A sensor is placed on a plate lowered into the hollow of the shaft and guided by taut wires between a lower attachment device and an upper motorized winder. The deformations, responsible for measurement errors and caused either by static deformations, produced by the weight or poor construction of the apparatus, or by vibrations, are to a large extent eliminated.

The measurement apparatus (50) comprises at least one hybrid elastic cable (52) wound around the deformable object (22), and a measurement unit (54) capable of measuring the inductance of a wire of the hybrid elastic cable (52) comprising a conductive material between two reference points (58).

The present invention discloses a sensing circuit, a processing method of the sensing circuit and a curved surface profile measuring method. Conductors of the sensing circuit are arranged in flexible protection bodies in a braiding manner, and the conductors and the flexible protection bodies are at a compressed state. Therefore, the sensing circuit of the present invention has better flexibility and tensile property, can be attached to a surface of equipment, can be used for sensing multiple situations of the equipment, such as slight touch and collision of a large displacement, and can also be applied to precise measurement of a size of a curved surface profile.

A roundness measuring device includes an annular ring, and a plurality of displacement sensors (comparative length measuring devices) provided on the ring at predetermined intervals. The displacement sensors are arranged such that lines along which measurement axes of the displacement sensors extend intersect at a single point.

A method for controlling the deformation of a wheel includes obtaining, for multiple predefined angular positions on the wheel, a parameter characterizing an angular velocity of the wheel when the wheel is in contact with the running surface at each predefined angular position while the wheel is rolling on a running surface, and calculating a radius value of the wheel for each predefined angular position using the parameter characterizing the angular velocity obtained for that angular position.

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for inspection of workpieces and products having curved and, in particular, spherical surfaces. The method is based on scanning inspected objects with a narrow probing beam of electromagnetic radiation and concurrently measuring the radiation scattered on the surface. The method and apparatus improve the detectability of features and imperfections on inspected surfaces by providing invariable parameters and conditions of scanning, robust mechanical stability of scanning systems, high positioning accuracy of the probing electromagnetic beam and efficient collection of the scattered radiation. The apparatus allows surface defect classification, determining defect dimensions and convenient automation of inspection.

The present invention discloses a sensing circuit, a processing method of the sensing circuit and a curved surface profile measuring method. Conductors of the sensing circuit are arranged in flexible protection bodies in a braiding manner, and the conductors and the flexible protection bodies are at a compressed state. Therefore, the sensing circuit of the present invention has better flexibility and tensile property, can be attached to a surface of equipment, can be used for sensing multiple situations of the equipment, such as slight touch and collision of a large displacement, and can also be applied to precise measurement of a size of a curved surface profile.

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for inspection of workpieces and products having curved and, in particular, spherical surfaces. The method is based on scanning inspected objects with a narrow probing beam of electromagnetic radiation and concurrently measuring the radiation scattered on the surface. The method and apparatus improve the detectability of features and imperfections on inspected surfaces by providing invariable parameters and conditions of scanning, robust mechanical stability of scanning systems, high positioning accuracy of the probing electromagnetic beam and efficient collection of the scattered radiation. The apparatus allows surface defect classification, determining defect dimensions and convenient automation of inspection.

Provided are a method and a system for detecting bend in the rotating shaft of magnetic bearing. The system comprises a first displacement sensor, a second displacement sensor, and a processor electrically connected with the first displacement sensor and the second displacement sensor; the processor comprises a calculating unit, a first judging unit and a second judging unit; the calculating unit is configured to calculate center positions of the rotating shaft stopping at different positions during rotating a circle; the first judging unit judges whether the rotating shaft is bent or not according to a curve of the changed center positions, and outputs a test result of qualification if the rotating shaft is not bent. Users are able to determine whether the rotating shaft needs to be processed or not, to avoid causing destructive effects on the magnetic bearing system due to excessive bend degree of the rotating shaft.

There are provided a detector, a surface property measuring machine and a roundness measuring machine for automatically measuring a plurality of surfaces to shorten the time necessary for measurement. This problem is solved by a detector provided with a stylus for supporting a contact coming in contact with a surface of an object to be measured, a holder configured to hold the stylus, a measuring part configured to hold the holder to be capable of swinging by a rotating shaft and detect a displacement of the holder, and a body configured to accommodate the measuring part, wherein the holder holds the stylus such that a stylus axis as an axis of the stylus and a body axis as an axis of the body are in parallel, and the stylus axis and the body axis are offset in a first direction perpendicular to the body axis and the rotating shaft.