公开(公告)号：US10921287B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US15747878

申请日：2016-07-27

Applicant: Zetec, Inc.

Inventor： Noa M. Rensing

IPC: G01N27/90 ,  G01N27/904 ,  G01N27/9013

Abstract: A drive coil assembly to generate a specific spatial distribution of eddy currents within the walls of a conductive tube or pipe, which may be used in conjunction with a separate array of magnetic sensors to detect defects in the tubing wall. The drive coil assembly comprises a plurality of coils which are generally wrapped around the circumference of a cylindrical probe body, but which are further shaped with serpentine undulation in the axial direction. The undulation is characterized by a spatial amplitude, a spatial phase and a spatial frequency; typically, the spatial frequency results in an integer number of undulations around the circumference of the drive coil and the phase is chosen to uniformly distribute the lobes about the circumference. The temporal phase of the electrical current in each coil is chosen to null out net current of the assembly around the circumference.

公开(公告)号：US20180224402A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15747878

申请日：2016-07-27

Applicant: Zetec, Inc.

Inventor： Noa M. Rensing

IPC: G01N27/90

CPC classification number: G01N27/904 ,  G01N27/9006 ,  G01N27/9013 ,  G01N27/902 ,  G01N27/9033 ,  G01N27/9046

Abstract: A drive coil assembly to generate a specific spatial distribution of eddy currents within the walls of a conductive tube or pipe, which may be used in conjunction with a separate array of magnetic sensors to detect defects in the tubing wall. The drive coil assembly comprises a plurality of coils which are generally wrapped around the circumference of a cylindrical probe body, but which are further shaped with serpentine undulation in the axial direction. The undulation is characterized by a spatial amplitude, a spatial phase and a spatial frequency; typically, the spatial frequency results in an integer number of undulations around the circumference of the drive coil and the phase is chosen to uniformly distribute the lobes about the circumference. The temporal phase of the electrical current in each coil is chosen to null out net current of the assembly around the circumference.