EP3458852A1 - Procédé de mesure par courants de foucault et dispositif de mesure par courants de foucault - Google Patents
Procédé de mesure par courants de foucault et dispositif de mesure par courants de foucaultInfo
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- the invention relates to the field of non-destructive measurements and more particularly relates to non-destructive measurements by eddy currents.
- the invention thus relates to an eddy current measurement method and an eddy current measurement device.
- eddy current measurements makes it possible to detect the presence of possible defects on the surface of a metal object, this over a depth of 10 to 15 mm. It is thus possible to detect non-destructively the presence of any notches, cracks or other traces of corrosion on metal objects not necessarily planar. This type of measurement is thus particularly used in the aeronautical industry to control the structural elements of the aircraft that constitute the fuselage and the wings.
- a measurement method generally comprises, and with reference to FIG. 1, the following steps:
- the measurement zone 210 comprises at least a part of the surface 201 of the sample, this measurement zone 210 s extends beyond the surface 201 and includes a portion of the sample under the surface 201 of the sample 200.
- this measurement zone 210 also makes it possible to detect a part of the buried defects.
- the measuring step F) consists of applying the first periodic current 11 to the first magnetic inductor 120 by the magnetic supply system 140 so as to generate a periodic magnetic field at the measurement zone 210.
- This periodic magnetic field generates, in the sample and close to its surface, an induced electric current, said Foucault, which generates in return a magnetic field at the magnetic field sensor 110.
- the slightest defect, disturbing the path of the eddy currents causes a variation of the magnetic field perceived by the magnetic field sensor 110.
- the first magnetic inductor 120 In order to optimize the measurement of the magnetic field generated by the eddy currents perceived by the magnetic field sensor 110 and to facilitate the analysis of the eddy current measurements, it is known to use the configuration of the first magnetic inductor 120 illustrated. in this configuration, the first magnetic inductor 120 generates, in a given current condition, a magnetic field B1 which is, at the level of the magnetic field sensor 110, oriented in a first direction of the detection axis 111, and at a measurement zone 210, oriented in a second direction of the detection axis 111 opposite to the first direction of the detection axis 111.
- a magnetic field B1 which is, at the level of the magnetic field sensor 110, oriented in a first direction of the detection axis 111, and at a measurement zone 210, oriented in a second direction of the detection axis 111 opposite to the first direction of the detection axis 111.
- the magnetic field generated by the eddy currents is directed along the detection axis 111.
- the measurement variation by eddy currents is thus reinforced.
- this variation for a defect occurs, in such a configuration, according to a simple form called monopolar, that is, close to a Dirac distribution.
- the detection is thus simplified and it is easy to interpret the measurement by eddy currents to determine the location, or even the dimensioning of the identified defects.
- the magnetic field sensor is subjected along its detection axis 111 to the sum of the magnetic field generated by the first magnetic inductor 120 and that generated by the eddy currents.
- the sensitivity of a magnetic field sensor 110 is generally limited and, in this configuration, the magnetic field sensor 110 is mainly used for measuring a known magnetic field, that generated by the first magnetic inductor 120.
- the intensity of the current supplying the first magnetic inductor 120 must be limited so that the magnetic field that it induces does not saturate the magnetic field sensor 110.
- the generated eddy currents, and hence the measured signal, are also limited.
- the aim of the invention is to overcome this drawback and thus aims at providing an eddy current measurement method making it possible to optimize the sensitivity of the magnetic field measurement generated by eddy currents while facilitating the interpretation of the measurements obtained.
- the invention relates to a method for measuring eddy currents comprising the following steps:
- the method further comprising the steps of:
- the power supply system supplied in step D) being further configured to apply to the second magnetic inductor a second periodic current having the given period
- step F) non-destructive measurement by eddy currents of a given sample, the sample being positioned so that the measurement zone comprises at least a surface portion of said sample, the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductor modified to step E) being kept throughout the measurement.
- the first and second magnetic fields are, at the level of the magnetic field sensor, each along the detection axis with a direction opposite to one another and a substantially equal amplitude.
- this sum is, unless otherwise specified, a vector sum.
- the measurement method according to the invention remaining an eddy current measurement method, the measuring zone comprising at least a part of the surface of the sample, this measuring zone of course extends to surface and includes part of the sample below the surface of the sample.
- an eddy current measuring method according to the invention also makes it possible to detect part of the buried faults.
- Such an eddy current measurement method makes it possible to reduce at the level of the magnetic field sensor the relative portion of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic inductor (s) with respect to the magnetic field generated by the eddy currents.
- the use of the second inductor combined with the modification of the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductor allows compensation, at least partially, of the magnetic field generated by the first magnetic inductor by means of the magnetic field generated by the second inductor .
- This compensation is accompanied by a strengthening of the magnetic field generated at the measurement zone, the magnetic fields generated by the first and the second magnetic inductor being added in a constructive manner.
- the eddy currents resulting at the measurement zone are therefore themselves reinforced.
- this sum of field is oriented at the measurement zone along the detection axis of the magnetic field sensor, it follows that the magnetic field generated by the eddy currents at the measurement zone is also oriented along the detection axis.
- the detection of the magnetic field generated by the eddy currents is optimized and the interpretation of the eddy current measurements is facilitated.
- the magnetic field sensor is a sensor of the inductive type, that is to say based on a coil
- the useful signal that is to say the magnetic field generated by the currents of Foucault and more particularly by the modification of these eddy currents in the presence of a defect
- amplification of the signal from the coil can be increased without risking saturating the amplification stage, on the other hand it is possible to increase the currents in the inductors.
- the signal-to-noise ratio is improved by one and / or the other of these actions.
- the magnetic field sensor is a magnetic type sensor, that is to say a sensor using a physical principle such as magnetoresistance, giant magnetoresistance, giant magnetoimpedance or the hall effect
- the sensitivity is used essentially for the useful signal, ie the magnetic field generated by the eddy currents. It is therefore possible to use the entire sensitivity range of the magnetic field sensor by limiting the saturation risks associated with the magnetic fields induced by the magnetic inductors.
- Step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductor can be performed at least partially in the absence of sample.
- step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and the second magnetic inductor it is possible to have a relatively sensitive eddy current measurement regardless of the sample. Indeed, if the sample can, due to the gap effect (defined in this document as the distance between an inductor and the sample) that it creates, modify the sum of the first and second magnetic field at level of the magnetic field sensor, this modification will remain contained. The sum of the first and the second magnetic field at the magnetic field sensor remains contained and the sensitivity relatively optimized vis-à-vis methods of the prior art, this regardless of the sample.
- step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductor can be performed at least partially in the presence of the sample with at least a portion of the surface of the sample which coincides with the measurement zone, the measurement area remaining at the surface of the sample during the implementation of step F).
- the eddy current measurement is particularly optimized. Indeed, the presence of the sample during step E) makes it possible to correct the air gap effect that it is likely to create.
- the sum of the first and second magnetic fields at the sensor magnetic field is substantially zero and therefore does not affect little or not the sensitivity of the eddy current measurement.
- the second magnetic inductor may be substantially identical to the first magnetic inductor.
- Step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and the second magnetic inductor may comprise the following sub-steps:
- Step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and the second magnetic inductor may comprise the following sub-steps:
- Step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and the second magnetic inductor may comprise the following sub-steps:
- E "1) configuring the power supply system to apply the first and the second periodic current
- E "2) moving the magnetic field sensor with respect to the first and second magnetic inductors so as to cancel the sum of the first and second magnetic fields at the magnetic field sensor.
- Such steps of modifying the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductors allow, by a simple modification of the relative placement of one of the second magnetic inductor and the magnetic field sensor, to cancel the sum of the first and the second inductor. second magnetic field at the magnetic field sensor.
- Step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and the second magnetic inductor may comprise the following sub-steps:
- the cancellation of the sum of the first and the second magnetic field at the magnetic field sensor can be done by a simple configuration of the power supply system.
- the invention further relates to an eddy current measuring device, the measuring device comprising:
- At least one magnetic field sensor having a detection axis in which the magnetic field sensor is sensitive to the magnetic field, at least a first magnetic inductor configured to generate, in a given current condition, a first magnetic field which is, at level of the magnetic field sensor, oriented in a first direction of the detection axis, and at a measurement zone, oriented in a second direction of the detection axis opposite to the first direction of the axis of detection. detection,
- the measuring device further comprising at least a second magnetic inductor configured to generate, under the same current conditions as the first magnetic inductor, a second magnetic field which is, at the level of the magnetic field sensor and at the level of the magnetic field, measurement oriented along the second direction of the detection axis,
- the current supply system being configured to apply to the second magnetic inductor a second periodic current of the given period, and wherein the first and second magnetic inductors have at least one configuration vis-à-vis the magnetic field sensor and of the current supply system as in application of the first and second current, the sum of the magnetic field induced by respectively the first and the second magnetic inductor at the magnetic field sensor is substantially zero.
- Such a device allows the implementation of a measurement method according to the invention and therefore benefits from this same measurement method.
- the first and second magnetic inductors may be substantially identical.
- the power supply system may be configured to power the first and second inductors with a first and a second substantially identical current.
- the sum of the first and the second magnetic field at the magnetic field sensor can be easily canceled.
- the second magnetic inductor may be movably mounted relative to the first magnetic inductor and the magnetic field sensor.
- the magnetic field sensor may be movably mounted relative to the first and second magnetic inductors.
- the power supply system may be configured to apply a second periodic current to the second magnetic inductor different from the first periodic current to obtain the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductors vis-à-vis the magnetic field sensor. and the current supply system in which, in application of the first and second periodic currents, the sum of the magnetic field induced by the first and second magnetic inductors respectively at the magnetic field sensor is substantially zero.
- the cancellation of the sum of the first and second magnetic fields at the magnetic field sensor can be done by adjusting the second current with respect to the first current.
- the first and second magnetic inductors are respectively provided by a first and a second coil inscribed on the first and second faces respectively of a flexible dielectric support,
- Such a flexible dielectric support allows the device according to the invention to match the surface of the sample to be measured.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an eddy current measuring device of the prior art which allows simplified detection of defects
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an eddy current measuring device according to a first embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the main steps of an eddy current measurement method according to the invention.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B respectively illustrate a measuring device according to a second embodiment in which the first and second magnetic inductors are provided by two layers, and a configuration of this same measuring device illustrating the positioning of the first magnetic inductor a sample with a defect in order to simulate an eddy current measurement
- FIGS. 5A to 5C parallel the simulated magnetic field variation in the configuration of FIGS. 4A and 4B for an eddy current measuring device according to the prior art having only one magnetic inductor and that simulated by a device in FIGS. 5A a graph showing the magnetic field measured in the complex plane along the sample, in FIG. 5B a graph showing the amplitude variation of the magnetic field measured along FIG. the sample and with in FIG. 5C a graph showing the variation of the magnetic field measured in the complex plane along the sample,
- FIG. 6 illustrates an arrangement of two magnetic field sensors, two first inductors and a second magnetic inductor according to a third embodiment of the invention
- Figure 7 illustrates an arrangement of a plurality of magnetic field sensors associated with a first and second second magnetic inductors according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an eddy current measuring device 100 according to the invention when it is implemented in the context of an eddy current measurement on a sample 200.
- Such a measuring device comprises:
- a magnetic field sensor 110 having a detection axis 111 in which the magnetic field sensor 110 is sensitive to the magnetic field
- a first magnetic inductor 120 configured to generate, in a given current condition, a first magnetic field B1 which is, at the level of the magnetic field sensor 110, oriented in a first direction of the detection axis 111, and at the level of a measuring zone 210, oriented along a second direction of the detection axis 111 opposite to the first direction of the detection axis 111,
- a second magnetic inductor 130 configured to generate, under the same conditions as the first magnetic inductor 120, a second magnetic field B2 which is, at the level of the magnetic field sensor 110 and at the measurement zone 210 oriented according to the second direction of the detection axis 210,
- a power supply system 140 for applying to the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 respectively a first and a second periodic current 11, 12 having a given period.
- the first magnetic field sensor 110 is illustrated in FIG. 2 only by its detection axis 111.
- the first magnetic field sensor may be any type of magnetic field sensor adapted to detect the magnetic field generated by the eddy currents during measurement.
- the first magnetic field sensor 110 may be either of the inductive type, such as a conventional coil or a flat coil on a flexible support, or of the magnetic type, such as the sensors based on the magnetoresistance, the sensors based on the giant magnetoresistance. , sensors based on the giant magnetoimpedance or the hall effect sensors.
- the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 are both wire inductors for generating each a circular magnetic field, that is to say a magnetic field which is in all respects a circle centered around the tangentially oriented wire with respect to this same circle.
- the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 are substantially identical.
- the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 are arranged on either side of the magnetic field sensor 110 symmetrically with respect to the detection axis 111.
- the first and second magnetic fields are, at the level of the magnetic field sensor 110, oriented along the detection axis in opposite directions to each other.
- the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 being substantially identical and the first and second currents 11, 12 applied to them being identical, the amplitudes of the magnetic fields induced by the first and second inductors 120, 130 magnetic sensor 111 are equal.
- the sum of the first and second magnetic fields B1 + B2 at the magnetic sensor is substantially zero.
- the magnetic fields generated by the first and second magnetic inductor 120, 130 are oriented in the same direction and their amplitudes add up.
- a measurement zone 210 for which the induced magnetic fields are directed along the detection axis 111 as is the case in FIG. 2, it is possible to obtain for this measurement zone 210 a measurement by Foucault currents optimized and easy to analyze.
- the sample to be measured may disturb the compensation of the first magnetic field B1 by the second magnetic field B2.
- the electromagnetic interaction between the sample and each of the first and second inductors 120, 130 is different (insofar as the gaps are different) and disturbs differently the first and second magnetic fields B1, B2 and thus the compensation of the latter at the level of the sensor. magnetic field 110.
- this first embodiment it can also be provided an additional sub-step of modifying the second periodic current so as to cancel the sum of the first and second magnetic field B1 + B2 at the field sensor magnetic 110 after placement of the sample.
- Such a measurement device 100 allows the implementation of an eddy current measurement method comprising, with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 3, the following steps:
- a first magnetic field B1 which is, at the level of the magnetic field sensor 110, oriented in a first direction of the detection axis 111, and at the measuring zone 210, oriented in a second direction of the detection axis 111 opposite to the first direction of the detection axis 111,
- step F non-destructive measurement by eddy currents of the given sample 200, the sample 200 being positioned so that the measuring zone 210) comprises at least one surface portion 201 of said sample 200, the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductor 120, 130 modified in step E), that is to say their placement symmetrical vis-à-vis the detection axis, being kept throughout the measurement.
- step E) comprises the following sub-steps:
- step E further comprises the following substeps:
- the modification of the second periodic current 12 can consist in modifying at least one of the parameters of the second periodic current 12 among the amplitude and the phase shift with respect to the first periodic current 11.
- this adjustment is preferably done with current, it is also possible without it is beyond the scope of the invention for the power supply system to be configured to change the voltage applied to the second magnetic inductor 130 to adjust the second periodic current 12 flowing therethrough.
- step E4 it is also conceivable, without departing from the scope of the invention, to provide for a modification of the first periodic current 11, the characteristics of the second periodic current 12 remaining unchanged.
- current supply 140 is made only by a modification of the second periodic current 12.
- step E) comprises only sub-steps E3) and E4).
- FIGS. 4A to 5B illustrate such increased sensitivity in the context of a second embodiment of the invention in which the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 are each in the form of a sheet.
- a measuring device 100 according to this second embodiment differs from the first embodiment by the shape of each of the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130, these being provided by plies instead of son.
- each of the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 is in the form of a ply 0.57 mm wide and 10 ⁇ thick, and having 6 son (turns) of copper.
- the magnetic field sensor 110 is disposed between the first and the second magnetic inductor 120, 130.
- the magnetic field sensor 110 is formed by a coil etched on a flexible film and has its axis of rotation. detection 111 which is included in the plane in which the plies forming the first and the second magnetic inductor 120, 130 extend and which is perpendicular to the direction of the first and second currents 11, 12.
- This coil forming the field sensor magnetic 110 is a rectangular coil (winding in the thickness of the kapton film) and dimensions 0.6 mm wide, 2 mm deep and 0.08 mm thick.
- the first and second magnetic fields B1, B2 are, at the level of the magnetic field sensor 110, respectively a first and a second direction of the detection axis 111.
- the sample 200 is arranged facing the first magnetic inductor 120 opposite the second magnetic inductor 130 with a surface of the sample 201 which extends parallel to the plane along which the first and the second magnetic inductor 120 extend. , 130.
- FIG. 4B illustrates more precisely the configuration of the first magnetic inductor 120 vis-à-vis the surface 201 of the sample 200. It will be noted that in this FIG. 4B is illustrated the connection wiring 125 of the first magnetic inductor 120. This configuration of the first magnetic inductor 120 has also been used to simulate the eddy current magnetic field measured by a magnetic field sensor 110 for the configuration according to this second embodiment and for a configuration of the prior art in which it is not possible. no second magnetic inductor 130 is provided. It can thus be seen from this FIG. 4B that a sample surface defect 220 has been introduced opposite the first magnetic inductor 120. FIG. 4B also shows the location of the magnetic inductor 130.
- the measured magnetic field with such a configuration has been simulated by the CIVA ® software for respectively a device according to the first embodiment and thus includes a second magnetic inductor 130 and a prior art device having no second inductor 130.
- Figures 5A to 5C show the results of such a simulation.
- the first periodic current 11 has an amplitude of 100 mA for a frequency of 100 kHz
- the second periodic current 12 has an amplitude of 150 mA and a frequency of 100 kHz, and is shifted by 345 ° with respect to the first periodic current 11,
- the surface of the sample is arranged at 80 ⁇ of the first inductor, the first and the second magnetic inductor 120, 130 are each disposed at a distance of 55 ⁇ from the magnetic field sensor.
- FIG. 5A shows the result in the complex plane of the measurement obtained by the magnetic field sensor 110 for a displacement in the direction 211 illustrated in FIG. 4B, this for, under the reference 301, the configuration according to this second embodiment of FIG. realization and for, under the reference 302, the configuration according to the prior art.
- step E) of modifying the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130 with respect to the magnetic field sensor 110 and the current supply system 140 allows for the measure 301 according to the invention, to have a measurement which remains around the origin.
- the magnetic field sensor 110 being subjected both to the magnetic field generated by the first magnetic inductor 120 and to that generated by the eddy currents, the measurement shows that, even at a distance from the 220, the magnetic field measured by the magnetic field sensor is relatively large.
- the amplification of the measured magnetic field is limited by the saturation of the amplifier due to the strong magnetic field produced by the first inductor.
- measure 301 In the configuration of measure 301 according to the invention, only the magnetic field created by the disturbance of eddy currents in the presence of a fault is amplified.
- the sensitivity of the measurement after amplification 301 for the same defect is therefore significantly improved compared with the measurement of the prior art.
- FIG. 5B shows the variation of the amplitude of the simulated magnetic field 303 for the configuration of the invention in which the second magnetic inductor 130 is provided, and that simulated 304 for the configuration according to the prior art in which a second inductor is not provided, this during the displacement of the magnetic field sensor in the direction 211.
- the amplitude increases significantly since we obtain a signal gain of 7.3 dB. Since the amplification conditions are identical for these two simulations, this gain is solely related to the addition, at the level of the measurement zone, of the magnetic field generated by the first and second magnetic inductors 120, 130.
- FIG. 5C shows the variations 305, 306 in the complex plane of the magnetic field measured by the magnetic field sensor 110 for the configuration according to the invention 305 and for the configuration according to the prior art 306 respectively.
- FIG. 5C shows the variations 305, 306 in the complex plane of the magnetic field measured by the magnetic field sensor 110 for the configuration according to the invention 305 and for the configuration according to the prior art 306 respectively.
- the two representative signals 305, 306 of these variations start from the origin of the axes. It can thus be seen in this FIG. 5C that the variation 305 observed for the configuration according to the invention is much greater than that 306 observed for the configuration of the prior art.
- the measurement method according to the invention benefits from the cumulative gain obtained by the low, or even the absence, of influence of the first magnetic inductor 120 on the magnetic field sensor 110, which makes it possible to optimize the amplification without degradation of the the sensitivity of the magnetic field sensor 110, and by the addition of the magnetic fields induced by the first and the second magnetic inductor 120, 130 at the level of the measurement zone 210.
- the measuring method according to the invention makes it possible to increase the magnetic field variation produced by the eddy currents and their amplification.
- the signal ratio that is to say the variation of the magnetic field produced by the eddy currents, largely amplified
- the modification in step E) of the configuration of the first and the second magnetic inductor 120, 130 is provided mainly by a modification of the relative placement of the second magnetic inductor 130 relative to the first magnetic inductor 120, it is also possible to obtain such a modification otherwise.
- step E) can alternatively or in addition comprise the following sub-steps:
- these sub-steps E'1) and E'2) can be implemented in the absence of the sample 200, in order to obtain a configuration that can be used with any sample that makes it possible to limit the influence of the magnetic field of the first magnetic inductor 120 without completely removing it due to an "air gap” effect caused by the presence of the sample. They can also be implemented in the presence of the sample 200 to take into account this "gap" effect. According to this second possibility, it may be envisaged to carry out the step of modifying the configuration of the first and second magnetic inductors in two stages. In a first step in the absence of the sample, by performing, for example, the substeps El) to E2) described in connection with the first embodiment of the invention. In the second step, after setting up the sample, for example by performing substeps E'1) and E'2).
- the measuring device 100 has, in order to allow such a configuration change, a second magnetic inductor 130 mounted movable relative to the first inductor 120.
- step E) may comprise the following sub-steps:
- the measuring device 100 has, in order to allow such a configuration change, a magnetic field sensor 110 movably mounted relative to the first inductor magnetic 120.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a measuring device 100 according to a third embodiment in which two first magnetic inductors 121, 122 and a single second magnetic inductor 130 are provided, each of these three magnetic inductors 121, 122, 130 being provided by a coil. respective plate inscribed on one of the faces of a flexible dielectric support.
- a measuring device 100 according to this second embodiment differs from a measuring device 100 according to the first embodiment in that there are provided two first magnetic inductors 121, 122 each formed by a respective flat coil, in that that the second magnetic inductor is also provided by a flat coil and that two magnetic field sensors 112, 113 are provided.
- a flexible dielectric support such as a flexible printed circuit formed either in a polyimide or in a PEEK film, makes it possible to obtain a measuring device the shape of which can be adapted to the surface curvature of the sample to be measured. measure.
- the support may also be, alternatively, rigid or semi-rigid, without departing from the scope of the invention and thus be formed, for example, in an epoxy resin, such as an epoxy resin of type FR-4 (abbreviation of "Flame Resistant-4", that is to say, in French, "flame resistant -4").
- an epoxy resin such as an epoxy resin of type FR-4 (abbreviation of "Flame Resistant-4", that is to say, in French, "flame resistant -4").
- the coil forming the second magnetic inductor 120 is placed between the two coils respectively forming the first and the second first magnetic inductor 121, 122. In this way, it is possible to compensate with the second magnetic inductor 130, at each of the sensors. magnetic field 110, the magnetic field induced by the first and the second first magnetic inductor 121, 122.
- the magnetic field sensors 112, 113 are included in the flexible dielectric support and have their detection axes 111 in the plane of the flexible dielectric support 150.
- the use of two magnetic field sensors 112, 113 allows, as illustrated in FIG. 6 to be able to measure by currents of
- the modification of the configuration of the first magnetic inductors 121, 122 and the second magnetic inductor 130 can be done by modifying the power supply system, in particular the current supplying the second magnetic inductor 130.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a configuration of an eddy current measuring device 100 according to a fourth embodiment in which there is provided a first magnetic inductor 120, two second magnetic inductors 131, 132 and a plurality of magnetic field sensors 112, 113, 114.
- a measuring device 100 according to this fourth embodiment differs from a measuring device according to the first embodiment in that two second magnetic inductors 131 are provided. , 132 and a plurality of magnetic field sensors 112, 113, 114.
- the second two magnetic inductors 131, 132 extend parallel to the first magnetic inductor 120 and symmetrically to each other with respect to a plane containing the first inductor and the field sensors 112, 113, 114.
- the magnetic field sensors 112, 113, 114 are arranged between the first and second second magnetic inductors 120, 131, 132 aligned in a direction parallel to the first magnetic inductor 120.
- the detection axes 111, 111 ', 111 "of the sensors magnetic fields are parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the first and the second two magnetic inductors.
- the arrangement of the two second magnetic inductors 131 gives access to the magnetic field sensors 112, 113, 114.
- the modification of the configuration of the first magnetic inductor 120 and the two seconds magnetic inductors 131, 132 may be made by changing the relative placement of the magnetic field sensors 112, 113, 114 vis-à-vis the first and second second magnetic inductors 120, 131, 132. It can indeed be seen in the figure 7 that it is possible to perform the eddy current measurement according to measurement zones 212, 213, 214 along the first magnetic inductor 120.
- the eddy current measurement can be done by a simple lateral displacement of all the magnetic field sensors 112, 113, 114 and first and second second magnetic inductors 120, 131, 132.
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