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Electromagnetic Testing Chapter 3- Electromagnetic Testing

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3.18.3 Recent Applications And Developments<br />

• Invention of a revolutionary thickness gauge for detecting remaining wall<br />

thickness to less than 0.1" for rapid scanning of sheets or pipe. The gauge<br />

performed well in an international blind testing at Southwest Research<br />

Institute.<br />

• Automatic Butt Weld Inspection System (ABWIS®). As part of the<br />

production of steel, welders create flash butt welds in large coils of<br />

plate.These welds are then scanned with an EMAT system to analyze the<br />

validity of the welds.<br />

• A flaw detection/thickness gauge for oil field tubular goods. This<br />

technology is gaining rapid acceptance as a vastly improved NDE method<br />

over existing technology. It has performed well in Arctic conditions at 20°<br />

below zero as well as in Saudi Arabian deserts.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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