Objective assessment of the surface quality of coated surfaces

Q. Labrosse; C. P. Hoppins; J. Summerscales

doi:10.1784/insi.2011.53.1.16

Objective assessment of the surface quality of coated surfaces

Q. Labrosse, C. P. Hoppins, J. Summerscales^*

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School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

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Abstract

A novel procedure has been developed for the assessment of the surface finish of in-mould gel-coated fibre-reinforced polymer matrix composites. The technique involves photographing the reflection from a coated surface on an opaque screen and analysing the image using fractal dimensions. The ranking of the quality of surface finish from this technique sensibly aligns with that obtained by human observation and by the commercial Wavescan DOI system. The investment required for the new system is primarily that required for a high-resolution digital camera, and hence is less than 5% of the cost of the commercial instrument.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16-20
Number of pages	0
Journal	Insight
Volume	53
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1784/insi.2011.53.1.16
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011

Keywords

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM
COMPOSITE COMPONENTS
TEXTURE ANALYSIS
IMAGE-ANALYSIS
CLASSIFICATION
FINISH
PARTS

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