G01N29/27

Transport apparatus
11554929 · 2023-01-17 · ·

A transport apparatus includes a speaker and a mike disposed at respective positions between which a transport path of a medium is interposed, where the speaker and the mike face each other, a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal to the speaker, an amplifier circuit formed by coupling a plurality of amplifiers in series, where the amplifier circuit amplifies and outputs an output signal of the mike, a processor to which the output signal of the amplifier circuit is input, an attenuation circuit disposed in a stage preceding a predetermined amplifier, where the attenuation circuit attenuates an input signal and outputs the input signal to the predetermined amplifier, and a switch that switches an attenuation factor by the attenuation circuit.

MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF A MATERIAL TO BE EXTRUDED WHILE A SCREW-EXTRUSION PROCESS IS BEING CARRIED OUT
20230011838 · 2023-01-12 ·

In a measuring arrangement for determining properties of a material to be extruded while an extrusion process is being carried out in an extruder, at least one extruder screw is rotatably mounted in a tubular guide in a barrel and is connected to a rotary drive. Material to be extruded is fed to the tubular guide at one end and is removed as finish-extruded material at an oppositely arranged discharge. Arranged at measuring positions at predeterminable defined intervals on the wall of the tubular guide along the longitudinal axis of the extruder screw are multiple first sound transducers, which are designed for the detection of sound waves that are generated during the extrusion process by the extrusion process as process noises and/or are emitted by a second sound transducer, arranged at one end of the tubular guide, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the extruder screw and into the material to be extruded that is conveyed through a mixing chamber present in the tubular guide.

MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF A MATERIAL TO BE EXTRUDED WHILE A SCREW-EXTRUSION PROCESS IS BEING CARRIED OUT
20230011838 · 2023-01-12 ·

In a measuring arrangement for determining properties of a material to be extruded while an extrusion process is being carried out in an extruder, at least one extruder screw is rotatably mounted in a tubular guide in a barrel and is connected to a rotary drive. Material to be extruded is fed to the tubular guide at one end and is removed as finish-extruded material at an oppositely arranged discharge. Arranged at measuring positions at predeterminable defined intervals on the wall of the tubular guide along the longitudinal axis of the extruder screw are multiple first sound transducers, which are designed for the detection of sound waves that are generated during the extrusion process by the extrusion process as process noises and/or are emitted by a second sound transducer, arranged at one end of the tubular guide, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the extruder screw and into the material to be extruded that is conveyed through a mixing chamber present in the tubular guide.

ULTRASONIC TESTING APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE FREQUENCY
20230009623 · 2023-01-12 · ·

The present invention relates to an ultrasonic testing apparatus with a variable frequency, which can automatically change the frequency according to thickness and thereby detect internal defects in objects having various thicknesses. The ultrasonic testing apparatus may comprise: a nozzle jetting a medium toward an object so as to form a medium column; and a plurality of probes disposed in the nozzle so as to generate ultrasonic waves.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING
20230213483 · 2023-07-06 · ·

The apparatus for inspecting the electrostatic chuck for substrate processing includes the electrostatic chuck including a ceramic layer and an electrode layer coupled to an inside of the ceramic layer, an ultrasonic sensor unit disposed on the electrostatic chuck, allowing an ultrasonic wave to be incident into the electrostatic chuck, and converting a reflected signal reflected through the electrostatic chuck into an ultrasonic voltage signal, and an ultrasonic inspection unit to divide the ceramic layer and the electrode layer, based on a size value of the ultrasonic voltage signal.

Detection device and processing device
11553093 · 2023-01-10 · ·

A detection device includes an electrostatic capacitance sensor including an electrode pair and being configured to detect electrostatic capacitance of a medium brought into contact with the electrode pair, and a first ultrasonic wave sensor including a first transmission unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave and a first reception unit configured to receive an ultrasonic wave transmitted from the first transmission unit. The transmission unit and the reception unit are positioned to sandwich the medium.

Ultrasonic scanning device and an application and method thereof

An ultrasonic scanning device includes at least one pair of cylindrical rollers. The axes of each pair of cylindrical rollers are parallel to each other. A liquid for transmitting the ultrasound is stored in each cylindrical roller. In use, a pair of cylindrical rollers rotate around their respective axes in reverse directions, the test subject passes between the pair of cylindrical rollers and is tested by ultrasound. The ultrasonic scanning device can be applied in the field of lithium-ion battery testing. The internal flaws and health status of the lithium-ion battery can be determined by acquiring an ultrasonic image in the test subject. The device of the present invention has a simple structure and an ingenious conception, and is ready-to-use and less expensive, which is successfully applied in the field of lithium-ion battery testing.

Determination of reservoir heterogeneity
11692973 · 2023-07-04 · ·

Methods for determining reservoir characteristics of a well can include receiving a first core from the well; performing an experiment to determine the wave velocity associated with a first direction of the first core, the experiment including: transmitting an ultrasonic wave through the first core in the first direction; receiving the transmitted ultrasonic wave; and determining a directional wave velocity of the first core based on the transmitted ultrasonic wave and the received transmitted ultrasonic wave, wherein the directional wave velocity represents a wave velocity along the first direction; rotating the first core about a longitudinal axis of the first core; and performing the experiment along a second direction of the first core.

Acoustic evaluation of wood properties
11536697 · 2022-12-27 · ·

Embodiments provide systems, apparatuses, and method for determining the Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) of a wood workpiece based on the travel time and/or velocity of an impact-induced acoustic stress wave. A housing may be configured to reduce extraneous acoustic waves and/or contaminants near an acoustic transducer to thereby reduce errors in the detection/identification of the acoustic stress wave. A computer system may be programmed to determine the MOE of the workpiece based on the travel time and/or velocity of multiple acoustic stress waves induced by corresponding impacts at respective locations along the end of the workpiece as the workpiece travels in a first direction. Corresponding methods and an induction system for rapidly and repeatedly striking the end of the workpiece are also described herein.

MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A measurement device includes: a first measurement unit, disposed at a first opposing position facing a portion of a sheet-like measurement target, that measures a first physical property of the measurement target by causing the measurement target to vibrate with an ultrasonic wave; a second measurement unit, disposed at a second opposing position facing another portion of the measurement target in a state in which the first measurement unit is facing the first portion, that pinches and restrains the other portion in a thickness direction and measures a second physical property other than the first physical property of the measurement target; and a disposed unit disposed between the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit in an intersecting direction with respect to the thickness direction of the measurement target.