Evaluation of surface smoothness by a laser displacement sensor II: comparison of lateral effect photodiode and multielement array

Development of accurate surface assessment technology is of vital interest to modern wood industries. In this experiment we investigated new and fast noncontacting sensors to determine their usefulness for wood surface evaluation and to verify their accuracy. Two types of laser displacement sensors [equipped with a position sensitive detector (PSD) and a charge coupled device (CCD) detector] are compared with a conventional stylus and with theoretical profiles. Hornbeam workpieces with triangular profiles of differing slope and height were used for the evaluation. The results show that resolution of both sensors decreases as the height of the profile decreases. The error ratio of the laser-scanned profiles changes as a function of profile height, in the range 5%–33%. The CCD method is superior for accurate surface roughness evaluation, although the PSD approach can still be used for monitoring the error of form in most applications.Parts of this work were presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Kyoto, April 2000 and at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Tokyo, April 2001     

激光传感器定量测量木材表面粗糙度的研究

1IntroductionThe surface roughness of wood is one of the important parameters that can be used to operate the automatic woodcutting machinery,and alsoto evaluatethe quality of products . Withthe development of computertechnology,automaticmeasurement methods of the machined surface roughness have been proposed.Inrecent years ,newnon_contact methodshave been studiedto measure the roughness of machined surfaces .For example ,ultrasonic sensor was usedto measuringsurface roughness(Blessinget al.,…     

木材表面缺陷的激光在线检测技术

本文介绍了采用激光位移传感器对刨削加工后的木材表面的裂纹及节子缺陷进行在线检测的方法。测试原理是利用激光位移传感器扫描木材表面，提供特征信号，由傅里叶分析仪FFT记录时间信号的波形，计算机进行数据处理和分析判断，这不仅可以快速识别裂纹及节子等缺陷，并从记录波形上即可计算出裂纹的宽度和深度。     

Locating and identifying splits and holes on sugi by the laser displacement sensor

The split and the hole are two common defects on sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D.Don). They have a common feature in that they are associated with surface irregularities. We have developed a laser scanning system to detect the splits and the holes based on their thickness, which correlates spatially with the profile information. The displacements measured by the laser sensor were converted to pixel values to generate the displacement profile image. Both the splits and the holes manifested well in the image. A dedicated image-processing program written in Visual Basic has been developed. The defects regions were accurately located by the image processing. To identify the defects, eight recognition rules based on four features have been utilized. Furthermore, a method based on the pixel model was proposed to compute the area of the defect. The results indicated that the defects could be identified correctly, and the areas could be computed accurately using the pixels model.     

Effects of helical angle of router bit on acoustic emission

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of changes in the helical angle of the router bit on the acoustic emission (AE) signal for various workpiece grain angles. The helical angle varied from 0° to 50° at 10° increments. The workpiece grains were oriented from 0 degrees (cutting parallel to the grain), through 90° (cutting end of the grain), to 165° at 15° increments. The AE signals and machined surface roughness were measured in an attempt to clarify the relations between them. The results were summarized as follows: (1) The AE signals were lowest in the with the grain cutting zones and slightly increased in the against the grain cutting zones; they rapidly reached the highest values at the 135°–165° grain angles. The greater the helical angle of the router bit, the smaller were the AE count rates for each grain angle investigated. There was no significant change in AE generation for helical angles of 0° and 10°. Moreover, the greater the feed rate, the greater was the AE count rate for every cutting condition investigated. (2) The surface roughness, similar to the AE count rate, had the lowest values in the with the grain cutting zones, slightly increased until the 120° grain angle, and then rapidly become extremely rough, reaching a maximum at the grain angles of 135°–150°. There was no remarkable change in the machined surface roughness while routing with the grain using the router bit of greater helical angle. However, when routing against the grain, the greater the helical angle the smoother was the machined surface. (3) There were correlations between the AE count rate and the machined surface roughness for each helical angle investigated. Therefore, acoustic emission has shown promise for monitoring and controlling the routing operation, including various grain angles and helical angles of the router bit.     

On-line determination of the grain angle using ellipse analysis of the laser light scattering pattern image

Under fixed cutting conditions, the surface finish roughness is correlated to the grain angle. However, the means of determining the grain angle automatically and accurately is still a challenge for on-line control of the router. It is therefore necessary to develop a new technology to determine the grain angle accurately and automatically. In this research, a laser light scattering pattern was used to accurately determine the grain angle. The light scattering pattern image was a quasi-ellipse caused by the grain direction and tracheid effect. A new modified Hough transform ellipse analysis technology was adopted to determine the ellipse parameters that could be used to determine the grain angle. The results indicated that the measured grain angle using the method proposed here was accurate and effective. The measured grain angle coincided with the real grain angle. There was an insignificant difference between the measured grain angle of Japanese beech (Fagus crenata blume) and that of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D.Don) under two machining conditions that gave planed or sawn finishes. However, the accuracy of the measured grain angle of sugi was better than that of Japanese beech for the planed finish, the accuracy of the measured grain angle of Japanese beech was better than that of sugi for the sawn finish, and the accuracy of the measured grain angle for planed samples was better than that for sawn samples of both sugi and Japanese beech.     

圆形薄板的温度分布及热变形

为了搞清圆锯片锯切工作时的受热变形情况和热变形与圆锯片适张的关系 ,该文测量了过度适张、不开径向槽薄圆盘的受热变形情况 .在一定的转速下 ,对圆盘的外边缘模拟加热 ,通过实验研究圆盘发生热变形的机理和变形过程 .实验结果表明 :①模拟切削加工过程对圆盘的外边缘加热 ,开始阶段 ,盘的变形很小 ,维持原有的碟形状态 ,随着温度差的不断增大 ,圆盘内产生了热应力 ,当温度差达到 16℃以后 ,圆盘开始从碟形逐渐向平面转变 .②圆盘变成平面状态后 ,仍处于临界不稳定状态 ,随着温度差的继续增大 ,圆盘逐渐回复到初始的碟形状态 .③圆盘回复到初始的碟形状态之后 ,圆盘不能蓄积更多的热应力 ,发生热应力释放 .④热压曲发生后 ,温度差继续增加 ,热压曲的变形量增加不大或几乎不增加 .⑤在温度差较小时 ,适张造成的碟形变形不能变成平面状态 ,可以认为是圆盘内的残余应力或适张应力对圆盘外缘的拉紧作用抵抗着热应力 ,这就是适张的意义和作用     

Wood properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pericopsis mooniana</Emphasis> grown in a plantation in Indonesia

The relationships between growth characteristics and wood properties were investigated for a threatened species, Pericopsis mooniana, to promote the establishment of plantations of this species in the tropics. Growth characteristics (diameter and height) and stress-wave velocity (SWV) of trees were measured for 22-year-old P. mooniana trees planted in Indonesia. The trees were categorized into three groups, fast-growing, middle-growing, and slow-growing trees, to investigate the effect of growth rate on the wood properties. In addition, radial variation of anatomical characteristics and wood properties were determined. No significant correlation was found between growth characteristics and SWV. The values for the vessel diameter, cell wall thickness of wood fibers, wood fiber length, basic density, modulus of elasticity, and modulus of rupture from wood at the bark side were higher than those at the pith side. On the other hand, vessel frequency gradually decreased from pith to bark. These results suggested that low-quality wood, such as juvenile wood, existed near the pith area.     

Preparation of β-1,3-glucanase from scallop mid-gut gland drips and its use for production of novel heterooligosaccharides

The mid-gut gland of scallop Patinopecten yessoensis has been discarded in scallop processing factories as a fishery waste and various attempts have been made to turn the waste into valuable resources. In the present study, we tried to use mid-gut gland drips from scallop as a source of β-1,3-glucanase. The mid-gut gland drips were collected in a local fishery factory in Yubetsu-cho, Hokkaido Prefecture. β-1,3-Glucanase was purified from the mid-gut gland drips by ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by successive chromatography on Toyopearl Phenyl-650M and Toyopearl DEAE-650M. The scallop β-1,3-glucanase, named PyLam38 in the present study, showed a molecular mass of approximately 38 kDa by sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and hydrolyzed laminarin, a β-1,3-glucan from Laminaria sp., producing laminaribiose and glucose with an optimal pH and temperature of 6.0 and 45°C, respectively. PyLam38 exhibited high transglycosylation activity toward various accepter substrates such as monosaccharides, alcohols and xylooligosaccharides. Thus, PyLam38 was found to be useful for the production of various novel heterooligosaccharides consisting of laminarioligosaccharides and various accepters.