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Electromagnetic Testing Chapter 3- Electromagnetic Testing

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Another important consideration for probe selection is the required<br />

percentage of surface area that must be inspected. Encircling and annular<br />

probes can provide 100% inspection of the outer and inner tube surfaces<br />

respectively. They can detect moderate-sized flaws, dents, gouges, and other<br />

major discontinuities.<br />

Wide coils are used to measure changes in conductivity and narrow coils are<br />

used primarily for flaw detection.<br />

For the detection of small defects, a small surface-mounted differential coil<br />

might be required. For a 100% surface inspection of a 30-foot-long tube with<br />

a ¼ inch diameter probe and helical scanning technique, a prohibitively long<br />

time would probably be required, depending on the rpm of the probe head or<br />

tube. However, it is easy to visualize how testing time can be reduced by a<br />

factor of eight by using eight ¼ inch diameter probes to simultaneously test 2<br />

linear inches of tubing. The number of probe sensors and rotational and<br />

longitudinal test speeds must be adjusted to achieve the required percentage<br />

test surface scan.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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