Optical triangle method for rea-l time measuring thickness of metal plate
- Received Date: 1997-08-25
- Accepted Date: 1997-10-12
- Available Online: 1998-05-25
Abstract: The oblique incident laser beam is projects on a metal plate,then reflected and imaged on a photocell with a lens.While the plate has a movement,the laser spot will depart from the photocell.Using a turning mirror to make the laser beam to scan a special position,the laser image spot can return to photocell.By measurement of the scanning angle of the laser beam,the displacement of the metal plate can be calculated.So the method can be applied to measure the thickness of the metal plate.In order to eliminate the influence of the variation of reflectance of metal surface,the correct method is presented.The method is no contact and can be used in real time measurements.