Sensor Review: Volume 11 Issue 1

Strapline:

The international journal of sensing for industry
Subject:

Table of contents

METAL DETECTION TESTING PROVIDES PROTECTION: FOR CONSUMERS AND MACHINERY

Trevor Butler

Contamination has become one of the favourite topics of the moment. But, even though saboteurs gain the headlines, the fact remains that the manufacture of products for domestic…

DOTCODES: THE IDEAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR EXACTING APPLICATIONS

In many processes where automation has been introduced the need for identification of items, products and raw materials is indispensable. To facilitate this identification…

AUTOMATIC GLASS EXAMINATION: USE OF RETRO‐REFLECTIVE LASER SCANNING

John F. Claridge

Introduction Laser‐based inspection systems originated in the late 1960s to automate the inspection task. Applied primarily to defect detection in flat, homogeneous products…

INSPECTING KEVLAR FIBRES AT 50 METRES A MINUTE

Jack Hollingum

British Telecom research found that a vision system provided the answer to a problem with Kevlar fibres used in the manufacture of fibre optic cables.

FUNDAMENTALS: CONNECTING TO YOUR SENSOR

Jonathan M. Tucker

An explanation of techniques for the connection of sensors to data acquisition systems and how to stop noise swamping your signal.

ACCURATE TO A FAULT: A NEW, SOFTWARE‐ORIENTED APPROACH TO MACHINE HEALTH MONITORING

Richard Stobart

Predicting and circumventing incipient faults in expensive and intensively used machinery becomes more important every day — from the points of view of extending machinery life…

NEW SENSING TECHNOLOGY AT OPT07

A new event held in October 1990 in Nuremberg, Germany, designated Opto7, was intended to combine seven different aspects of the application of electro‐optics, with conferences on…

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ISSN:

0260-2288

e-ISSN:

1758-6828

ISSN-L:

0260-2288

Online date, start – end:

1981

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Kean C. Aw