have expanded their range of inspection systems for the furniture industry with the new “X-Side” modules.
The solution features miniaturized units with line scan cameras and innovative LED lighting for the inspection of edges or specific surface areas. The “X-Side” modules can be integrated into the new surface inspection system “Furniture 4.0”, or they can be managed in standalone mode up to six units, according to user requirements. Such system configuration includes software, algorithms and inspection procedures, offering optimal 360° inspection of furniture parts.
With both systems, typical production defects such as bumps or dents are precisely detected and the drilling pattern can be monitored. The inspection modules are available in two versions: one with sixty-millimeter scanning area, ideal for edges, and one with 100-millimeter scanning area for narrow parts or specific surface portions, such as grooves or joints.
Baumer Inspection’s proposal also includes other products besides the “X-Side” modules. The German company has developed a painting system called “ColourBrain Paint Spray“. A combination of different inspection channels allows to detect all the typical defects of painting operations. The “ColourBrain Paint Spray” system automatically identifies defects including painted chips or inclusions, areas with uneven coating, craters, scratches, dots or “orange peel”.
The system automatically detects the panel outline and dimensions, even when the panel is positioned casually on the belt conveyor, and it also recognizes the operations carried out upstream. In this way, drilling operations cannot be mistaken for painting defects. The actual painting defects are classified according to the required quality standards and stored as coordinates of a Cartesian map. The coordinates can then be transferred to a marking system to mark the defect or to a robot to discard the workpiece.
