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US 2022/0187229 A1Published application
Electromagnet for a thermography system
OwnerMeir GERSHENSONinventor
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Abstract
An electromagnet for a thermography system comprising a first elongated magnetic core spaced apart from a second elongated magnetic core; at least a first shorting bar connecting substantially at a first end of the first elongated magnetic core and a first end of the second elongated magnetic core; and at least a first excitation coil configured to conduct electrical current.
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An electromagnet for a thermography system, the electromagnet comprising:
- a first elongated magnetic core spaced apart from a second elongated magnetic core;
- at least a first shorting bar connecting substantially at a first end of the first elongated magnetic core and a first end of the second elongated magnetic core;
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- at least a first excitation coil configured to conduct electrical current.
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A thermography system, the system comprising:
- a thermal imaging camera;
- a frequency generator;
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- an electromagnet comprising an elongated first magnetic core and an elongated second magnetic core, at least a first shorting bar, and at least a first excitation coil connected to the frequency generator, wherein
- the first shorting bar connects the first and second magnetic cores substantially at a first end of the first and second magnetic cores.
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A method for thermographic imaging using a thermography system, the method comprising:
- generating alternating electric current using a frequency generator to induce Eddy current in a sample, the frequency generator connected to a first excitation coil in an electromagnet, the electromagnet comprising an elongated first magnetic core and an elongated second magnetic core, at least a first shorting bar, the shorting bar connecting the first and second magnetic cores substantially at a first end of the first and second magnetic cores;
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- obtaining thermal images of the sample using a thermal imaging camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.