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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2000
William O. Ballata, Hayside, KS (US);
David Spagnuolo, Newark, DE (US);
J. Robert Klinger, Easthampton, MA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring the cure of a resin-impregnated material includes a pultrusion die; a plurality of first electrodes mounted in the pultrusion die; a plurality of insulators surrounding the plurality of first electrodes, respectively, in the pultrusion die; a resin-impregnated preform that includes a second electrode therein, the resin-impregnated preform being inserted into the pultrusion die; a constant contact electrode that contacts the second electrode; and a power supply connected to the constant contact electrode wherein electric current flows from the power supply to the constant contact electrode then to the second electrode then through the resin-impregnated preform to the plurality of first electrodes.