Four-dimensional characterization of a sheet-forming web
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided by which a sheet-forming web may be characterized in four dimensions. Light images of the web are recorded at a point adjacent the initial stage of the web, for example, near the headbox in a paperforming operation. The images are digitized, and the resulting data is processed by novel algorithms to provide a four-dimensional measurement of the web. The measurements include two-dimensional spatial information, the intensity profile of the web, and the depth profile of the web. These measurements can be used to characterize the web, predict its properties and monitor production events, and to analyze and quantify headbox flow dynamics.
- Inventors:
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- Lubbock, TX
- Clinton, TN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 921313
- Patent Number(s):
- 6553133
- Application Number:
- 09/401,102
- Assignee:
- U.T. Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Sari-Sarraf, Hamed, and Goddard, James S. Four-dimensional characterization of a sheet-forming web. United States: N. p., 2003.
Web.
Sari-Sarraf, Hamed, & Goddard, James S. Four-dimensional characterization of a sheet-forming web. United States.
Sari-Sarraf, Hamed, and Goddard, James S. Tue .
"Four-dimensional characterization of a sheet-forming web". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/921313.
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author = {Sari-Sarraf, Hamed and Goddard, James S},
abstractNote = {A method and apparatus are provided by which a sheet-forming web may be characterized in four dimensions. Light images of the web are recorded at a point adjacent the initial stage of the web, for example, near the headbox in a paperforming operation. The images are digitized, and the resulting data is processed by novel algorithms to provide a four-dimensional measurement of the web. The measurements include two-dimensional spatial information, the intensity profile of the web, and the depth profile of the web. These measurements can be used to characterize the web, predict its properties and monitor production events, and to analyze and quantify headbox flow dynamics.},
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year = {Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2003},
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