Visual Inspection Technology Automates High-Volume and High-Speed Bearing Assembly Inspections
Bearing assemblies are critical components of motors used in everything from devices smaller than miniature computer disk drives to machines larger than overhead construction cranes. The bearing manufacturing industry is extremely competitive. Mechanical ball feeders, tubes, pushers and dividers malfunction occasionally, and bearing raceway diameter and ball bearing sizes can be out of tolerance. In the bearing assembly manufacturing process, test spins and other mechanical checks will often pass even if a ball is missing. Human visual inspections are sometimes deployed, ...






