A Dataset and Baseline for Deep Learning-Based Visual Quality Inspection in Remanufacturing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15440v1
• Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:56:33 GMT
• Title: A Dataset and Baseline for Deep Learning-Based Visual Quality Inspection in Remanufacturing
• Authors: Johannes C. Bauer, Paul Geng, Stephan Trattnig, Petr Dokládal, Rüdiger Daub,
• Abstract summary: We propose a novel image dataset depicting typical gearbox components in good and defective condition from two automotive transmissions.<n>We evaluate different models using the dataset and propose a contrastive regularization loss to enhance model robustness.
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• Abstract: Remanufacturing describes a process where worn products are restored to like-new condition and it offers vast ecological and economic potentials. A key step is the quality inspection of disassembled components, which is mostly done manually due to the high variety of parts and defect patterns. Deep neural networks show great potential to automate such visual inspection tasks but struggle to generalize to new product variants, components, or defect patterns. To tackle this challenge, we propose a novel image dataset depicting typical gearbox components in good and defective condition from two automotive transmissions. Depending on the train-test split of the data, different distribution shifts are generated to benchmark the generalization ability of a classification model. We evaluate different models using the dataset and propose a contrastive regularization loss to enhance model robustness. The results obtained demonstrate the ability of the loss to improve generalisation to unseen types of components.

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