Vision system sorts castings at General Motors Canada
Richard D. Baumann
(General Motors of Canada Ltd.)
David A. Wilmshurst
(General Motors of Canada Ltd.)
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Abstract
The first production implementation of the General Motors Consight vision system at the St. Catherines, Ontario, foundry is successfully sorting up to six different castings at up to 1,400 an hour from a belt conveyor using three industrial robots in a harsh manufacturing environment.
Citation
Baumann, R.D. and Wilmshurst, D.A. (1982), "Vision system sorts castings at General Motors Canada", Sensor Review, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 145-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb007579
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1982, MCB UP Limited