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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1981
James A Holler, Tonawanda, NY (US);
William B Stanton, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Jerry J Spongr, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Boris B Joffe, Buffalo, NY (US);
Peter W Raffelsberger, North Tonawanda, NY (US);
John E Tiebor, Williamsville, NY (US);
Twin City International, Inc., Amherst, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus using radiation techniques for measuring coating thicknesses on continuously moving strip material as it travels along a predetermined path and without altering that path. A shuttle carrying a measuring probe having a radioactive isotope source and a detection device is provided in the path of the strip for reciprocation along a preselected segment of the path. The shuttle and the probe are releasably engaged with the strip and carried thereby for synchronous movement therewith in the direction of travel of the strip during a measurement cycle, and are disengaged from the strip when no measurement is being made, the movement of the shuttle then being controlled by an independent drive mechanism.