The Effect of Measurement Geometry for on-Line Texture Analyzing Systems

Abstract

A laboratory prototype of a system for the measurement of texture on-line in the manufacturing process of steel or aluminum is being built at McGill University. In order to test the effect that the different measurement geometry, i.e an angular dispersive reflection or an energy dispersive transmission geometry, has on the calculation of the coefficients of the orientation distribution function (ODF), a number of simulated texture measurements were done for both geometries. The effect of the measured texture on the prediction of magnetic torque was also studied.