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Apparatus and method for inducing eddy currents in a structure for magneto-optic testing

US5574368A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 7, 1995
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/0322
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to control the direction of a magnetic field induced by a current sheet in a sheet conductor, relative to anomalies in a test sample, the current sheet is either rotated relative to the sheet conductor, by using either electrical or mechanical commutation of the current sheet, or the phases of plural independent current sheets in the sheet conductor are shifted relative to each other.

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