Glass manufacturing – Processes – Forming product or preform from molten glass
Patent
1980-12-10
1982-03-16
Lindsay, Jr., Robert L.
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Forming product or preform from molten glass
65 101, 65 29, 65160, 242 18G, 242 42, 356 731, C03B 37025
Patent
active
043199011
ABSTRACT:
A method of and apparatus for monitoring the method comprising the steps of: generating electromagnetic radiation; using a first lens to form the electromagnetic radiation into a beam; directing the beam through a sampling volume for impingement upon the fibers; positioning a second lens in the same horizontal plane as the first lens such that the angle, whose tangent is D/d, is greater than or equal to five degrees, where D is the diameter of the second lens and d is the distance from a plane through the center of the second lens to the center of the sampling volume; collecting electromagnetic radiation backscattered from the fibers by means of the second lens; and generating a signal responsive to the amount of radiation collected as an indication of the average diameter of the fibers.
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Kreikebaum Gerhard
Pellegrin Michael T.
Shofner Frederick M.
Hudgens Ronald C.
Kashimba Paul T.
Lindsay, Jr. Robert L.
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Pacella Patrick P.
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