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US 10,895,555 B2Granted
System for in-line inspection using a dynamic pulsed eddy current probe and method thereof
AssigneeStructural Integrity Associates, Inc.
InventorsKamalu Michael-Stanley Koenig, Owen Michael Malinowski
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for in-line inspection of a pipe using a dynamic pulsed eddy current probe system that includes of a remote computer, a dynamic pulsed eddy current probe, a data acquisition system, and a delivery apparatus used for nondestructive examination of pipelines.
Claims27
A system for the application of dynamic pulsed eddy current probe for in-line inspection of pipeline, comprising:
- at least one dynamic pulsed eddy current probe, comprising:
- two substantially u-shaped magnetizing yokes that have a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and the second leg are connected by a top portion with each leg extending downward from the top portion and the second leg of each magnetizing yoke is disposed adjacent each other;
- a coil assembly partially encircles the second leg of the first magnetizing yoke and the second leg of the second magnetizing yoke and engages the first magnetizing yoke to the second magnetizing yoke;
- a sensor array disposed within the coil assembly;
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- an on-board storage device;
- at least one data acquisition device;
- at least one embedded computing device;
- optionally, a data transmission device;
- a delivery apparatus
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- optionally, a remote computer.
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A method for the in-line inspection of pipelines, comprising:
- providing at least one remote computer, a data acquisition device, a computer embedded in the delivery apparatus, a transducer element and a dynamic pulsed eddy current probe, comprising:
- two substantially u-shaped magnetizing yokes that have a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and the second leg are connected by a top portion with each leg extending downward from the top portion and the second leg of each magnetizing yoke is disposed adjacent each other;
- a coil assembly;
- partially encircles the second leg of the first magnetizing yoke and the second leg of the second magnetizing yoke and engages the first magnetizing yoke to the second magnetizing yoke;
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- a sensor array disposed within the coil assembly;
- and an on-board storage device;
- inserting the probe into a pipe;
- scanning of the pipe by the probe,
- receiving analog signals from the transducer element of the probe,
- digitizing the signals,
- recording signals by the data acquisition device, and
- relaying the digitized signals by the data acquisition device to the embedded computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.