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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments Llc, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Damian Ashmead, Middletown, DE (US);
John Magie Coffin, Blue Mounds, WI (US);
Francis Deck, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/86 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/86 (2013.01); G01B 11/0691 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8636 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8672 (2013.01); G01N 2021/869 (2013.01);
Abstract
A web gauging system and methods of using the web gauging system are described. The web gauging system includes a supercontinuum Laser providing a light beam. A beam expander is configured to expand the light beam and provide an expanded beam to a sample illumination area. A detector unit configured to detect a sample light from the illumination area. A moving web can be placed in the illumination area, where the web gauging system measures parameters of the web.