Method and apparatus for detecting colored foreign particles in quartz powder material
AssigneeJapan Super Quartz Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Shimazu, Masaki Morikawa
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Abstract
Colored foreign particles contained in quartz powder material are detected in a high precision with the specified detection apparatus even when the colored foreign particles are pale colored foreign particles such as iron-based refuse, organic refuse and carbon-based refuse.
Claims10
An apparatus for detecting colored foreign particles in quartz powder material comprising:
- a material supplying means for continuously supplying white quartz powder material having polygonal external surfaces at a given rate;
- a belt conveying means for conveying the quartz powder material continuously supplied from the material supplying means;
- a first light emitting means located above the belt conveying means and emitting light with a given wavelength;
- a light diffusing means located below the first light emitting means and above the belt conveying means and converting the light emitted from the first light emitting means into scattering light to irradiate the quartz powder material conveyed on the belt conveying means;
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- a color imaging means located above the belt conveying means and continuously shooting color images of the quartz powder material,
- wherein the quartz powder material is irradiated with the scattering light from the light diffusing means to clarify shading of color images shot by the color imaging means to thereby detect colored foreign particles contained in the quartz powder material.
A method for detecting colored foreign particles in quartz powder material, which comprises conveying white quartz powder material having polygonal external surfaces, irradiating the conveyed quartz powder material at least from above thereof with scattering light converted from light of a given wavelength and continuously shooting color images of the quartz powder material with clarified shading to thereby detect colored foreign particles contained in the quartz powder material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.