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Volume 18, Issue 4
1 December 1998
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Technical Paper| December 01 1998

Oxford Sensor Technology ‐ a story of perseverance Available to Purchase

Don Braggins
Don Braggins
Machine Vision Systems Consultancy, 90 High Street, Meldreth, Royston, Herts. SG8 6LB, UK. Tel: +44 1763 260333; Fax: +44 1763 261961; E‐mail: vision@dial.pipex.com
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6828
Print ISSN: 0260-2288
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Sensor Review (1998) 18 (4): 237–241.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02602289810240600

Outlines the development over a period of 27 years of a novel sensor that uses the off‐axis rotation of a lens to provide a circular scan of distance data. Applications include weld line tracking, waterjet cutting and many others requiring the measurement of curved and angled surfaces.

Keywords:
Lasers, Sensors, Vision, Welding
© MCB UP Limited
1998
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