Automated volume measurement for weihts using acoustic volumeter

M. Ueki, T. Kobata, K. Ueda and A. Ooiwa
Abstract:
An automated method using an acoustic volumeter to measure the volume of weights mass ranging from 1 g to 100 g is described. The automated system consists of a manipulator of three-axis motion, a container lifting mechanism, a stationary weight magazine with 30 weights positions, a control unit, a personal computer and an acoustic volumeter. The acoustic volumeter with the weight exchanging system enables to perform fully-automated volume measurements. The reliability of the automated acoustic volumeter is experimentally examined, and the measurement uncertainty of the volume of the small mass weights is evaluated. Combined standard uncertainty is estimated to be 0.0021 cm³ in case of volume measurement of a 100 g weight, whose nominal volume is 12.5 cm³. It is confirmed that the automated acoustic volumeter can be applied to volume measurements of small weights with sufficient accuracy for the OIML class E1.
Keywords:
acoustic volumeter, weight, volume, automated measurement
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC3
Event name:
Cultivating Metrological Knowledge
Title:

20th Conference on Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque (together with 3rd TC16 Conference on Pressure Measurement & 1st TC22 Conference on Vibration Measurement)

Place:
Merida, MEXICO
Time:
27 November 2007 - 01 December 2007