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Turbine Metrology's </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> </B><B>system conforms to these standards.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>16 bit analog to digital conversion</B></FONT><B> </B><B>-</B><B> </B><B>Any analog-to-digital (A-D) converter's accuracy rating is based on taking an average of several thousand samples for each conversion. "16 bit" systems which have the speed to take only one or two samples prior to conversion cannot achieve  true 16 bit accuracy (1 part in 65,536). </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon's</B></FONT><B> </B><B>Data Acquisition System can take up to 153,600 readings per channel per second, allowing sufficient oversampling to achieve rated accuracy and beyond.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Anti-aliasing filters</B></FONT><B> </B><B>-</B><B> Digital filtering algorithms will create errors in the data ("alias") if the sampling speed of the DAS is  less than 2.5 times (approximately) the frequency of the signal being filtered. This is referred to as the "Nyquist" frequency. </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon's</B></FONT><B> DAS can sample at up to 153,600 readings per second, allowing its on-board digital signal processors to filter frequencies far above the reach of other systems without creating errors in the data. This is one reason why </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> can achieve such high accuracy in shop floor environments of high ambient noise and vibration.  These filters have even proven effective in eliminating RFI from radio controlled overhead cranes.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Concentricity</B></FONT><B> </B><B>- </B><B>In the relationship of two diameters,  the deviation of the mean center of one surface from the mean center of the reference surface (datum).</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Digital Signal Processing (DSP)</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><B>- </B><B>The easiest way to keep</B><B> </B><B>anomolous data from skewing the results is to keep the bad readings from entering the data stream in the first place. Due to the tremendous speed of the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> data acquisition hardware, and computer-within-a-computer design, DSP is used to insure the integrity of the incoming signals. Removal of anomolous readings data from the data set is not required as errors were not allowed into the data from the beginning.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Eccentricity</B><B> </B></FONT><B>- </B><B>The deviation of</B><B> </B><B>one diameter from circular.</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Flatness</B></FONT><B> </B><B>- </B><B>The deviation of one face from a plane.</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Internal database</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><B>- </B><B>The stand-alone (non-networked) version of </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> contains an Oracle database for the storage of  data. Paragon stores 3600 points of data on each measured surface of each part. This data may be retrieved at any later date for comparison, re-analysis, plotting, or display.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Inspection Table</B></FONT><B> - </B><B>The mechanical stage on which the tested part is rotated to obtain </B><B>measurements. Inspectation tables usually have air bearing thrust surfaces and either an air or mechanical radial bearing. Inspection tables must rotate with extreme accuracy and stability to avoid influincing the measurement of the part being tested. TM's  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><B>systems use tables purpose built by Eimeldingen technology.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Network capability</B></FONT><B> </B><B>- </B><B>Users with multiple </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> installations may choose to network the systems through a server to a common Oracle database.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Off-centeredness</B><B> </B></FONT><B>- </B><B>No matter how carefully a part is placed on the inspection table, the part's center can never be exactly in line with the table's rotational axis. This off-centeredness will show up as runout of the part diameters unless a mathematical algorithm is available to recognize and remove the off-centeredness. Other systems use algorithms which do not remove this error accurately due to distortion of the data during sampling. </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> uses a unique combination of algorithms which  removes the off-centeredness without distorting the data.</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Oversampling</B></FONT><B> </B><B>- </B><B>The</B><B> </B><B>number of  readings taken at one location on a part. These readings are averaged to obtain the final value. the higher number of readings the more representative the result will be as the effects of noise, vibration, Analog-to-Digital conversion aperature jitter and quantizing errors and other extraneous errors are minimized. </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Parallelism</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B>- </B><B>In the relationship of two faces, the deviation of the mean plane of one surface from the mean plane of the reference surface (datum). Similar to Concentricity. </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Runout</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><B>- </B><B>In either faces or diameters, the maximum excursion of the surface.</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Simultaneous sampling</B></FONT><B> </B><B>-</B><B> Due to the rotation of the inspection table, the relationship of the part surfaces can be accurately analyzed only if the measurements of the surfaces are taken at exactly the same time. </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> uses simultaneous sampling; many systems do not.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Windows 2000/XP</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><B>-  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B> uses standard familar Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing other Customer software packages to run in conjunction with </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Paragon</B></FONT><B>. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PARAGON "><U><B><IMG SRC="c52621e0.png" border=0 width="98" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>