IP Library Granted Patent US 12687442
Granted Patent B2
US 12687442 · App. 18/694,683 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Method for confirming internal stress of resin and apparatus for measuring same

Inventors: Hiroyuki Niino (Higashihiroshima, JP); Yehan Qiao (Machida, JP); Tomoaki Yoshiyama (Machida, JP)
Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; VALQUA, LTD.
G01L1/248
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12687442
App. No.
18/694,683
Filed
Mar 22, 2024
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2852
USPC
73/800
Abstract

To provide an internal stress confirming method of a resin which is capable of measuring an internal stress of a translucent resin such as a fluororesin and a fluororubber and dynamically confirming stress propagation, and an apparatus measuring for the same. The internal stress confirming method for confirming an internal stress of a measurement target containing a translucent resin includes irradiating the measurement target with near-infrared light having a peak wavelength in a near-infrared band of 800 nm to 2500 nm through frosted glass, a polarizer, and a ¼ wavelength plate; acquiring a near-infrared image by imaging the measurement target through a ¼ wavelength plate and an analyzer; and confirming the internal stress of the measurement target based on the near-infrared image.

Claims (26)

1 . An internal stress confirming method for confirming an internal stress of a measurement target containing a translucent resin, comprising:

irradiating the measurement target with near-infrared light having a peak wavelength in a near-infrared band of 800 nm to 2500 nm through a polarizer;

acquiring a near-infrared image by imaging the measurement target through an analyzer; and

confirming the internal stress of the measurement target based on the near-infrared image.

2 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 1 , wherein a ¼ wavelength plate is provided between the analyzer and the measurement target.

3 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 2 , wherein a ¼ wavelength plate is provided between the polarizer and the measurement target.

4 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 1 , wherein frosted glass is provided between a near-infrared light source and the polarizer.

5 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 1 , wherein the internal stress is confirmed while an external load is applied to the measurement target.

6 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 1 , wherein a peak wavelength of the near-infrared light is 940 nm to 950 nm.

7 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 1 , wherein the near-infrared image is a still image or a moving image.

8 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 1 , wherein the translucent resin is a fluororesin or a fluororubber.

9 . The internal stress confirming method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement target containing the translucent resin is any one of a tube of a piping material product, a sheet lining container, a tank component, a lining component, a square tank, an O-ring, a welded portion of a product, and a lining layer of a lining tank.

10 . An internal stress measuring apparatus for confirming an internal stress of a measurement target containing a translucent resin, comprising:

a near-infrared light source that irradiates the measurement target with near-infrared light having a peak wavelength in a near-infrared band of 800 nm to 2500 nm;

a near-infrared camera that detects near-infrared light transmitted through the measurement target and two-dimensionally images the measurement target; and

a computer that measures the internal stress of the measurement target based on a near-infrared image captured by the near-infrared camera,

wherein the measurement target is irradiated with the near-infrared light from the near-infrared light source through a polarizer, and

the near-infrared image is acquired by imaging the measurement target with the near-infrared camera through an analyzer.

11 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a ¼ wavelength plate is provided between the analyzer and the measurement target.

12 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a ¼ wavelength plate is provided between the polarizer and the measurement target.

13 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein frosted glass is provided between the near-infrared light source and the polarizer.

14 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising: a mechanical strength measuring instrument that applies a load to the measurement target from the outside.

15 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a peak wavelength of near-infrared light emitted from the near-infrared light source is 940 nm to 950 nm.

16 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the near-infrared image captured by the near-infrared camera is a still image or a moving image.

17 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the translucent resin is a fluororesin or a fluororubber.

18 . The internal stress measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the measurement target containing the translucent resin is any one of a tube of a piping material product, a sheet lining container, a tank component, a lining component, a square tank, an O-ring, a welded portion of a product, and a lining layer of a lining tank.