Automated Vision Inspection System for a Plastic Injection Mould Component

This paper presents an automated vision based defect inspection and sorting system for a plastic injection mould component called a Retractor Retaining Bush, which is an automotive safety critical component. The system identifies defects which usually occur in a plastic injection mould component. Various types of sensors and actuators were interfaced with the vision hardware and the part handling mechanism, to complete the total automated vision based inspection system.