Measurement of edge angles of knives using a light sectioning technique

Author

Takatsuji, Toshiyuki ; Kirita, Atsushi ; Arai, Teruo

Author_Institution

Nat. Res. Lab. of Metrol., Ibaraki, Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

10-12 May 1994

Firstpage

1063

Abstract

A novel instrument for measuring edge angles of knives was developed. This instrument is capable of nondestructive and non-attached measurement. A light-sectioning technique was used for the measurement wherein laser beam was divided into two parallel beams and which were made planar by a cylindrical lens. These two beams illuminated the object knife edge which was set aslant to the beam. Thus we can observe two wedge-shaped lines when we observe a direction normal to it. We can calculate the edge angle from the angle made by these lines and the interval of lines. This instrument enables accurate and simple measurement of the edge angles of knives

Keywords

angular measurement; image processing; measurement by laser beam; optical microscopy; spatial variables measurement; cylindrical lens; edge angles; knives; laser beam; light sectioning technique; light-sectioning technique; nonattached measurement; nondestructive measurement; object knife edge; parallel beams; wedge-shaped lines; Ambient intelligence; Equations; Goniometers; Instruments; Laboratories; Laser beams; Lenses; Microscopy; Mirrors; Shape measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1994. IMTC/94. Conference Proceedings. 10th Anniversary. Advanced Technologies in I & M., 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Hamamatsu

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1880-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1994.351876

Filename

351876