As technology evolves products are designed with narrower manufacturing tolerances which require more precise manufacturing practices and testing. This project designs and implements a scanning thickness gauge for use in the sheet extrusion industry. The report discusses the need for the scanning thickness gauge and why a commercially available system was not an option. The report details the steps taken to program, interface, and implement a scanning thickness gauge using an existing thickness measurement device. The finished project is discussed including the limitations of the system and future improvements to the system.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Stockwell, Raymond P

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-010514-182254

Advisor

• Bitar, Stephen John

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-01-05

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-10