Electromagnetic system for nondestructive evaluation of train hollow axles

Author

Chady, Tomasz ; Psuj, Grzegorz ; Kowalczyk, Jacek ; Spychalski, Ireneusz

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., West Pomeranian Univ. of Technol., Szczecin, Poland

fYear

2013

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

34

Abstract

The structural integrity of train axles is one of the important factors for safety precautions in a railway industry. Most common techniques used nowadays in the railway industry for manual inspection are visual and magnetic particle techniques as well as ultrasound testing. In this paper, a novel system for electromagnetic inspection is proposed to meet the aforementioned requirements. The system consists of two subsystems and transducers dedicated for flux leakage and eddy current method. Results of measurements and evaluation of the transducers are provided.

Keywords

axles; eddy current testing; inspection; railway industry; railway safety; transducers; eddy current method; electromagnetic inspection; flux leakage; magnetic particle techniques; manual inspection; nondestructive evaluation; railway industry; safety precautions; structural integrity; train hollow axles; transducers; ultrasound testing; Axles; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux leakage; Plastics; Transducers; eddy current testing; flux leakage method; hollow axle inspection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nondestructive Evaluation/Testing: New Technology & Application (FENDT), 2013 Far East Forum on

Conference_Location

Jinan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6018-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FENDT.2013.6635523

Filename

6635523