Abstract:
A portable beta backscatter measuring instrument assembly to effect measurements of the thickness of coatings on workpieces, including a jig mounted portable probe member incorporating means adjustable relative thereto to engage a workpiece, or an abutment fixed relative to a workpiece, to hold the probe member in firm engagement with a surface of the workpiece in proper position for measuring the thickness of a coating on the surface.
Abstract:
APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A BETA RAY EMITTING PROBE ASSEMBLY AND AN APERTURE IN A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD OR OTHER WORKPIECE AT A MEASURING STATION IN PRECISE RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER TO EFFECT BETA BACKSCATTER-TYPE MEASUREMENTS OF THE THICKNESSES OF PLATINGS ON A PREDETERMINED AREA ON THE SIDEWALL OF A SELECTED APERTURE, INCLUDING MEANS FOR GUIDING THE PROBE ASSEMBLY FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION AND AN ADVANCED OPERATIVE MEASURING POSITION TO ASSURE DIRECTED IMPINGEMENT OF A COLLIMATED BEAM OF BETA RADIATION ON SAID PREDETERMINED AREA OF THE WALL OF ANY APERTURE SELECTED FROM A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR APERTURES IN A BOARD.