Development of ECT probe for flaw detection of microcrack in spring steel material

Fukuoka, Katsuhiro

doi:10.3233/jae-162108

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“…Because the power supply of the signal conditioner is 12 V, the amplitudes of the very early signals are limited at around 10 V; but this is of no account since only the mid-and late-phase signal which re ects the diffusion of eddy currents is of our concern. Due to the nonuniform permeability distribution in ferromagnetic materials and electromagnetic interference [20], the late signals are essentially buried by noise and therefore only the signals before 50 ms are used for further analysis, as shown in the right side inset. As the probe moves, the signals are almost unchanged at rst; then as the step gets nearer, the signal amplitude gradually decreases and the straight-line part of the signal becomes steeper; when the step is fully left behind, the signal curves stay overlapped again.…”

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Reduction of Pulsed Eddy Current Probe Footprint Using Sequentially Excited Multiple Coils

Xu,

Zhu,

Jin

et al. 2024

J Nondestruct Eval

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In the detection of corrosion under insulation (CUI) using pulsed eddy current testing (PECT) method, it is of great signi cance to reduce the footprint of the probe for improving the spatial resolution to local corrosion. This paper presents a novel method to reduce the probe footprint by modifying the excitation coil into multiple sub-coils and driving them with sequential pulses of different delay time. Finite element simulations are conducted to reveal the underlying mechanism. It is found that by using the sequential excitation scheme, the diffusion and decay of eddy currents in the test piece are regulated, and both the footprint reduction and signal enhancement can be achieved. Afterwards, the effects of the sequence and the delay amount of the applying pulses on the probe footprint are analyzed. Results show that the optimal excitation sequence is to apply pulses with increasing delay time to the sub-coils from outside to inside; the probe footprint decreases with the increase of the delay amount. Experimental work is nally performed to verify the simulation results. A graphical method for measuring the probe footprint is proposed by moving the probe on a step wedge plate and plotting the evaluated thickness against the probe position. Footprint measurement results of a conventional probe and the presented 4-subcoil probe are compared. The effectiveness of the proposed method are validated and the differences between experimental and simulation results are analyzed.

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