APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF TRANSPARENT CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES

An apparatus and a method for measurement of transparent cylindrical articles during their manufacture in high temperature furnaces having openings for viewing the articles as they pass through the furnace. The cylindrical articles may, for example, be optical fiber preforms which have at least two...

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Hauptverfasser:	MA Qiulin, GREEN Evan P, BEAVERS, Jr. James E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS PHYSICS TESTING TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus and a method for measurement of transparent cylindrical articles during their manufacture in high temperature furnaces having openings for viewing the articles as they pass through the furnace. The cylindrical articles may, for example, be optical fiber preforms which have at least two layers of vitreous material and from which optical fibers are made. Measurement is accomplished using a digital camera with a sensing and digital recording device and a lens, and a processor programmed with an algorithm which analyzes the images recorded by the sensing and digital recording device by eliminating noise, identifying and locating the outer edges of the transparent cylindrical article and calculating measurements of the article including the diameter and the axial center of the article.