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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

John Bruce Kelley, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Wei-Yang Lu, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Fred J. Zutavern, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Assignee:

Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for providing closed-loop control of the heating of a workpiece by an induction heating machine, including generating an acoustic wave in the workpiece with a pulsed laser; optically measuring displacements of the surface of the workpiece in response to the acoustic wave; calculating a sub-surface material property by analyzing the measured surface displacements; creating an error signal by comparing an attribute of the calculated sub-surface material properties with a desired attribute; and reducing the error signal below an acceptable limit by adjusting, in real-time, as often as necessary, the operation of the inductive heating machine.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kelley, John. (2003). Acoustic sensor for real-time control for the inductive heating process (U.S. Patent No. 6628404). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6628404

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