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Eddy current testing – Signal Balancing<br />

The demodulation and analysis section is made up of detectors, analyzers,<br />

discriminators, filters and sampling circuits. Detectors can be a simple<br />

amplitude type or a more sophisticated phase/amplitude or coherent type.<br />

The signal display section is the key link between the test equipment and its<br />

intended purpose. The signals generated can be displayed many different<br />

ways. The type of display or readout depends on the test requirements. In<br />

some tests, a simple GO/NO-GO indicator circuit may be all that is required.<br />

However some applications may require recording of 100% of all raw data<br />

generated during a test. This data may be imported into other digital devices<br />

that allow sophisticated data analysis or engineering statistics to be<br />

generated. One example of this is the inspection of large inservice nuclear<br />

components so that discontinuity growth can be monitored for determining<br />

potential failure rates or replacement cycles. Signal display processes will be<br />

discussed more in Chapter 7.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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