Continuous drawing
lines
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Continuous drawing
machine |
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Input control: Identification of bad
quality rolled wire (drawing lines for thick wire) |
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Process control: Monitoring of
production lines to avoid scrap (medium and fine drawing
blocks) |
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Final inspection: Assurance of
crack-free material after last drawing operation or in
rewinding plants |
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Typical defects: Laps, holes,
longitudinal cracks, tension cracks from annealing, damage
from transport devices, damage through defective drawing
dies |
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Production line: Single and multiple
drawing lines, rewinding lines, all
materials | |
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The surface of drawn wire and tubing
must be free of cracks, holes and other material defects as even
small surface defects can lead to defective end products, critical
in items such as surgical instruments. Eddy current testing is
extremely successful in detecting surface defects at various stages
during the production process. For the best test results, encircling
testing is used together with rotational
testing.
Eddy current probe
types Encircling inspection. A robust, simple encircling
coil surrounds the test piece and detects a multitude of defects
in ferrous (with magnetization) and nonferrous materials.
Rotational testing.
The eddy current probes of the rotating system spin around the test
piece as it moves through the equipment. The rotating system is
particularly sensitive to longitudinal defects and excellent for
large tube diameters (up to 130mm (5 1/8"). PRUFTECHNIK's series of
rotating
systems was designed for easy operation and maintenance, and
with the raw industrial environment in mind.
Eddy current test
equipment PRUFTECHNIK offers a wide variety of eddy
current inspection equipment that ranges from the most basic
test equipment to powerful testers with wide-reaching capabilites
for integration into central production control systems and
8-channel inspection using multiple coil
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