Rapid optical inspection of micro deep drawing parts by means of digital holography

Abstract

We present an experimental approach to rapidly measure the 3D shape of a micro deep drawing part, which is based on a digital holographic contouring. Inline quality control in a micro deep drawing process requires a rapid and nondestructive measurement technique, which is the significant advantage of digital holography. The surface structure of the investigated object is dominated by the properties of the drawing process. Therefore, we investigate the statistical properties of the light scattered from the surface and show that digital holography is applicable in this case. Finally, we present experimental results which proof the big potential of digital holography in regards to the inspection of micro parts. It is shown that the field of depth can be considerably enhanced by combining several reconstructions associated with different observation planes from a set of two recorded holograms.