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Goddard
Space Flight Center
1989 Phase II
Automated
Seal-Flaw Detector
Winzen Engineering
Company
San Antonio, TX
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INNOVATION
Optical transmission device developed
to scan miles of transparent heat seals and detect "cold" seals, tuck,
foreign matter and other common flaws
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Automated Seal-Flaw Detector
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Technique developed based on
digital image analysis, using computer algorithm developed to discriminate
flaws
- U.S. Patent No. 5,184,190 -
Issued February 2, 1993
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- FY96 projected sales - $3.5M
- Balloon Fabrication Industry
of Winzen Engineering Company was sold to Raven Industries of Sioux
Falls, South Dakota
- Technique applicable to plastic
packaging industry, particularly food, medical and electronics
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Stratospheric balloon reliability
detection technique used by NASA, the military, and scientists from
fields such as astronomy, astrophysics and atmospheric science
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