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Probe coils and probe coil forms can be shaped to fit particular geometries to<br />

solve complex inspection problems. As an example, probe coils fabricated in<br />

a pencil shape (pencil probe) are used to inspect threaded areas of mounting<br />

studs and nuts or serrated areas of turbine wheels and turbine blade<br />

assemblies. Probe coils may be used where high resolution is required by<br />

adding coil shielding (2). When using a high resolution probe coil, the test<br />

object surface must be carefully scanned to ensure complete inspection<br />

coverage. This careful scanning is very time consuming. For this reason,<br />

probe coil inspections of large test objects are usually limited to critical areas.<br />

Probe coils are used extensively in aircraft inspection for crack detection near<br />

fasteners and fastener holes. In the case of fastener holes (bolt holes, rivet<br />

holes), the probe coil may be rotated either manually or mechanically to<br />

provide a helical scan of the hole using a spinning probe technique (Figure<br />

2.2).<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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