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Empty crate inspection by detection of excited oscillations

US9784719B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jürgen Herrmann · Rosenheim, DE
Marius Michael Herrmann · Rosenheim, DE
Xiang Zhang · 红钢城街道, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 2012
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/2695
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for inspecting an empty crate that is transported on a transport device includes an inspection device having a pulse generator, a processor, a sensor, and an uncoupling device. Prior to inspection, the uncoupling device uncouples the empty crate from the transport device. The pulse generator then excites vibrations in the empty crate, which the sensor receives and passes to a processor for analysis.

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