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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Sandra Freedman Feldman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrew Joseph Poslinski, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Vicki Herzl Watkins, Alplaus, NY (US);
James Paul Barren, Scotia, NY (US);
Arthur Joseph Osborn, Catskill, NY (US);
John Frederick Graf, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Using the molding tool ( ), spatially-resolved spectrometer ( ) and computerized device ( ) of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/303,409, streaking problems identified in production are first diagnosed ( ), then duplicated on a laboratory scale ( ) and compared with the streaking problems observed in production. Next, options are developed and tested for fixing (correcting) the observed problem and testing these on a laboratory scale ( ). Finally, the option(s) chosen for correcting the observed problem are validated prior to reinitiating full-scale production ( ).