Gel Pen Smoothness Automatic Measuring Device Based on LabVIEW

The paper introduced the status quo of the gel pen smoothness; developed a new measuring device - smoothness tester for the status quo of the inaccurate measurement; described the measuring principle and system design of the smoothness instrument. Experimental data showed the superiority of the measurement. It basically solved the inaccurate measurement situation. The repeatability is less than 15%, and the correlation with the feeling is not more than 2%.

Researches on Diameter Automatic Measurement Device of Artillery Gun Tube

The powder chamber of cannon gun tube was an important indicator which affected gun performance. The accuracy of fire, precision and the other technical indexes were inevitably affected by the chamber geometry parameters directly or indirectly. So the detection of cannon gun tube was an important part in the whole gun detection technology. This paper introduced the structure and the measuring principle about diameter automatic measurement device of cannon gun tube and made a prototype. Then the experimental verification was carried out. The experimental results showed that the automatic measuring device had the advantages of simple principle, convenient operation, high precision, and had a certain popularization value in use.

Leaf area estimatites of custard apple tree progenies

Leaf area measurements are required in several agronomical studies. Usually, there is an interest for measurement methods that are simple, quick and that will not destroy the leaf. The objectives of this work were to evaluate leaf area (y), length (l) and width (w) of 20 half-sibling progenies of custard apple tree (Annona squamosa L.), and to fit regression equations of the type y = a + bx, where x = l.w, that will allow y to be estimated based on l and w. The experiment was conducted as random blocks with five replicates and four plants per plot. Five mature leaves were randomly collected from each plant. Leaf area was measured with an automatic measuring device and leaf dimensions were determined with a ruler. All values of b were different from zero. Differences occurred only in 11% of the 190 possible comparison pairs between progenies, with regard to the estimates of b. No differences were observed between progenies with respect to leaf length, width and area. In view of this fact, the equation y = 0.72 x (R² = 0.77) was fitted for all progenies.