Real-time process monitoring of micromoulding using integrated ultrasonic sensors

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-401

  Ono, Y ^a,b   Whiteside, B R ^c   Brown, E C ^c   Kobayashi, M ^c   Cheng, C C ^c,d   Jen, C K ^a   Coates, P D ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

detachment; high temperature ultrasonic transducer; micromoulding; process monitoring; shrinkage; solidification

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; MOLDING; MOLDS; POLYMER MELTS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; SHRINKAGE; SOLIDIFICATION; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

DETACHMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; MELT TEMPERATURE; MICROMOULDING; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; REAL-TIME PROCESS MONITORING; ULTRASONIC PULSE-ECHO TECHNIQUES;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 46349101561     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142331207080153     Document Type: Article

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