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Electromagnetic Testing - Eddy Current Testing Applications Chapter 5 & 6

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(c) Flaw detection<br />

Surface flaw indications occur at a small angle to the fill factor signal, just as in<br />

surface testing, surface flaw indications occur at a small angle to the lift-off<br />

signal. Therefore, steps must be taken in automated testing to ensure that a<br />

variation in bar diameter does not register as a flaw. The simplest way of<br />

ensuring this is to monitor the component of the signals in a direction at right<br />

angles to that of bar diameter variations. That is, if the signal from bar diameter<br />

variations is set to be horizontal, the vertical component of any signal is<br />

monitored for flaw detection. Experience has shown that, using this approach,<br />

the optimum frequency for the detection of surface-breaking flaws is that which<br />

gives an f/f g ratio in the range 10 to 50, the lower values giving greater sensitivity<br />

for deeper flaws.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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