Designing a pulsed eddy current sensing set-up for cast iron thickness assessment

Ulapane, N; Nguyen, L; Miro, JV; Alempijevic, A; DIssanayake, G

Designing a pulsed eddy current sensing set-up for cast iron thickness assessment

Ulapane, N

Nguyen, L

Miro, JV

Alempijevic, A

DIssanayake, G

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Citation:: Proceedings of the 2017 12th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2017, 2018, 2018-February pp. 901 - 906
Issue Date:: 2018-02-05

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dc.contributor.author	Ulapane, N https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3432-3943	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nguyen, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5360-886X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Miro, JV https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-7797	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Alempijevic, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1769-8041	en_US
dc.contributor.author	DIssanayake, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7992-0680	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-02-25	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-02-05	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 2017 12th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2017, 2018, 2018-February pp. 901 - 906	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781538621035	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/107366
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 IEEE. Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) sensors possess proven functionality in measuring ferromagnetic material thickness. However, most commercial PEC service providers as well as researchers have investigated and claim functionality of sensors on homogeneous structural steels (steel grade Q235 for example). In this paper, we present design steps for a PEC sensing set-up to measure thickness of cast iron, which is unlike steel, is a highly inhomogeneous and non-linear ferromagnetic material. The setup includes a PEC sensor, sensor excitation and reception circuits, and a unique signal processing method. The signal processing method yields a signal feature which behaves as a function of thickness. The signal feature has a desirable characteristic of being lowly influenced by lift-off. Experimental results show that the set-up is usable for Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) applications such as cast iron water pipe assessment.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 2017 12th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2017	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/ICIEA.2017.8282967	en_US
dc.title	Designing a pulsed eddy current sensing set-up for cast iron thickness assessment	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	2018-February	en_US
utslib.for	091307 Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CAS - Centre for Autonomous Systems
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	2018-February	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 IEEE. Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) sensors possess proven functionality in measuring ferromagnetic material thickness. However, most commercial PEC service providers as well as researchers have investigated and claim functionality of sensors on homogeneous structural steels (steel grade Q235 for example). In this paper, we present design steps for a PEC sensing set-up to measure thickness of cast iron, which is unlike steel, is a highly inhomogeneous and non-linear ferromagnetic material. The setup includes a PEC sensor, sensor excitation and reception circuits, and a unique signal processing method. The signal processing method yields a signal feature which behaves as a function of thickness. The signal feature has a desirable characteristic of being lowly influenced by lift-off. Experimental results show that the set-up is usable for Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) applications such as cast iron water pipe assessment.

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