Inspection of drill bit point angle using image processing method
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2018-06
Authors
Amira Syuhadah Ahmad Yusni
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Abstract
This research presents the inspection of drill bit point angle using a digital microscope
and based on computer measurement which is by using image processing method. This
project is to support Spirit Aerosystems Sdn. Bhd. in determining the lifespan of a drill
bit and to provide a system that can detect wear or changes in the drill bit geometry
specifically, point angle. Images of wear drill bit are captured and later on analyzed using
MATLAB software to measure the point angle. There are two lighting setups used in this
project which are focused light and ring light. Both setups are set to create backlight
effect in order to enhance the edges of the drill bit. Besides having two setups of lighting,
two methods of analyzing the data also presented in this thesis. The first method is
binarization method and the other one is by using Sobel filter method. Both methods
showed a similar trend of results where the system is capable of detecting the changes in
point angle. This project is divided into two parts which are the hardware and software
part. For the hardware, a close setup is designed and fabricated meanwhile for the
software part, the images need to be imported into MATLAB software to be analyzed by
both methods. The algorithm used is being referred to an example given by Math Work
and being adapted into this project to suits the objective of this project. Within this
project, we could observe the changes in the drill bit point angle by using both
binarization and Sobel filtering methods.