Image analysis for maintenance of coating quality in nickel electroplating baths – real time control

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Image analysis for maintenance of coating quality in nickel electroplating baths – real time control. / Vidal, M.; Amigo Rubio, Jose Manuel; Bro, Rasmus; van der Berg, Franciscus Winfried J; Ostra, M.; Ubide, C.

In: Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 706, No. 1, 2011, p. 1-7.

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Vidal, M, Amigo Rubio, JM, Bro, R, van der Berg, FWJ, Ostra, M & Ubide, C 2011, 'Image analysis for maintenance of coating quality in nickel electroplating baths – real time control', Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 706, no. 1, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2011.08.007

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Vidal, M., Amigo Rubio, J. M., Bro, R., van der Berg, F. W. J., Ostra, M., & Ubide, C. (2011). Image analysis for maintenance of coating quality in nickel electroplating baths – real time control. Analytica Chimica Acta, 706(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2011.08.007

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Vidal M, Amigo Rubio JM, Bro R, van der Berg FWJ, Ostra M, Ubide C. Image analysis for maintenance of coating quality in nickel electroplating baths – real time control. Analytica Chimica Acta. 2011;706(1):1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2011.08.007

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Vidal, M. ; Amigo Rubio, Jose Manuel ; Bro, Rasmus ; van der Berg, Franciscus Winfried J ; Ostra, M. ; Ubide, C. / Image analysis for maintenance of coating quality in nickel electroplating baths – real time control. In: Analytica Chimica Acta. 2011 ; Vol. 706, No. 1. pp. 1-7.

Bibtex

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title = "Image analysis for maintenance of coating quality in nickel electroplating baths – real time control",
abstract = "The aim of this paper is to show how it is possible to extract analytical information from images acquired with a flatbed scanner and make use of this information for real time control of a nickel plating process. Digital images of plated steel sheets in a nickel bath are used to follow the process under degradation of specific additives. Dedicated software has been developed for making the obtained results accessible to process operators. This includes obtaining the RGB image, to select the red channel data exclusively, to calculate the histogram of the red channel data and to calculate the mean colour value (MCV) and the standard deviation of the red channel data. MCV is then used by the software to determine the concentration of the additives Supreme Plus Brightner (SPB) and SA-1 (for confidentiality reasons, the chemical contents cannot be further detailed) present in the bath (these two additives degrade and their concentration changes during the process). Finally, the software informs the operator when the bath is generating unsuitable quality plating and suggests the amount of SPB and SA-1 to be added in order to recover the original plating quality.",
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AB - The aim of this paper is to show how it is possible to extract analytical information from images acquired with a flatbed scanner and make use of this information for real time control of a nickel plating process. Digital images of plated steel sheets in a nickel bath are used to follow the process under degradation of specific additives. Dedicated software has been developed for making the obtained results accessible to process operators. This includes obtaining the RGB image, to select the red channel data exclusively, to calculate the histogram of the red channel data and to calculate the mean colour value (MCV) and the standard deviation of the red channel data. MCV is then used by the software to determine the concentration of the additives Supreme Plus Brightner (SPB) and SA-1 (for confidentiality reasons, the chemical contents cannot be further detailed) present in the bath (these two additives degrade and their concentration changes during the process). Finally, the software informs the operator when the bath is generating unsuitable quality plating and suggests the amount of SPB and SA-1 to be added in order to recover the original plating quality.

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