Pharmaceutical Pill Counting and Inspection Using a Capacitive Sensor

A capacitive sensor for high-speed counting and inspection of pharmaceutical products is proposed and evaluated. The sensor is based on a patented Electrostatic Field Sensor (EFS) device, previously developed by Sparc Systems Limited. However, the sensor head proposed in this work has a significantl...

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Main Authors: Ganesan LETCHUMANAN, Simon HAWKINS, Peter ROCKETT, Steve SHEARD, Conrad SHAIL, Kenneth SHAIL, Peter DOBSON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IFSA Publishing, S.L. 2008-01-01
Series:Sensors & Transducers
Subjects:
EFS
Online Access:http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/january_08/P_226.pdf