A machine learning based quality control system for power cable manufacturing

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Abstract

We study methods for observing physical defects on the surface of power cables. Quality control is essential for power cable manufacturing and surface defects are an important quality factor. Traditionally power cable manufacturing has relied on manual inspection as automated methods have not been sufficient to be used in industrial production. We have designed and implemented a novel defect detection system that applies machine learning methods to detect power cable surface defects. Our system uses laser scanning to map the surface of a cable during production. For the machine learning, we have evaluated different CNN (Convolutional Neural Net- work) architectures and studied their performance and accuracy. According to our results, CNNs are suitable for the detection of surface defects as they can be trained with large amounts of cable surface data.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2019
PublisherIEEE
Pages193-198
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-7281-2927-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
EventIEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics - Aalto University, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland
Duration: 22 Jul 201925 Jul 2019
Conference number: 17
https://www.indin2019.org/

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics
ISSN (Electronic)2378-363X

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics
Abbreviated titleINDIN
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki and Espoo
Period22/07/201925/07/2019
Internet address

Keywords

  • deep learning
  • convolutional neural networks, power cables, quality controlvolutional neural networks
  • power cables
  • quality control

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