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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1987
Paolo Cielo, Montreal, CA;
Jean-Claude Krapez, Longueuil, CA;
Kenneth C Cole, St-Hubert, CA;
Ghislain Vaudreuil, Boucherville, CA;
Canadian Patents and Development Limited, Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
The degree of cure in a polymeric composite is evaluated in a simple, rapid and non-destructive manner by heating a surface portion of the polymeric composite to substantially curing temperature, over a predetermined period of time, and continuously monitoring with a non-contact temperature sensor temperature fluctuations of the heated surface portion during the predetermined period of time to obtain data comprising surface temperature values measured as a function of time. By processing such data including comparing with a calibration reference, for example by providing a curve of the measured surface temperature values against time and comparing with a reference curve, one can evaluate the degree of cure of the polymeric composite.