Electromagnetic acoustic transducer with recessed coils
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1. An apparatus for nondestructive testing of metallic structures comprising:
- (A) a housing having an opening surrounding an exterior wall of a metallic object having a longitudinal axis;
said metallic object translatable, along its longitudinal axis, through the housing; and
(B) a first electromagnetic acoustic transducer comprising;
(1) a first plurality of substantially similar permanent magnets mounted in the housing and arranged in a first array and positioned substantially in planar radial fashion, about a first radial center, around the opening at substantially equal intervals with ends of adjacent magnets possessing opposite polarity;
said first array positioned transverse to, and with the first radial center substantially colinear with, the longitudinal axis of said metallic object;
each of said first plurality of substantially similar permanent magnets comprising;
(a) a first end adjacent to the opening and (b) a second end substantially perpendicular to and spaced from the wall wherein the second end is notched in the plane substantially colinear with the longitudinal axis of the metallic object; and
(2) a first electrically conductive wire coil mounted in the housing and positioned within an annular channel formed by the notched second ends of the first plurality of substantially similar permanent magnets.
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Abstract
The disclosed invention mounts transmitting and receiving electrical coils within channels or chambers formed by the notched ends of magnets closest to the metallic object under test where the magnets are arranged to form substantially annular arrays of an electromagnetic acoustic transducer pair applicable in non-destructive testing. The detection, preferably by tuned coils, of one or more electromagnetically-induced resonant frequencies at shifted locations indicates the presence of one or more flaws in the metallic structure under test.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for nondestructive testing of metallic structures comprising:
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(A) a housing having an opening surrounding an exterior wall of a metallic object having a longitudinal axis;
said metallic object translatable, along its longitudinal axis, through the housing; and
(B) a first electromagnetic acoustic transducer comprising;
(1) a first plurality of substantially similar permanent magnets mounted in the housing and arranged in a first array and positioned substantially in planar radial fashion, about a first radial center, around the opening at substantially equal intervals with ends of adjacent magnets possessing opposite polarity;
said first array positioned transverse to, and with the first radial center substantially colinear with, the longitudinal axis of said metallic object;
each of said first plurality of substantially similar permanent magnets comprising;
(a) a first end adjacent to the opening and (b) a second end substantially perpendicular to and spaced from the wall wherein the second end is notched in the plane substantially colinear with the longitudinal axis of the metallic object; and
(2) a first electrically conductive wire coil mounted in the housing and positioned within an annular channel formed by the notched second ends of the first plurality of substantially similar permanent magnets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electromagnetic acoustic transducer comprising:
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(A) a plurality of magnets mounted in a housing and arranged in an array and positioned substantially in a planar radial fashion, about a radial center, at substantially equal intervals around an opening of the housing with ends of adjacent magnets possessing opposite polarity;
said opening providing a pass-through for a metallic object;
said array positioned transverse to, and with the radial center substantially collinear with, a longitudinal axis of the metallic object, each of said plurality of magnets comprising;
(1) a first end adjacent to the opening and (2) a second end substantially perpendicular to and spaced from an exterior longitudinal wall of the metallic object wherein the second end is notched in the plane substantially collinear with the longitudinal axis of the metallic object; and
(B) an electrically conductive wire coil mounted in the housing and positioned within an annular channel formed by the notched second ends of the plurality of magnets.
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