Examining gyroscopes for 3-D position tracking in a non-destructive evaluation system

Author

Bachnak, Rafic ; Rubio, Andres ; Garcia, Jaime ; Maldonado, Sofia ; Medellin, Abel

Author_Institution

Syst. Eng., Texas A&M Int. Univ., Laredo, TX, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

11-14 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

3757

Lastpage

3762

Abstract

This paper describes the use of gyroscopes to provide three-dimensional data acquisition capabilities to an eddy current inspection system. The prototype combines positional and eddy-current data to produce a C-scan of tested material. The preliminary system consists of an eddy current probe, a position tracking mechanism, and basic data visualization capability. Test results are presented and briefly discussed.

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; data visualisation; eddy current testing; gyroscopes; position measurement; 3D position tracking; C-scan; data visualization; eddy current inspection system; gyroscopes; nondestructive evaluation system; three-dimensional data acquisition capabilities; Conducting materials; Eddy currents; Electrical resistance measurement; Gyroscopes; Hardware; Inspection; Materials testing; Mice; Micromechanical devices; Potentiometers; eddy current; gyroscopes; non-destructive evaluation; position tracking; visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2793-2

Electronic_ISBN

1062-922X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346895

Filename

5346895