DIGITAL MICROSCOPE IMAGES PROCESSING USED TO MEASURE BEARINGS SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS

In this paper we presented some theoretical and practical studies related to the construction of some special bearings and also to a range of researches results performed upon a number of special bearings (special from dimensional and constructive point of view), by means of digital microscopy and image processing procedures. In the first part of the paper we presented the constructive variants and the theoretical aspects concerning their design. In the second part of the paper, the measuring methodology, the equipment used and the solutions tried for obtaining the digital microscopic images for analyzing are presented. In the final part of the paper we presented the image processing procedure for performing measurements upon the bearings parameters (dimensions, 2D and 3D surfaces) and also the results and final data processing.