US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on April 14 for "Method to control gap for sheet manufacturing measurement processes" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,590, issued on April 14, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Method to control gap for sheet manufacturing measurement processes" was invented by Greg Reynen (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensors used in sheet manufacturing environments can be sensitive to the gap between the scanner heads. Nuclear gauges measure both the sheet product and gas in the column between the scanner heads. The gap distance can affect the measurement in a linear or non-linear fashion depending on the sensing principle High frequency vibrations can cause the sensor devices therein to move. Techniques fo...