Contributions to induction thermography inspection and automated view planning

Abstract

The non-destructive inspection industry faces challenges in automating processes quickly to meet growing demands. Techniques like active thermography and 3D measurments encounter difficulties in contexts requiring reduced inspection times, leading to time and resourceintensive automation. Induction thermography, focused on surface integrity inspection, is sensitive to system position, requiring multiple thermographies and extending inspection times inspecting defects with unknown orientation. The automation of surface inspection on complex geometries involves prolonged timelines and expert resources. The thesis addresses these both challenges by proposing enhancements in induction thermography, including a multi-directional system and a continuous scanning method. It also introduces a system for generating robot inspection trajectories on arbitrary geometries, significantly reducing planning time without human intervention.