Use of Image Analysis for Non-Destructive Testing of Thermoformed Food Packages

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 596-607
Author(s):  
O. Ekşi
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Food Packages ◽  
Food Package ◽  
Thickness Measurements ◽  
First Time ◽  
Non Destructive

Abstract The aim of this study is to determine the thickness distribution of a food package using a non-destructive method. Initially, thickness measurements were carried out using an experimental procedure for thermoformed samples that were used for food packaging. Additionally, in this study, image analysis was used for the first time to determine the thickness distribution of the thermoformed products non-destructively. Image analysis software was employed for the estimation of thickness distribution. Measured thickness results were compared to those estimated using image analysis. Based on the results of the current study, image analysis may be an alternative method for non-destructive testing of thermoformed food packages even in a mass production line. Image analysis can be used to determine not only thickness distribution but also the weakest regions in a food package.

scholarly journals Extended Non-destructive Testing Technique Demonstration in a Realistic Environment with Technology Assessment

2021 ◽  
pp. 259-330
Author(s):  
Romain Ecault ◽  
Ana Reguero Simon ◽  
Célian Cherrier ◽  
Paweł H. Malinowski ◽  
Tomasz Wandowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Structural Parts ◽  
First Time ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Testing And Evaluation

AbstractThis chapter highlights two advances towards a higher maturity of versatile extended non-destructive testing (ENDT) procedures. Full-scale demonstration tests are presented in realistic user application cases that involve typical production or repair scenarios. Subsequently, the investigations used to assess the probability of detection (POD) are detailed for the respective ENDT processes and application-relevant scenarios in a realistic environment. Although some results indicated that some additional in-depth investigations would be even more enlightening, these demonstrations still clearly showed that developments and progress described in the previous chapters have enabled some of the technologies to achieve a maturity that is sufficient to proceed towards industrial implementation. Some ENDT techniques revealed the presence of contaminants on real structural parts with unknown contaminant amounts. For the first time, POD results obtained for ENDT investigations are presented. Some ENDT procedures permitted POD results to be obtained for several scenarios, while others showed technologically relevant POD only for certain scenarios. For two ENDT techniques, determining the POD helped to enhance the respective testing and evaluation procedures. In most of the cases, it was possible to estimate a preliminary quantification of POD by giving the POD90/95. For some techniques, this value was below the lowest contamination degree.

Evaluation of near-drum thinning data in recovery boiler generating bank tubes

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 491-500
Author(s):  
W.B.A. SANDY SHARP ◽  
W.A. BILLY JONES
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Thickness Measurement ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Industry Standard ◽  
Recovery Boiler ◽  
Thickness Measurements ◽  
Non Destructive

Near-drum thinning affects the fireside surface of recovery boiler generating bank tubes near the surface of the mud drum. Although sophisticated thickness scanning equipment has been developed to rapidly make tens of thousands of thickness measurements in the portion of a tube that is vulnerable to near-drum thinning, methods for using these data to evaluate fitness-for-service have not shown similar advances. Non-destructive testing companies typically use a technician’s subjective judgment to identify the “thinnest reliable" thickness measurement on each tube. Some mills decide whether tubes can continue in operation or should be plugged or replaced based on this single thickness measurement. However, finite element analysis of the remaining strength of individual tubes thinned in the near-drum area suggests that it is essentially impossible to identify the weakest tubes from simple empirical rules. In the absence of an industry standard for evaluating these data, different mills could reach different conclusions about the fitness-for-service of a tube from the same data set. This paper reviews the technology for scanning the thickness of generating bank tubes and discusses approaches that have been used to identify the tubes most weakened by near-drum thinning and to evaluate the fitness-for-service of individual tubes.

Non-Destructive Testing with Ultrasound in Rails and Ship Plates

2014 ◽  
Vol 605 ◽  
pp. 613-616
Author(s):  
Panagiotis I. Chatzifotis
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Inspection ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Ultrasound Technique ◽  
Straight Beam ◽  
Pulse Echo ◽  
Thickness Measurements ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Pulse Echo Method

This paper deals with finding of defects, such as cracks, breakdowns and inclusions in rails and in ship plates, by ultrasound technique. Pulse echo method and twin beams technique is some of the ultrasonic inspection methods we have used for thickness measurements and for inspection of the welds. Initially, the thickness of rails and ship plates was measured by ultrasound devices using straight beam transducers and then the weldings of these samples were checked by using angle beam transducers.

scholarly journals Comparison of Image Analysis Methods on the Example of Ultrasonic Thermography of an Aramid Composite

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
Waldemar Świderski
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Wavelet Analysis ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Thermal Excitation ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Non Destructive

Abstract Infrared thermography using ultrasound thermal excitation of the tested material is one of the most effective methods in non-destructive testing of a multi-layer aramid composite. This type of material is very popular in the construction of light ballistic armours. Typical defects are delamination between layers of aramid fabric joined by resin. They are usually filled with air. Delamination located deep under the surface of the test generates very weak temperature signals. They are often at the level of noise. To reduce the impact of noise on the detection of a defect, special methods of image analysis (thermograms) are used. Such methods include principal component analysis and wavelet analysis. Principal Component Analysis is a relatively new procedure of statistical data treatment, which is becoming increasingly popular in non-destructive testing. Mathematically, it is often regarded as implementation of the so-called singular values decomposition technique, which allows extracting of spatial information from a matrix of source data. The wavelet analysis is an integral transform, which represents the convolution of an analysed process with a special mother function called wavelet. Wavelets are characterized by two parameters: scale and shift. The paper presents a comparison of the efficacy of these methods in the detection of defects in the multilayer composite reinforced aramid fibre.

Non destructive testing of works of art by terahertz analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 21001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Bodnar ◽  
Jean-Jacques Metayer ◽  
Kamel Mouhoubi ◽  
Vincent Detalle
Keyword(s):  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Non Destructive

Modeling of a sensitive element on a planar mushroom-shaped metamaterial for non-destructive testing and searching for inhomogeneities in technological media

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
A. A. Yelizarov ◽  
A. A. Skuridin ◽  
E. A. Zakirova
Keyword(s):  
Sensitive Element ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Resonant Frequency Shift ◽  
Maltese Cross ◽  
Informative Parameters ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Cross Type ◽  
Electrodynamic Structure ◽  
Electrophysical Parameters

A computer model and the results of a numerical experiment for a sensitive element on a planar mushroom-shaped metamaterial with cells of the “Maltese cross” type are presented. The proposed electrodynamic structure is shown to be applicable for nondestructive testing of geometric and electrophysical parameters of technological media, as well as searching for inhomogeneities in them. Resonant frequency shift and change of the attenuation coefficient value of the structure serve as informative parameters.

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