IP Library Granted Patent US 12,385,840
Granted Patent B2
US 12,385,840 · App. 17/945,574 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Resin composition quality controlling method, cable and tube quality controlling method, determination device, inspection system, and cable and tube

Inventors: Kazufumi Suenaga (Tokyo, JP); Seiichi Kashimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
G01N21/65G01N33/0003G01N33/0078G01N33/0096
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Patent No.
US 12,385,840
App. No.
17/945,574
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resin composition quality controlling method includes a step of measuring a Raman spectrum of a resin composition composed of TiO 2 particles dispersed in a base material mainly composed of a silicone rubber by irradiating the resin composition with laser, and a step of determining a concentration of the TiO 2 particles in the resin composition based on an intensity of a fluorescence spectrum in the Raman spectrum.

Claims (18)

1. A resin composition quality controlling method, comprising:

measuring a Raman spectrum of a resin composition comprising TiO 2 particles dispersed in a base material comprising mainly a silicone rubber by irradiating the resin composition with laser; and

determining a concentration of the TiO 2 particles in the resin composition based on an intensity of a fluorescence spectrum in the Raman spectrum.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the determining, determination of whether or not the concentration of the TiO 2 particles in the resin composition is within a range of 3.4 to 8.1 mass % is made.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein in the determining, the determination is made based on a value of a ratio of the intensity of the fluorescence spectrum to an intensity of a peak assigned to C—H stretching vibration in the Raman spectrum.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the determining, the determination is made based on whether or not a value of a ratio of an integral intensity of the fluorescence spectrum to an integral intensity of the peak assigned to C—H stretching vibration in the Raman spectrum is not less than 30.5 when the TiO 2 particles are rutile type.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the determining, the determination is made based on whether or not a value of a ratio of a peak height of the fluorescence spectrum to a peak height of the peak assigned to C—H stretching vibration in the Raman spectrum is not less than 0.89 when the TiO 2 particles are rutile type.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the determining, the determination is made based on whether or not the value of the ratio of the integral intensity of the fluorescence spectrum to the integral intensity of the peak assigned to C—H stretching vibration in the Raman spectrum is not less than 36.5 when the TiO 2 particles are anatase type.

7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the determining, the determination is made based on whether or not the value of the ratio of the peak height of the fluorescence spectrum to the peak height of the peak assigned to C—H stretching vibration in the Raman spectrum is not less than 1.0 when the TiO 2 particles are anatase type.

8. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the determining, the determination is made based on whether or not the value of the ratio of the integral intensity of the fluorescence spectrum to the integral intensity of the peak assigned to C—H stretching vibration in the Raman spectrum is not less than 82 when the resin composition comprises silicone resin particles and the TiO 2 particles are anatase type.

9. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the determining, the determination is made based on whether or not the value of the ratio of the peak height of the fluorescence spectrum to the peak height of the peak assigned to C—H stretching vibration in the Raman spectrum is not less than 2.6 when the resin composition comprises silicone resin particles and the TiO 2 particles are anatase type.

10. A cable and tube quality controlling method, comprising:

determining a concentration of the TiO 2 particles in an insulator being provided on a cable or a tube and comprising the resin composition by the resin composition quality controlling method according to claim 1 .

11. A determination device configured to perform the determining in the resin composition quality controlling method according to claim 1 .

12. An inspection system, comprising:

a Raman measurement device configured to perform the measuring in the resin composition quality controlling method according to claim 1 .

13. An inspection system, comprising:

a determination device configured to perform the determining in the resin composition quality controlling method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062819/0890 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: SUENAGA, KAZUFUMI; KASHIMURA, SEIICHI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061108/0737 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-151927 · Sep 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230093012A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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