US Patent Issued to SIKORA on Nov. 4 for "Method and device for detecting defects of a strand-like product" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,025, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SIKORA AG (Bremen, Germany).

"Method and device for detecting defects of a strand-like product" was invented by Harald Sikora (Bremen, Germany), Armin Holle (Achim, Germany) and Kolja Tobias Schuh (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for detecting a defect of a strand-like product conveyed in a conveying direction at a conveying speed of more than 50 m/min. The method includes determining a frequency of a lateral movement of the strand-like product. The lateral movement occurs in a direction that is transverse to the conveying direction. Terahertz radiation is emit...