摘要 |
<p>A sensor imbedded rolle (40) for detecting changes in properties of a material and a measurement apparatus including a fixed impedance element coupled in series with a variable sensor imbedded roller (40) between an input signal and a reference potential is described. The sensor (41), which includes an electrode configuration, is embedded into a roller (40) such that when the roller rotates the sensor contacts the material being measured and the sensor's impedance varies. The variable impedance of the sensor relates to changes in property of the material being sensed which can then be related to changes in other physical characteristics of the material, such as weight, chemical composition, and temperature. Sensor imbedded rollers (40) can be placed in a sheetmaking machine to measure the pre-formed and post-formed paper product.</p> |