PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE CELL DENSITY OF A HONEYCOMBED BODY, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN EXHAUST FUME CATALYTIC CONVERTER

摘要

A process and devices are disclosed for automatically determining in relation to a surface the cell density of a cellular structure (4) of a honeycombed body (1) with a plurality of channels (3) that open at one front side (2) of the honeycombed body (1), so that the cell structure (4) is visible at said front side (2). An image with a known or determinable scale of at least part of the cell structure (4) is recorded by an optical instrument (9), the image is processed and while it is processed the number of cells is determined by counting the cells (5) and the cell density is calculated by correlating the number of cells and a reference surface determined by means of the image scale. The cell density can thus be quickly and accurately determined, in particular by computer-assisted image processing, production errors can be quickly recognised and costs spared.