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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Alan Russell Stanford, Eaton, OH (US);
Eric Daniel Treacy, Beaver Dams, NY (US);
Lei Wang, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An inspection apparatus and method to automatically inspect ceramic honeycomb bodies during the manufacturing thereof. The apparatus includes a light source to shine light through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a lens to receive at least a portion of the light transmitted through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a camera to capture images of the transmitted light, a support chuck to support the honeycomb body, and a controller to receive the captured images, to analyze each captured image, to adjust the support chuck and/or the lens based on the analysis, and to align the ceramic honeycomb body channels and the lens optical axis.