Applications of terahertz spectroscopy in the plastics industry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6840, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wietzke, S ^a   Rutz, F ^a,b   Jordens, C ^a   Krumbholz, N ^a   Vieweg, N ^a   Jansen, C ^a   Wilk, R ^a,c   Koch, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^c MENLO SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Industrial application; Non destructive testing; Plastics; Process monitoring; Quality control; Terahertz components; Terahertz imaging; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; APPLICATIONS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELASTOMERS; HIGH ENERGY FORMING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INSPECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; POLYMERS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY; TESTING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WELDS;

AB SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ADDITIVE CONTENTS; BRAGG FILTERS; COMPOUNDING PROCESSES; CONTACTLESS; DATA EXTRACTIONS; DESTRUCTIVE TESTING TECHNIQUES; DO-MAINS; EXTRUSION PROCESSES; HIGH PRECISIONS; IN COMPONENTS; IN LINES; LOW COSTS; MASS PRODUCTIONS; MATERIAL THICKNESSES; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PLASTIC COMPONENTS; PLASTIC WELDS; POLYMER INDUSTRIES; POLYMER PRODUCTS; POLYMERIC COMPOUNDS; SINGLE PASSES; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; TERAHERTZ COMPONENTS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; THZ IMAGING; THZ SYSTEMS; WORLDWIDE PRODUCTIONS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 47949132162     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.757547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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