Sensor Review: Volume 4 Issue 1
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The international journal of sensing for industryTable of contents
Laser·based arc welding sensor monitors weld preparation profile
A. de Keijzer, R.J. de GrootAutomation of arc welding jobs is accelerating rapidly now that sensory feedback systems are beginning to become available. However, many of these systems have limited…
Location of glass tubes on a mesh belt conveyor
A. BrowneThis article describes a computer vision system which was designed to locate glass tubes on a conveyor.
Speckle interferometry and other inspection techniques
John N. ButtersThis paper discusses some of the general methods by which laser light has been used in engineering measurement. Some objectives set for optical measurement in this field are high…
Keying in to the growing machine vision market
A number of US machine vision companies are already well established and exploiting the market. Brian Rooks recently visited one of these, Octek, and learnt of the procedures…
New sensing role for conductive polymer
Potentiometer manufacturer Colvern Ltd is engaged in a joint development project with a leading European weighing equipment company, and with DTI support, for a strain sensor…
The case for laser measuring equipment
Laser calibration is becoming almost standard practice for machine tools aspiring to high levels of accuracy, and the Hewlett Packard system is now widely used by machine tool…
Lasers probe gas flow in engines
B.W. DaleA group of laser techniques developed at the AERE is proving a powerful aid to design of diesel and petrol engines and shows promise for other industries in measurement of gas…
Real·time radiology of critical engine components
D. MüllenbergThe special design of an economic inspection system for aero‐engine turbine blades and vanes with X‐ray fluoroscopy and numerically controlled sample handling is described.
A vision system for the man on the shopfloor
ASEA, the Swedish robot builder, has introduced a robust robot vision system which is easy to program by the person on the shopfloor. John Mortimer reports.
Lasers find a home in FMS
Two speakers at last October's conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems discussed the opportunities for use of lasers in FMS applications. Both were associated with national…
Vision again dominates RoViSeC conference programme
Picking industrially relevant papers from the third RoViSeC conference was made difficult by the absence of any written papers. But they were there and here Brian Rooks highlights…
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- Professor Kean C. Aw