公开(公告)号：US10145805B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US15528919

申请日：2015-11-19

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Alan Russell Stanford ,  Eric Daniel Treacy ,  Lei Wang

IPC: G01N21/956

Abstract: An inspection apparatus and method to automatically inspect ceramic honeycomb bodies during the manufacturing thereof. The apparatus includes a light source to shine light through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a lens to receive at least a portion of the light transmitted through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a camera to capture images of the transmitted light, a support chuck to support the honeycomb body, and a controller to receive the captured images, to analyze each captured image, to adjust the support chuck and/or the lens based on the analysis, and to align the ceramic honeycomb body channels and the lens optical axis.