I require your help regarding a problem I’m encountering.
Actually student in last year of engineering school in France, I am working for a company specialised in the manufacturing and commercialisation of plastics. Our team is trying to do a complete non-destructive test of plastic fuel tanks. Indeed, all the components are inside the fuel tank and, actually, some operators are controlling the components by endoscope.
However, it’s a long and not really precise method. This is why I am writing to you today. We think that we can apply the LiDAR technology for our problem . We think that this method can help us to control all the components inside the fuel tank. Do you think it’s possible to see through different layers of plastic ? or to put it inside and to modelize in 3D ? if yes, which LiDAR choose ?
Or you may propose us somes technologies ?
Please find below some answers to your questions/comments:
Sounds like an interesting situation for a project.
I’m not sure I understand exactly how the LIDAR will help with control. Would you be using the LIDAR to sense in real time the position of one or more components that you are controlling remotely?
In theory, yes. In practice, probably not in a useful manner. Some plastics are transparent to some IR, but this can vary greatly. I’ll assume you cannot change the plastics used in your setup. If they are not transparent to the IR frequency you are using they will get absorbed/reflected/refracted. Also, even if your plastic is transparent to IR it does not mean it will not distort/transform the signal and therefore prevent detection from the receiver in the sensor (or proper analysis of the return signal from the internal circuity / detection algorithm).
TL; DR; :: probably will not work through the plastics (assumed liquid).
What kind of model are you trying to obtain? Level sensor? Other components to sense?
It would be quite helpful if you could provide more details and even a schematic or drawing of the setup itself. This is one of those cases where a drawing or representation of the system can really help understand exactly what you are trying to achieve.
See the end of the answer above. More details are definitely required before we can begin to make recommendations.
