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Automatic hot rod testing (in German)
Integration einer automatischen Heißdrahtprüfanlage in einem dreiadrigen Drahtwalzwerk
Die Heißdrahtprüfanlage trägt durch frühzeitige Fehlererkennung zur Ausschußminimierung und Sicherung eines hohen Qualitätsniveaus bei       


A description of the testing system installed at the 3-strand wire rod mill at Ispet Walzdraht Hochfeld GmbH and a discussion of how the system has helped improve product quality and minimize scrap production.

Veröffentlicht in Stahl und Eisen, Fachzeitschrift für die Eisen- und Stahlindustrie, Oktober 1999. Abdruck mit Erlaubnis des Verlegers. Download: whg-g.pdf, German, 407k, 11. Januar 2000


Tube testing
Eddy current testing finds tube faults
Eddy current testing is widely used in tube and pipe mills. Here are the basics, including what faults can and cannot be detected, and where to locate sensors on-line


Published in Forming & Fabricating, September 1999. Reprinted with permission. Download: tubfault.pdf, English, 197k, Jan. 3, 2000

Hot-rolled rod and bar
Process improvements on rod mills
The eddy current tester has proven to be useful in detecting various surface defects on hot-rolled wir rod and bar coils.


An in-depth and forthright look at the success Charter Steel in Wisconsin, USA, has had with PRÜFTECHNIK's hot rod testing system.

Published in the Wire Journal International, September 1999. Reprinted with permission. Download: rodmills.pdf, English, 310k, Oct. 19, 1999

Eddy current testing theory Applying eddy current principles

A detailed discussion of the fundamental principles of the eddy current method, sensor technology, the eddy current testing system itself and inline locations in a mill.

Originally presented at the Society for Manufacturing Engineers, May 1999. Download: applyect.pdf, English, 211k, Oct. 19, 1999

Hot rod

Wire drawing

Cold heading
Computer integrated testing of rod & wire
Eddy current testing provides 100 percent inspection in a fast, simple, cost-effective manner

A review of the basic eddy current techniques used in the rod and wire industry with a focus on applied computer technology for automated testing, networking, complete documentation, and archiving of results.

Published in the Wire Journal International, September 1998. Reprinted with permission. Download: compintg.pdf, English, 119k, Oct. 19, 1999


Welded tube and pipe Monitoring the quality of welded tube and pipe
The basics of nondestructive in-line eddy current testing

An analysis of the fundamental principles of eddy current testing, in particular as it relates to the inspection of weld seams: installation considerations, detection capabilities, documentation examples.

Published in the Fabricator, October 1995. Reprinted with permission. Download: weldseam.pdf, English, 119k, Oct. 19, 1999


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