[미국특허]
Method and apparatus for measuring the width of composite tape
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01B-011/02
G01N-021/86
G01V-008/00
출원번호
US-0859745
(2007-09-22)
등록번호
US-8345269
(2013-01-01)
발명자
/ 주소
Anderson, Patrick L.
Estrada, Leonard P.
출원인 / 주소
The Boeing Company
대리인 / 주소
Yee & Associates, P.C.
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160
초록▼
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Apparatus is provided for slitting composite material int1aaaaaaaaaaao tape and for measuring the width of the slit tape as the tape is being reeled onto take up rolls. The tape width is measured by an optical micrometer. The optical micrometer includes a transmitter for directing radiant energy over the tape and, a receiver for receiving radiant energy from the transmitter that passes across an edge of the tape and for producing a signal related to the width of the tape.
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1. An apparatus that measures a width of a composite tape during a tape slitting, comprising: a transmitter that directs a planar beam of radiant energy over the composite tape in a direction transverse to a length of said composite tape; and,a receiver that receives said radiant energy from the tra
1. An apparatus that measures a width of a composite tape during a tape slitting, comprising: a transmitter that directs a planar beam of radiant energy over the composite tape in a direction transverse to a length of said composite tape; and,a receiver that receives said radiant energy from the transmitter that passes across at least one edge of the composite tape and that produces a signal related to the width of the composite tape;said transmitter and said receiver are independently moveable with respect to one another and in a width direction with respect to said composite tape to make a width measurement, wherein resulting independent movement of the transmitter and the receiver allows measurement of tape widths greater than a width of the receiver. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the planar beam of radiant energy comprises a scanned laser beam. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said transmitter and said receiver are mounted on respective carriages that each provide independent movement of each of said transmitter and said receiver relative to one another in the direction transverse to said composite tape. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said transmitter and said receiver comprise a single pair of components that accomplish the width measurement. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one support upon which the transmitter and receiver are each mounted. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for mounting a combination of the transmitter and the receiver for movement in the direction transverse to the length of the composite tape. 7. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising means for mounting the at least one support for movement in the direction transverse to the length of the composite tape. 8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for mounting includes: at least a first carriage on which at least one of the transmitter and receiver are mounted, anda guide that guides movement of the carriage along the direction transverse to the length of the composite tape. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising an electric drive that drives the carriage along the guide. 10. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a sensor that senses a position of the carriage along the guide. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, further including a controller coupled with the sensor that controls the movement of the carriage based on the position of the carriage sensed by the sensor. 12. An apparatus that measures a width of composite tape in a tape slitting machine as the composite tape is being slit to width, comprising: an optical sensing device mounted on the tape splitting machine that optically senses a position of at least one edge of the composite tape after the composite tape has been slit to a desired width;said optical sensing device includes:a transmitter positioned on a first side of the composite tape that transmits a planar beam of radiant energy in a direction transverse to a length of said composite tape onto said composite tape and over at least the one edge of the composite tape, anda receiver positioned on a second side of the composite tape opposite from said first side that receives said planar beam of radiant energy from the transmitter that passes across the at least one edge of the composite tape, wherein said transmitter and said receiver are independently moveable on guide rails with respect to one another and with respect to a width direction of said composite tape to make a width measurement, wherein independent movement of the receiver and the transmitter allow measurement of composite tape widths greater than a receiver width; and,means for converting a sensed position into a signal representing the width of the composite tape. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the receiver includes a camera that records the position of the at least one edge. 14. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising: a guide extending in the direction transverse to the length of the composite tape; and,a carriage mounted on the guide for movement along the guide, wherein at least one of the transmitter and the receiver are mounted on and movable with the carriage to allow adjustment of a second position of the at least one of the transmitter and the receiver relative to the composite tape. 15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are in an aligned relationship to each other. 16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the sensing device is adjustably mounted in the tape splitting machine, wherein an adjustment comprises movement in the direction transverse to the length of the composite tape. 17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said planar beam of radiant energy comprises a scanned laser beam. 18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said transmitter and said receiver are mounted on respective carriages that each provide independent movement of each of said transmitter and said receiver relative to one another in the direction transverse to said composite tape. 19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said transmitter and said receiver comprise a single pair of components that accomplish the width measurement. 20. An apparatus for slitting and measuring a composite material, comprising: at least one cutter that slits a length of the composite material into at least one length of tape having a preselected width;means for feeding the length of the composite material to the at least one cutter;take-up means for taking up the tape after the composite material has been slit by the at least one cutter; and,a measuring device that measures a width of the tape as the tape is being taken up;wherein the measuring device includes an optical micrometer comprising a transmitter and a receiver that optically senses at least one edge of the tape and determines a width of said tape, said transmitter directing a planar beam of radiant energy onto one side of said tape and over said at least one edge in a direction transverse to a length of said tape; and,wherein said transmitter and said receiver are independently moveable on guide rails with respect to one another and in a width direction with respect to said tape to make a width measurement, wherein independent movement of the transmitter and the receiver allows measurement of tape widths greater than a receiver width. 21. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising: a feed roll that feeds the length of the composite material to the at least one cutter, and wherein the take-up means includes a take-up roll that rolls up the tape. 22. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising means for holding the tape in a desired attitude while the tape is being measured by the measuring device. 23. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising means for adjusting a position of the measuring device relative to the at least one edge of the tape. 24. A method of measuring a width of composite tape as the composite tape is being slit to a desired width in a slitting machine, comprising the steps of: directing a planar beam of radiant energy onto the composite tape in a direction transverse to a length of said composite tape after the composite tape has been slit, said planar beam from a transmitter positioned on a first side of said composite tape;determining a position of at least one edge of the tape using the planar beam of radiant energy, said determining comprising sensing a portion of the planar beam adjacent said at least one edge of the composite tape with a receiver positioned on a second side of said composite tape, wherein said transmitter and said receiver are independently adjusted with respect to one another and in a width direction with respect to said composite tape prior to making a width measurement, said width measurement including measuring tape widths greater than a receiver width; and,computing the width of the composite tape using the position. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein determining includes: determining a second position of a received portion of the planar beam of radiant energy relative to a reference point. 26. The method of claim 24, wherein directing and determining are performed using an optical micrometer. 27. The method of claim 24, further comprising the step of: stretching the composite tape as the composite tape passes between the transmitter and the receiver. 28. The method of claim 24, wherein said transmitter and said receiver are mounted on respective carriages that each provide independent movement of each of said transmitter and said receiver relative to one another in the direction transverse to said composite tape. 29. The method of claim 24, wherein said transmitter and said receiver comprise a single pair of components that accomplish the width measurement. 30. The method of claim 24, wherein: directing includes adjusting a first lateral position of the transmitter relative to the at least one edge, anddetermining includes adjusting a second lateral position of the receiver relative to the at least one edge. 31. The method of claim 30, wherein adjustments of the transmitter and the receiver are performed synchronously.
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