×

Anodizing system with a coating thickness monitor and an anodized product

  • US 7,128,985 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2003
  • Issued: 10/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A substrate including an anodized coating, said coating having a thickness quality of about 1.3 times better than a coating thickness quality of an anodized substrate made without a coating thickness monitor communicating with a controller, said coating thickness monitor including:

  • a) at least one radiation source directed at at least a portion of the anodized substrate;

    b) at least one probe for capturing at least a portion of the radiation reflected and refracted by the anodized coating on the anodized substrate, the captured radiation being at least a portion of the radiation directed at the anodized substrate from said radiation source; and

    c) at least one detector in communication with said at least one probe, said at least one detector capable of processing the captured radiation to allow a determination of at least the thickness of the anodized coating on the substrate.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×