A fiber quality transducer includes an inlet mixing probe, a rotating
valve sleeve, a camera and a sampling cell. Slurry from a pulp tube flow
enters a mixing chamber in the inlet mixing probe. The amount of slurry
entering the mixing chamber is controlled by the rotating valve sleeve.
The sampling cell includes a first sampling lens and a second sampling
lens retained in a sampling bore. The first and second sampling lens are
spaced apart to form a sampling space to facilitate the flow of diluted
slurry. The camera is retained behind the first sampling lens and a LED
back light is retained behind the second sampling lens. The diluted
slurry flows past the sampling space. The camera photographs the fibers
in the diluted slurry flow. The images from the camera are sent to
analyzing software, which determine the characteristics of the fibers in
the diluted slurry.