Optics: measuring and testing – Of light reflection
Patent
1980-07-18
1983-10-18
Arnold, Bruce Y.
Optics: measuring and testing
Of light reflection
250563, G01N 2155, G01N 2188
Patent
active
044102780
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for inspecting the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical object is disclosed, in which the light in slit form is radiated on the surface of an object such as a nuclear fuel pellet at an angle thereto, the light regularly reflected on the surface is detected by a detector, the detected image signal is quantized at threshold values higher and lower than an average level, and the binary signals are used to detect surface losses separately from an unground part and a metal inclusion as a first detection process. The diffused light is radiated onto the surface of the nuclear fuel pellet at an angle thereto, parallel light rays are radiated onto the surface from the direction perpendicular thereto, the light reflected from the surface of the object is detected by a detector from the direction perpendicular to the surface, the detected image signal is quantized at a threshold level lower than an average level of the image signal for the normal surface, and the binary signal is used to detect, as a second detection process, a crack and a pit separately from a chip, said crack, pit or chip included in surface missing defects detected in said first detection process. The surface defects of the nuclear fuel pellet or the like are thus detected by separating them into at least three types including a chip, an unground part and a metal inclusion, and a crack and a pit.
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Hamada Toshimitsu
Makihira Hiroshi
Nakagawa Yasuo
Udaka Makoto
Arnold Bruce Y.
Hitachi , Ltd.
Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
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