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Fill factors apply only to encircling coils, and are likewise intimately related to<br />

coupling efficiency.The percentage fill factor is the percentage of secondary<br />

coil area occupied by the test part.The ideal fill factor for a feed-through<br />

encircling coil should approach 100%. As the fill factor decreases, the<br />

impedance variation of the pickup coil decreases for a given change in<br />

material conductivity. The fill factor for a ½ in.-diameter bar in a 1 in.- iameter<br />

coil is 25%; Fill factor decreases as the square of the diameter ratio, for<br />

example, 0.5/1.0 = 0.5; 0.5 x 0.5 = 0.25 or 25%.With decreased coupling or<br />

lower fill factors, there is less eddy current flow, smaller voltages across the<br />

pickup coil, and inadequate electronic compensation.<br />

With leakage flux testing, lift-off affects the flux leakage signal that decreases<br />

as the inverse square of distance (a) from the test surface. (signal ∝ (a) -2 ) For<br />

this reason, detector coils or Hall effect devices are designed to be springloaded<br />

and glide over the surface of the test piece. With encircling coils, the<br />

fill factor would have the same relationship in leakage flux testing as it has in<br />

eddy current testing.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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