Device and method for measuring an extruded flat-cable conductor
AssigneeZumbach Electronic AG
InventorsErhard Bracher, Frederic Guerne
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Abstract
Provided is a device for measuring at least one parameter of an extruded flat conductor cable in a water bath that follows the extruder. The device distinguishes itself in that the flat conductor cable is guided with one of its flat sides essentially perpendicular across an ultrasonic head arranged in a water bath and that the ultrasonic head is a displaceable ultrasonic head that can be displaced crosswise to the longitudinal direction, or the ultrasonic head is a stationary ultrasonic element row that extends crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor cable. This device allows measuring the total width of the flat conductor cable, such that different parameters can be determined.
Claims12
A device for measuring at least one parameter of an extruded flat conductor cable in a water bath that follows the extruder, characterized in that
- the flat conductor cable is guided with one of its flat sides essentially perpendicular across an ultrasonic head arranged in the water bath and
- a) the ultrasonic head is an ultrasonic head that can be displaced crosswise to the longitudinal direction or
- b) the ultrasonic head is a stationary ultrasonic element row that extends crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor cable.
A method for measuring at least one parameter of an extruded flat conductor cable by measuring the flat conductor cable in a water bath after it leaves an extruder, characterized in that
- the flat conductor cable is admitted on at least one of its two flat sides essentially perpendicular with the sound waves from at least one ultrasonic head and
- a) an ultrasonic head is used which can be displaced crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor cable, or
- b) the ultrasonic head used is a stationary ultrasonic element row which extends across the width of the flat conductor cable and
- the parameter or the parameters to be measured is(are) determined with the aid of one or several reflected ultrasonic echoes.
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