EDDY CURRENT TESTING

EDDY CURRENT TESTING

DEFINITION

EDDY CURRENT TESTING IS A NDT METHOD

FOR LOCATING SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE
DISCONTINUITIES IN ELECTRICALLY
CONDUCTING MATERIAL.
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VARYING MAGNETIC FLUX

A.C. GENERATOR

EXCITING COIL

INDUCED EDDY CURRENT

BLOCK OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MATERIAL

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VARYING MAGNETIC FLUX

A.C. GENERATOR
EXCITING COIL

INDUCED EDDY CURRENT

BLOCK OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MATERIAL

 = FREQUENCY
 = MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY
 = ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

DEPTH OF PENETRATION = d = 1/(μ )

SURFACE DEFECTS HIGHER FREQUENCIES ARE USED
SUB SURFACE DEFECTS LOWER FREQUENCIES ARE USED
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VISUAL
DISPLAY

PROBE BRIDGE AMPLIFIER STRIP CHART

RECORDER

MAGNETIC
RECORDER

BASIC EDDY CURRENT INSTRUMENTATION

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TYPICAL INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

 MEASURING THICKNESS OF METALLIC FOILS,

SHEETS, TUBE WALLS ETC FROM ONE SIDE ONLY.

 MEASURING COATING THICKNESS

 DETECTING MATERIAL DISCONTINUITIES

DEPTH OF CASE HARDENNING

 TIMING OR LOACTING THE MOTION OF HIDDEN

PARTS

 PRECISE DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT OF

POLISHED OR FINELY MACHINED METALLIC PARTS
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BOROSCOPE IS A PRECISE INSTRUMENT FOR VISUAL

INSPECTION WITH SELF CONTAINED ILLUMINATION

PURPOSE MAGNIFY OBJECTS WHOSE DETAILS CAN

NOT BE RECOGNIZED BY UNAIDED EYES

PERMIT VISUALIZATION OF OBJECTS AT

A POSITION OTHERWISE INACCESSIBLE
TO THE EYE
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USES USED IN VISUAL INSPECTION OF WIDE VARIETY
OF INTERNAL SURFACES SUCH AS BORES,
TUBES ETC.

EXAMINE BOILER TUBES FOR PITTING,

CORROSION SCALING, WELD INTERFACES,
CRACKS ETC.

EXAMINING TURBINE BLADES WITHOUT

DISMANTLING

EXAMINATION OF CONDENSER TUBES

EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL BORE OF TURBINE

ROTOR.