Patent ID: 8537215

Claim:
A system for inspecting a ceramic honeycomb structure for at least one defect, wherein the ceramic honeycomb structure has an outer skin and opposite first and second endfaces having respective first and second perimeters, comprising: a movable stage that moves the ceramic honeycomb structure relative to a line-illumination of the outer skin, and first and second line illuminations of respective first and second endface portions including the respective first and second perimeters; a first line-scan camera that captures a first scanned image of the illuminated line portion of the outer skin onto a first detector; second and third line-scan cameras that capture respective second and third scanned images of the illuminated first and second endface portions, including the respective first and second perimeters, onto respective second and third detectors; and a controller operatively configured to control the movable stage to effectuate movement of the ceramic honeycomb structure and to receive the first, second and third scanned images and form therefrom a composite scanned image that shows the at least one defect.