Bridgestone Corporation

Solar Turbines Inc.

Sheldon Smilo

Boris Glezer

Kenneth H Maden

Narender K Bhardwaj

John D Clothiaux

A method and apparatus are provided for producing a temperature profile of a part operating within a machine is provided. The machine is operated with the part for a predetermined period of time. The part is placed in a light box in which a camera produces an image of the part. The image is compared with a standard set of colors and the standard color most closely corresponding to each pixel of the image is selected.

Method and apparatus for producing a surface temperature map

A system and technique for monitoring the positions of the lateral edges of tire components during a tire building operation. Fluorescent lamps are positioned on opposite sides of the tire building drum to orthogonally impinge light onto the vertical cut edges of the tire components. The cut ply cords exposed at these vertical edges reflect the light to a camera having a portion of the tire building drum and the ply laminate within its field of view. The camera is controlled to obtain pairs of data windows, one on each side of the belt laminate, at fixed and spaced intervals along the circumference of the laminate. A mosaic is then generated from these data windows to illustrate the amount of walking, snaking, or centering of the tire building components during the manufacturing process.

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Sheldon Smilo