PROCESS TO MONITOR UNWANTED FORMATION OF A POLYMER HAVING INTERNAL STRAIN BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION ANALYSIS

• Main Authors: ALCURI, GUSTAVO, THORET BAUCHET, JEAN-PIERRE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.07.2008
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The present invention relates to a process to monitor unwanted formation of a polymer having internal mechanical strain wherein acoustic emission generated by said polymer formation is detected by one or more acoustic sensors attached to a piece of equipment. In a preferred embodiment the device to...