Automated visual detection of geometrical defects in composite manufacturing processes using deep convolutional neural networks

Abtin Djavadifar, John Brandon Graham-Knight, Marian Kӧrber, Patricia Lasserre and Homayoun Najjaran ()
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Abtin Djavadifar: University of British Columbia
John Brandon Graham-Knight: University of British Columbia
Marian Kӧrber: German Aerospace Center
Patricia Lasserre: University of British Columbia
Homayoun Najjaran: University of British Columbia

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2022, vol. 33, issue 8, No 5, 2257-2275

Abstract: Abstract Detection of fiber composite material boundaries and defects is critical to the automation of the manufacturing process in the aviation industry. This paper describes a process to evaluate four well-performing deep convolutional neural network models (Mask R-CNN, U-Net, DeepLab V3+, and IC-Net) for use in such a process. A custom-captured dataset of images showing fiber cut-pieces with geometrical defects was annotated and augmented for training deep convolutional neural network models; results show acceptable detection accuracy for gripper and fabric based on the Intersection over Union (IoU) scores of up to 0.92 and 0.86, respectively. However, wrinkle detection initially achieves a significantly lower IoU score of 0.40 in the best case. This discrepancy is mainly due to geometrical ambiguities, as wrinkles do not have a clearly defined boundary and are hard to distinguish even for human eye. The model is then evaluated as a binary predictor based on per-component detection success; the model achieves a recall rate (i.e., the ratio of the wrinkles detected to all existing wrinkles) of 0.71 and a precision score (i.e., the ratio of those detected being actually wrinkles) of 0.76. From a practical point of view, this model can outperform a human operator based on the results presented. Two complementary approaches are also introduced for the detection of wrinkles at the early stages of formation as well as the completely formed wrinkles. The developed method can be readily used in a variety of composite manufacturing processes or adapted to other similar tasks.

Keywords: Deep learning; Computer vision; Composite manufacturing; Automation; Robotics; Quality control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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