Geometric Verification of Gears Using Image Processing Technique

Mechanical Engineering

Gear is a widely used mechanical component whose primary use is to transmit power from one shaft to other. These gears are of many types namely spur gear, helical gears, worm gears Rack gear etc. Gear drives are used to various kinds of machines like automobiles, metal cutting tools, material handling equipment, rolling mills, marine power plants etc. The friction and other losses in this type of power transmission equipment is comparatively very low. In this work we use a software called “MATLAB” to determine gear parameters. MATLAB is extensively used for scientific & research purposes. It is accurate & also having a number of built in functions which makes it versatile. In the industries that require gears the filtering and classification of gears is very important and is done by human labour, precisely human labour is limited to its way of working and the time, cost required. Classification can be done with the use of imaging devices, Cameras and scanners with developing an algorithm that describes what to accept and reject.

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