Non-contact length sensor with product reporting system

$15.00

Since the beginning of the wire and cable industry there has been a need for a means of accurately measuring the length of the product as it is being manufactured and/or spooled. The traditional means of length measurement is via a contact wheel of known circumference that rides on the top of the cable and is friction driven to a mechanical counter that accummulates the total length of a spool or production run.

Description

Since the beginning of the wire and cable industry there has been a need for a means of accurately measuring the length of the product as it is being manufactured and/or spooled. The traditional means of length measurement is via a contact wheel of known circumference that rides on the top of the cable and is friction driven to a mechanical counter that accummulates the total length of a spool or production run.

Additional information

Author(s)

Donald L. Cullen, Autech Corporatin, USA

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 51st Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA USA

Year

1981