Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 2, 0212006(2025)

Detection of Flange Thickness and Swing Based on Line Laser Vision

Long Chen*, Bo Chen, Yueming Wang, Jiarui Mei, and Husheng Yang
Author Affiliations
  • School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, Inner Mongolia , China
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    Technical scheme diagram
    Flow chart of laser stripe image processing. (a) Original video frame image; (b) adjust and correct the video frame image; (c) image ROI; (d) laser stripe lines; (e) extract image R channels and grayscale; (f) median filtering and morphological closed operations; (g) image binarization; (h) skeleton extraction; (i) connected domain analysis; (j) connected domain ROI
    Process diagram for extracting key measurement points at both ends of the wheel flange. (a) Interpolated laser stripe centerline; (b) endpoints and multiple inflection points; (c) endpoints and effective inflection points
    Schematic of wheel swing. (a) Wheel swing to the left; (b) wheel swing to the right
    Schematic of Dc, Dl, and wheel measurement area. (a) Dc and Dl; (b) wheel measurement area
    Measurement error of wheel flange thickness, when Dc ≈ 65 cm/Dl ≈ 15 mm and wheel swing angle α=0° and α≠0°. (a) α= 0°; (b) α≠0°
    Measurement error of swing angle under different Dc and Dl conditions
    • Table 1. Comparison experiment results of wheel flange thickness

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      Table 1. Comparison experiment results of wheel flange thickness

      Measurement area /(°)Dc /cmDl /mmFlange thickness
      MM /mmLM /mmε /mmδ /%
      0‒3065629.17228.678-0.494-1.69
      651529.21528.680-0.534-1.83
      45629.65131.2330.5821.96
      451529.59330.8110.2170.73
      30‒6065629.09628.927-0.169-0.58
      651529.17629.2660.0900.31
      45629.76731.6030.8362.81
      451529.59330.6510.0580.20
      60‒9065629.07928.637-0.442-1.52
      651529.20329.017-0.186-0.64
      45629.70831.2520.5441.83
      451529.50730.265-0.241-0.82
    • Table 2. Comparison experiment results of swing angle

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      Table 2. Comparison experiment results of swing angle

      Measurement area /(°)Dc /cmDl /mmSwing angle
      MM /(°)LM /(°ε /(°δ /%
      0‒306564.9665.2480.2835.69
      65154.8375.2320.3958.17
      4565.4335.174-0.259-4.76
      45154.8774.313-0.564-11.56
      30‒606565.1785.3230.1452.81
      65154.5044.5290.0250.56
      4565.6885.9340.2464.32
      45154.7843.735-1.049-21.92
      60‒906564.6254.9570.3337.19
      65154.4224.5520.1312.95
      4564.8765.4420.56611.61
      45155.0624.628-0.434-8.56
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    Long Chen, Bo Chen, Yueming Wang, Jiarui Mei, Husheng Yang. Detection of Flange Thickness and Swing Based on Line Laser Vision[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(2): 0212006

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    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: Apr. 9, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 5, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 3, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241064

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241064

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