A noncontact sensor for the identification of paper and board samples on a high speed sorting conveyor

Appita Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Ramasubramanian, M K ^a   Venditti, Richard A ^a   Katuri, Kalyan C ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending stiffness; Cardboard; Copy paper; Non contact sensor; Paper sorting sensor; Paper stiffness

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; NOZZLES;

NONCONTACT SENSORS; PAPER SORTING SENSOR; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE LOAD; SORTING CONVEYOR; VISUAL IMAGING;

PAPER;

CARD STOCK; NOZZLES; PAPER; STIFFNESS;

EID: 34548592119     PISSN: 10386807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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