Optical fiber displacement sensors for process and manufacturing applications

Ronald C. Spooncer; Clive Butler; Barry E. Jones

doi:10.1117/12.58847

1 August 1992 Optical fiber displacement sensors for process and manufacturing applications

Ronald C. Spooncer, Clive Butler, Barry E. Jones

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 31, Issue 8, (August 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58847

Abstract

We describe three novel optical fiber probes, all based on the focused-beam reflective principle, to measure displacement, form, and surface topography, respectively. Each depends on deriving twindisplacement/optical output characteristics that may be resolved by difference/sum referencing. The displacement sensor adopts twowavelength operation using a zone plate to give opposing displacement/output characteristics. The device is noncontacting, and a resolution of better than 0.1% of span is anticipated. A 3-D optical touchprobe has been built for use with coordinate measuring machines. A mathematical model has been generated that relates output to stylus movement, and the model has been verified experimentally. A resolution of 0.1 μm in the x-y plane and 1.0 μm in the z direction is achievable. A further noncontacting probe has been developed for the measurement of surface topography whose output shows low dependency on surface reflectance. A mathematical model has shown good correspondence against a wide range of surface compositions and textures; a resolution of better than 1 μm is foreseen. Proposals are made for industrial implementation of all three probes.

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Ronald C. Spooncer, Clive Butler, and Barry E. Jones "Optical fiber displacement sensors for process and manufacturing applications," Optical Engineering 31(8), (1 August 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58847

Published: 1 August 1992

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