The invention relates to a method for detecting surface defects of a
steel ball based on a double-thread expansion method. The method comprises a transmission mechanism, an expansion mechanism, a sorting mechanism and a detection
system, wherein the feeding mechanism is connected with inlet ends of lead screws through a feeding pipeline, two ends of the lead screws are fixed on bearings, the leadscrews are driven to synchronously rotate by a stepping motor through a synchronous belt, threads with relatively large screw pitches are formed in the lead screws, the
steel ball falls into a space between the threads of the two lead screws to form four contact surfaces with thread forms, the lead screws rotate to drive the
steel ball to do a variable axis rotary motion, an expansion surface of the steel ball is changed according to the track of a
helical line, five high-speed cameras are distributed above the lead screws and can be used for alternately capturing a to-be-detected surface of the expanded steel ball; and the tails of the lead screws are step-shaped, the detected steel ball falls into a receiving hopper through the step-shape tails, and an
electromagnet is arranged in the front-back direction of the receiving hoper and is used for controlling a baffle to rotate around the shaft so that the steel balls fall into a storage box through a discharging
pipe. According to the
system described by the invention, the defects of the steel ball in a certain
diameter range can be detected, and the
system has relatively high detection efficiency.