Patent · US Expired

Method of determining thickness of magnetic pipe by measuring the time it takes the pipe to reach magnetic saturation

US5283520A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 4, 1991
Grant dateFeb 1, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B7/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for determining the thickness of a pipe by inserting a coil into the pipe and applying a voltage to the coil and measuring the time it takes for current in the coil to magnetically saturate the pipe and determining the thickness of the pipe from the measure time.

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