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	Vision technology for non-contacting rheology monitoring and agitation control in explosive environments 1996 - 1998 Sujets : Safety, Electronics, Microelectronics, Industrial Manufacture Type de contrat : Cooperative research contracts Participants : British Hydromechanics Research GroupLtd. UNITED KINGDOM British Hydromechanics Research GroupLtd. Research Cranfield MK43 0AJ UNITED KINGDOM Industrias Kolmer SA ESPAÑA Industrias Kolmer SA Industry 18220 ESPAÑA Bufi y Planas SA ESPAÑA Bufi y Planas SA Industry KM 2,Ctra Algentona-Dosrius 08310 ESPAÑA General Paints Ltd. ÉIRE/IRELAND General Paints Ltd. Industry Maynooth Road ÉIRE/IRELAND Industrias Ega SA ESPAÑA Industrias Ega SA Industry 16,Calle Los Placios 01003 ESPAÑA Syntheses Ltd. ÉIRE/IRELAND Syntheses Ltd. Industry Woodbrine Works ÉIRE/IRELAND General Paints Ireland General Paints Industry Maynooth Road Ireland Syntheses Ireland Syntheses Industry Woodbrine Works Ireland Bufi y Planas Spain Bufi y Planas Industry KM 2,Ctra Algentona-Dosrius Spain Industrias Ega Spain Industrias Ega Industry 16,Calle Los Placios Spain Industrias Kolmer Spain Industrias Kolmer Industry Spain DEXTER PAINTS United Kingdom DEXTER PAINTS Industry Trafalgar Street BB11 1RE United Kingdom Intercoat Industrial Paint United Kingdom Intercoat Industrial Paint Industry Bridgeman Street WS2 9NW United Kingdom JW Bollam and Co United Kingdom JW Bollam and Co Industry Production Department PO Box 78 BL3 4BL United Kingdom Sheen Instruments United Kingdom Sheen Instruments Industry Waldegrave Road TW11 8LD United Kingdom Vision Controls United Kingdom Vision Controls Industry Higham Road NN15 5PU United Kingdom Hide general information Rheology is a crucial property of all paints and must be monitored during paint manufacture Currently this is a costly manual operation undertaken in a hazardous environment This proposed research will address all these aspects by satisfying the following technical objectives. . . The Technical Objectives are as follows 1. The development of flameproof vision technology using an optical system to transfer laser illumination into and a reflected signal out of an explosive area 2. The integration of the flameproof vision system with a non-intrusive rnixer. 3. The use of the integrated system for continuous rheology monitoring and automatic agitation control in the manufacture of paints. The Industrial Objective is to use the technology to reduce the costs of batch production of paints. A saving of 1;6% of Sales Price is estimated for Core Group Proposers. These and other SMEs dominate small batch production in the paint industry. The savings will improve their competitiveness and ability to respond to customer demands. Vision technology will be used to measure the shape of the fluid surface in a mixing vessel. This information will be used as the basis for a non-contacting method of monitoring rheology and for automatically controlling the level of agitation within the vessel. A mathematical model using Computational Fluid Dynamics will provide the theoretical basis for these uses. Because the fluid concerned is paint, the atmosphere is explosive and a flameproof vision system needs to be specially developed in the project. Non-intrusive mixing technology will be employed; minimising the emission levels of Volatile Organic Compounds. Working to a specification produced by Core Group Proposers, the flameproof vision system will be developed and used to validate the theoretical CFD model. A working system demonstrating the potential of the technology will enable Core Group Proposers to specify the features required in the first prototype to be built. This will be evaluated by the Core Group Proposers on their own site using their own paints, and the savings for their business quantified. Source : cordis