Automated radioscopic testing of aluminum die castings

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Mery, Domingo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aluminum castings; Automated testing; Computer vision; Discontinuity detection; Discontinuity simulation; X ray testing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED TESTING; DISCONTINUITY DETECTION; DISCONTINUITY SIMULATIONS; RADIOSCOPIC TESTING; X-RAY TESTING;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CASTINGS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIE CASTINGS;

EID: 33645668469     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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