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1. Eddy Current and Magnetic Testing on
equipments.
2. Rolling, Forging and Extrusion of metal.
EDDY CURRENT TESTING(ECT)
Index
About ECT
Basic governing laws
Working principle
Components’ Description
Detection of cracks
Determination of thickness
Other applications
Advanced techniques in ECT
Advantages of ECT
Limitations of ECT
Summary
What is Eddy Current Testing ?
• PROBES
• DETECTING INSTRUMENTS
• DISPLAY UNITS
• FREQUENCY GENERATOR
• FILTERS
• AUXILLIARIES
PROBES
2. Pencil probes - Smaller diameter probes housing coils built for high frequencies for
high resolution of near surface flaws.
3. Bolt hole probes - Designed to inspect the inside of a bolt hole. These probes can
be rotated by hand or automatically using a rotary scanner.
4. Donut probes - Designed to inspect aircraft fastener holes with fasteners in place.
5. Sliding probes - Also used in testing aircraft fastener holes, offering higher scan
rates than donut probes.
6. ID probes - Used for inspection of heat exchangers and similar metal tubing from the
inside, available in a variety of sizes.
7. OD probes - Used for inspection of metal tubing and bars from the outside, with the
test piece passing through the coil.
DETECTING INSTRUMENTS
• To detect thickness of
conductive coating
over conductive
material.
• Measurement of flaws
in multi layer materials
ADVANTAGES OF ECT
• Sensitive to small cracks and other defects
• Detects surface and near surface defects
• Inspection gives immediate results
• Equipment is very portable
• Method can be used for much more than flaw
detection
• Minimum part preparation is required
• Test probe does not need to contact the part
• Inspects complex shapes and sizes of conductive
materials
LIMITATIONS OF ECT
• Only conductive materials can be inspected
• Surface must be accessible to the probe
• Skill and training required is more extensive than other
techniques
• Reference standards needed for setup
• Surface finish and roughness may interfere
• Depth of penetration is limited
• Flaws such as delimitations that lie parallel to the probe
coil winding and probe scan direction are undetectable
SUMMARY
• It uses magnetic fields and small magnetic particles (i.e. iron filings)
to detect flaws in components.