WinGS: optical measurement and inspection system for aircraft wind tunnel models

Andreas Zilker; Detlef Winter

doi:10.1117/12.364270

21 September 1999 WinGS: optical measurement and inspection system for aircraft wind tunnel models

Andreas Zilker, Detlef Winter

Proceedings Volume 3824, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.364270
Event: Industrial Lasers and Inspection (EUROPTO Series), 1999, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In the development of new airplane generations at DaimlerChrysler Aerospace extensive testing of new designs and geometries is performed in the wind tunnel. Models to various scales are built from steel and aluminum by milling. To achieve optimum performance in the airstream, the model surface is hand-finished according to the CAD design geometry. In the past this finishing process was controlled in several measurement loops with a tactile coordinate measurement machine. This was very time consuming and could only be performed at discrete points of the model surface. The optical measurement and inspection system WinGS (Wing Geometry Sensor) was developed to significantly increase the speed of the shape control process and to measure the complete 3D-surface of the model. The system consists of a fringe projection sensor with photogrammetric orientation. The 3D-geometry of the model surface is digitized and the deviation from the designed CAD model is calculated and displayed as a 2D false color map. The complete measurement, analysis and display cycle time is 25 seconds. The accuracy of the system is plus or minus 0.03 mm on whitened surfaces up to 400 X 280 mm². The overall measurement volume is 1.5 X 1 X 0.5 m³.

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Andreas Zilker and Detlef Winter "WinGS: optical measurement and inspection system for aircraft wind tunnel models", Proc. SPIE 3824, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection, (21 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.364270

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