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Electromagnetic Testing - Eddy Current Testing Applications Chapter 5 & 6

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5.1.2.1 The sensitivity of standard surface testing probes<br />

Standard surface testing probes consist of a coil wound on a core of plastic,<br />

ferrite, or other material, and are used with the axis of the coil normal to the<br />

test surface. FIG 5.1 shows a typical absolute probe and the eddy current<br />

field it induces. Differential probes, with two coils, one on each of two<br />

adjacent arms of the bridge circuit, and reflection probes, which contain one<br />

coil or set of coils which generates the eddy current field (the driver coils), and<br />

a second coil or set of coils which detect the response of the test material (the<br />

pickup coils), are also sometimes used. The pickup coils in reflection probes<br />

can be either absolute or differential. Reflection probes show a wider<br />

frequency range and higher signal to noise ratio than other types of probe.<br />

All of these coils have the magnetic flux essentially normal to the test surface,<br />

and so produce eddy currents in circular paths essentially parallel to the coil<br />

windings and the test surface.<br />

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■ The pickup coils in reflection probes can be either absolute or differential.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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