Method for controlling quality of a fiberglass mat
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1. A method for controlling quality of a fiberglass mat, comprising:
- dyeing a test specimen of said fiberglass mat;
scanning said test specimen with an optical detector to collect color data and storing said color data in a memory device; and
using a computing system to compare said color data stored in said memory device to a predetermined standard stored in said memory device to determine if said fiberglass mat is within desired product specification;
said method being characterized by establishing a scale representing different cure levels of said fiberglass mat by scanning samples of fiberglass mat having known levels of cure and determining the ratio of red pixels to the total number of pixels for said known levels of cure.
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Abstract
A method is provided for controlling the quality of a fiberglass mat. The method includes the steps of dyeing a test specimen of the fiberglass mat, scanning the test specimen with an optical detector to collect color data and comparing the color data to a predetermined standard to determine if the fiberglass mat is within the desired product specification.
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1. A method for controlling quality of a fiberglass mat, comprising:
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dyeing a test specimen of said fiberglass mat; scanning said test specimen with an optical detector to collect color data and storing said color data in a memory device; and using a computing system to compare said color data stored in said memory device to a predetermined standard stored in said memory device to determine if said fiberglass mat is within desired product specification; said method being characterized by establishing a scale representing different cure levels of said fiberglass mat by scanning samples of fiberglass mat having known levels of cure and determining the ratio of red pixels to the total number of pixels for said known levels of cure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling quality of a fiberglass mat, comprising:
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dyeing a test specimen of said fiberglass mat; scanning said test specimen with an optical detector to collect color data and storing said color data in a memory device; and using a computing system to compare said color data stored in said memory device to a predetermined standard stored in said memory device to determine if said fiberglass mat is within desired product specification; said method being characterized by (a) determining a ratio of red pixels to a total number of pixels in a scan image and using said ratio to determine the level of cure of said test specimen and (b) establishing a scale representing different cure levels of said fiberglass mat by scanning samples of fiberglass mat having known levels of cure and (c) determining the ratio of red pixels to the total number of pixels for said known levels of cure. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for controlling quality of a fiberglass mat, compromising:
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dyeing a test specimen of said fiberglass mat; scanning said test specimen with an optical detector to collect color data and storing said color data in a memory device; and using a computing system to compare said color data stored in said memory device to a predetermined standard stored in said memory device to determine if said fiberglass mat is within desired product specification; said method being characterized by distinguishing red, green and blue pixels in a scan image of said test specimen. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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