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AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsMarc Borowczak, Aaron Scott Puhala, Ran Ding, Fredrick Lewis Magnus, Blake Edward Matthies
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Ultrasonic sensors can be integrated and used to monitor composites throughout their production and during their useful lifetime. In an integrated program, ultrasonic sensors, in the illustrated embodiment contact sensors, can be used for quality control on raw rubber used for making a composite and for monitoring the cure of the rubber as it is transformed into a useful product, and non-contact sensors can be used to evaluate the product when it is completed, and to monitor its aging and wear during use. Such sensors can also be used in research to evaluate potential raw materials, and to compare cured candidate materials for properties useful in a completed product.
A method for monitoring the state of a rubber used to make a rubber or rubber composite product at all stages of development comprising the steps of:
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