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Encircling Probes<br />

Encircling probes are used to inspect rods, tubes and wires. In an encircling<br />

probe the coil is in the form of a solenoid into which the component is placed.<br />

In this arrangement, the entire outside circumferential surface of the<br />

component covered by the coil is scanned at a time, giving high-inspection<br />

speeds. These probes may not detect circumferential defects (Table.2) as the<br />

edy currents flow parallel to them without getting distorted. Popular industrial<br />

application of encircling probes is high-speed inspection of tubes from outside<br />

during the manufacturing stages. Encircling probes were developed NDE of<br />

thin-walled cladding tubes and thick-walled steam generator magnetic tubes.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

http://www.geocities.ws/raobpc/Probes.html

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