The use of optical scanning for analysis of casting shape

In the paper the use of optical scanning for inspection of casting shape and its accuracy was described. Optical system applied to digitization of objects determines all dimensions and shape of inspected object. This technology is used in quality control and reverse engineering. System is based on triangulation: sensor head performs projection of different patterns of fringes onto measured object and scanner tracks their distribution with two cameras. Basing on optical transform equations, a processing unit automatically and with remarkable accuracy calculates 3D coordinates for every pixel of camera. Depending on camera resolution the result of such a scan is a cloud of points with up to 5 million points for every image. In the paper examples of applications for castings with different designation was presented.