发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for quantifying pigment dispersion quality by paint drawdown |
摘要 |
An automated computer-controlled method and apparatus for measuring the quality or fineness of a pigment dispersion sample, comprising placing the pigment dispersion at the deep end of the tapered path of a Hegman gage block, placing the Hegman gage block in a holder in a motorized drawdown device that draws the scraper along the length of the tapered path at an angle and to at a contact pressure and at a controlled rate, thereby creating a tapered film sample of paint whose thickness tapers from a maximum thickness of 100 micrometers to a minimum thickness of zero. An illuminator assembly illuminates the sample with a substantially collimated light source at an intensity level and the light reflected from the sample is collected by a lens onto a photodetector array in a digital camera. After a time interval the camera acquires an image of the sample. The image is digitized and stored in a memory in the computer and then a portion of the image within a region of interest corresponding to the sample in the tapered path is analyzed to detect and count pigment agglomerates that protrude above the surface of the sample.
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申请公布号 |
US2007146702(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2007.06.28 |
申请号 |
US20050298958 |
申请日期 |
2005.12.09 |
申请人 |
CANNING ROBERT V JR;MEHR SCOTT R;RUBIN BARRY;SIMPSON THOMAS W III;STILWELL DOUGLAS R |
发明人 |
CANNING ROBERT V.JR.;MEHR SCOTT R.;RUBIN BARRY;SIMPSON THOMAS W.III;STILWELL DOUGLAS R. |
分类号 |
G01N15/02 |
主分类号 |
G01N15/02 |
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