Patent ID: 9239296
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B01D,B28B,C04B,G01N

Claim Text:
1. An in situ inspection system to inspect a honeycomb body skin in a honeycomb body skinning system for at least one defect, the inspection system comprising: a part conveying unit that moves a honeycomb body comprising the skin disposed thereon in an axial direction; an inspection unit, comprising: a line illuminator configured to generate a line illumination on the skin perpendicular to the axial direction, and a detector configured to detect the line illumination scattered from the skin and generate a signal based on the detected line illumination; a controller configured to receive the signal generated by the detector, compare the received signal to a previously stored defect free signal in real-time, and control at least one skinning process parameter based on the comparison, wherein the controller is configured to control the skin cement batch density in response to the defect identified as at least one of a pit and a pock, and the controller is configured to control at least one of the skin cement pressure and a velocity of the part conveying unit in response to the defect identified as a starvation.