Patent ID: 7245985

Claim:
A method for curing one or more parts, comprising: determining, for each evaluator of a plurality of evaluators, a corresponding curing predictive effectiveness; wherein the step of determining includes obtaining a plurality of predetermined curing conditions, and curing at least one part at each of the predetermined curing conditions for obtaining an output from each evaluator for each predetermined curing condition: wherein for each evaluator, E, of said evaluators, said step of determining determines the corresponding predictive effectiveness according to a correlation between (a1) and (a2) following: (a1) outputs by the evaluator E, wherein for each curing condition, CC j , of the curing conditions, there is a portion of the outputs obtained when the evaluator E is provided with a sequence of impedance responses from a device, the sequence of impedance responses being indicative of impedance measurements of the at least one part being cured at its the curing condition CC j , and in curing equipment that is also to be used in curing a subsequent part, and (a2) for each curing condition, CC k , of the curing conditions, a curing time obtained from curing a curable compound at the curing condition CC k , wherein the curable compound is expected to have a composition corresponding to the at least one part cured at the curing condition CC k ; providing, for each of a plurality of predetermined frequencies, an electrical current to the device, wherein the device outputs signals indicative of impedance measurements for curing the subsequent part in the curing equipment; receiving, for each of said frequencies, an impedance data stream including a sequence of impedance responses from said device during the curing of the subsequent part; for each of one or more of the evaluators, activating the evaluator for obtaining a corresponding result related to a prediction of a cure time of the subsequent part, when the evaluator is provided with a corresponding activation input from one of said impedance data streams; using the corresponding results from the one or more evaluators for obtaining a predicted cure time for the subsequent part; wherein a step of identifying is performed prior to said step of using, and said step of identifying identifies at least one of the evaluators, E 1 , for predicting a cure time for the subsequent part, wherein the corresponding predictive effectiveness for E 1 is better than the corresponding predictive effectiveness of at least one other of the evaluators.