Patent ID: 7880467
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An industrial quality and process control (QPC) system adapted to analyze adjacent lines of goods, said QPC comprising at least one packed array of MRI/NMR devices, said packed array comprising a plurality of i adjacently positioned MRI/NMR devices installed side by side with virtually zero gap between the magnets; said array characterized by dimensions of x, y, and z, where i is an integer not less than 2, and x, y, and z are integers not less than 0; wherein each of said MRI/NMR devices provides magnetic shielding from the other MRI/NMR devices and wherein each MRI/NMR device comprises a magnet, a gradient coil, and an RF coil such that said QPC system comprises in total not less than i independent magnets, i independent gradient coils, and i independent RF coils; further wherein the analysis of said lines of goods is performed simultaneously and independently by each of said MRI/NMR devices.