CASE STUDY: ELECTRODES’ CONTROL FOR HYDROGEN VEHICLES WITH INSPEX OUT
YOUR CHALLENGES
Whether encouraged by regulations or market-driven, new automotive engine technologies are clearly the way forward. Hydrogen vehicles producers are increasing their manufacturing capacity and accelerating their production rate. This growth comes with numerous challenges linked to the manufacturing control of fuel cells’ electrodes such as:
- the absence of surface defects
- and the strict respect of their dimensions.
These new types of control must be fast and traceable to reach or exceed the quality standards of the traditional automotive industry.
OUR SOLUTION
INSPEX OUT, a control solution by industrial vision. It is adapted to the control of fuel cells’ electrodes and enables:
- The automated control and detection of surface defects (scratches, impacts, punches, etc) by linear camera and image analysis
- The control of dimensions such as the height of channels by laser profilometry
- The control of the absence of fractures with a camera, backlight and image analysis
- The robotized handling of the parts and their sorting (good / bad / per defect type)
YOUR MAIN BENEFITS
RELIABLE CONTROL
- Defects detection is more rigorous and less impacted by human factors than visual control
- The controlled dimensions (a few hundred microns) are measured with a precision better than a few microns
FAST & TRACEABLE CONTROL
- A rate of 1 controlled part every 10 seconds
- Each picture and control data is saved and stored during a user-defined time
- Each electrode is identified by laser-marking
