Case: Visual Measurement Guide
We were discovering the new case for aircraft parts manufacturing for the past two months. Quality assurance is one of the most important stages in the process. The thickness inspection of a wing panel which could be five meters long and two meters wide needs to be performed in about a thousand spots. One of the commonly used approaches is to mark these spots by the mylar, a plastic stencil covering the panel. It has a number of problems though:
- Preparing the mylar
- Placing it in the correct position
- Progressing through each end every spot without missing any
- No control over the range of spots out of range
A Mixed Reality solution overlays a virtual layer over the wing surface with the spots to be measured. The marker is used for recognition:
However, in the first trials the grig was unstable while the procedure required high accuracy. We have found a way to stabilize it ultimately:
To assist in performing the inspection further we added an indication of the active point and the output of measurements:
Whether the measurement fits the tolerance range is indicated by color.
This prototype was successfully tested and will be used as a base for a pilot product.
