Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crack detection and measurement in a metallurgical vessels
- Patent Title (中): 冶金容器中的裂纹检测和测量
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Application No.: US14664417Application Date: 2015-03-20
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Publication No.: US09279773B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Thomas Lawrence Harvill
- Applicant: Process Metrix
- Applicant Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Assignee: PROCESS METRIX
- Current Assignee: PROCESS METRIX
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Agent Thomas Clinton; Donald M. Satina
- Main IPC: G01N21/90
- IPC: G01N21/90 ; G01S17/02 ; G01B11/30 ; G01N21/88

Abstract:
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed to detect and measure cracks in the lining of a container. A typical apparatus includes a scanning device to acquire a cloud of data points by measuring distances from the scanning device to a plurality of points on the surface of lining material and a controller to fit a polygonal mesh and a minimum surface through the cloud of data points, a crack being detected by a portion of the polygonal mesh containing a connected group of polygons that extends past the minimum surface beyond a threshold distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160018341A1 CRACK DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT IN METALLURGICAL VESSELS Public/Granted day:2016-01-21
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