JP2006010438A - Method and apparatus for detecting flaw of magnetic metal specimen - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of the region of a dead zone unable to detect a flaw when the flaw is detected using a comb-shaped magnetic sensor and to achieve the simplification, compactification or the like of the constitution of a flaw detector. <P>SOLUTION: First, the switch 4c of a selection circuit 4 is closed to excite an exciting coil 11c and both induced voltages of detection coils 11a and 11e are selectively outputted to a differential amplifier 6 by a selection circuit 5. Next, a switch 4d is closed to excite an exciting coil 11d and both induced voltages of detection coils 11b and 11f are selectively outputted to the differential amplifier 6 by the selection circuit 5. Further, a switch 4e is closed to excite an exciting coil 11e and both induced voltages of detection coils 11c and 11g are selectively outputted to the differential amplifier 6 by the selection circuit 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention accurately detects defects such as biting of non-magnetic metal inclusions and scales (oxides) present on the surface or surface of a magnetic metal material such as a magnetic metal plate, magnetic metal band, or magnetic metal tube. And a device for the same.

In recent years, with the advancement of the quality level required for magnetic metal products, there is an increasing demand for magnetic metal materials with few harmful defects such as surface defects. Examples of such magnetic metal products include cold rolled steel sheets and plated steel sheets for automobiles and cans for steel sheet products.
Further, in a thick steel plate, a steel pipe, etc., it is very important to reduce surface defects, surface layer defects, and internal defects because defects can cause cracks. Even in a magnetic metal material using a magnetic metal other than steel, the presence of surface defects, surface layer defects, and internal defects is very important in terms of quality.

Here, the surface layer defect means a defect in the interior up to a depth of about several hundred μm including the surface.
Hereinafter, an automotive plated steel sheet will be described in more detail as an example.
Plated steel sheets for automobiles are manufactured through a steelmaking process, a hot rolling process, a pickling process, a cold rolling process, a plating process, and a pressing process. One of the serious defects in galvanized steel sheets for automobiles is what is commonly referred to as “hege”, and this is a problem that in the final product (automobile), the defective parts appear to be clearly different from other healthy parts, thus deteriorating the appearance. If it is caused to be very bad, it will cause problems such as damage to the press machine during press molding.

  This hege is caused by non-magnetic metal inclusions generated in the steelmaking process, or by the inclusion of oxide inside the steel material on the steelmaking process and hot rolling process entry side (before hot rolling). In some cases, it is said that the origin is on the upper process side in the entire manufacturing process. In addition, this scab is extended in a shape that is very small in the width direction and long in the rolling direction by undergoing hot rolling and cold rolling.

In order to improve the quality of products, it is important to determine the results of process improvement at an early stage, and at the same time, after understanding the occurrence of defects, ship as acceptable products or ship only healthy parts. Therefore, it is necessary to take optimum measures such as diverting to another low-grade product.
An optical surface defect meter is generally used to detect surface defects such as baldness, but in order to detect surface layer defects that are not exposed on the surface, a probe type Eddy current flaw detectors are also used.

However, if the defects to be detected become very small, there is a problem that the conventional optical surface defect meter and probe type eddy current flaw detector cannot obtain sufficient detection capability, and this problem is solved. In order to achieve this, a method for detecting defects on the surface or surface layer of a magnetic metal specimen is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In this detection method, four or more legs of a comb-shaped ferromagnetic material having a coil wound around a leg are substantially perpendicular to the detection surface of the magnetic metal object, and the magnetic metal object is The primary wound around the center leg among the selected three legs while temporally switching the selection of a pair of three adjacent legs arranged side by side in the width direction. A very small defect is detected by applying an alternating current to the coil and exciting it, and detecting the defect based on the voltage difference signal induced in the secondary coil wound around each of the two outer legs. Is detected.

FIG. 7 shows a detection apparatus for detecting defects in a magnetic metal object based on this detection method. FIG. 7 mainly shows the magnetizing device and the magnetic sensor, and the illustration of the steel plate and the signal processing circuit is omitted.
In FIG. 7, 3 is a magnetization power source, 6 is a differential amplifier, 10 is a comb-shaped ferromagnetic body, 10a to 10e are legs, and 11a to 11e are coils. The leg portions of the comb-shaped ferromagnetic body 10 having a comb shape are arranged so as to be substantially perpendicular to the surface of the steel plate as the subject and aligned in the width direction of the steel plate. A coil is wound around each leg as shown in the figure.

Next, detection of a defect in a magnetic metal object by the detection apparatus having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, as shown in FIG. 7A, the left three leg portions 10a, 10b, and 10c in the same figure are selected, and the coil 11b wound around the central leg portion 10b is connected to the magnetizing power source 3. , Generate alternating magnetic flux. Then, the magnetic flux is detected by the coils 11 a and 11 c wound around the leg portions 10 a and 10 c located on both sides thereof, and this detection signal is guided to the differential amplifier 6. The differential amplifier 6 outputs a voltage corresponding to the difference between the two.

  Next, the electrical path is switched electronically or electrically to select the second to fourth legs 10b, 10c, 10d from the left end as shown in FIG. The coil 11c wound around the portion 10c is connected to the magnetization power source 3 to generate an alternating magnetic flux. The magnetic flux is detected by the coils 11b and 11d wound around the leg portions 10b and 10d located on both sides.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7C, the third to fifth leg portions 10c, 10d, and 10e from the left end are selected, and the same detection is performed.
Hereinafter, if this is repeated, it corresponds to scanning the detector in the width direction of the steel plate as the subject, and scanning can be performed without mechanical movement over a wide range.

The detection method using a magnetic sensor using a comb-shaped ferromagnetic material as shown in FIG. 7 has no working parts and has a simple structure as compared with a method of scanning a magnetic sensor using an E-type ferromagnetic material. Thus, high-speed scanning can be realized.
JP 2003-240761 A

However, as shown in FIG. 8, the detection sensitivity is lowered just below the central leg in charge of magnetic flux generation among the three legs, and there is a problem that a dead zone (detectable area) in which a defect cannot be detected is generated. Conceivable.
This dead zone occurs at each detection shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C, and each dead zone generated at each detection is as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C. In FIG. 8, the shaded area is a detectable area at the time of each detection, and an area sandwiched between the detectable areas is a dead zone. Therefore, there is a dead zone immediately below each leg of the comb-shaped ferromagnetic body 10.

In order to deal with such a problem, Patent Document 1 discloses that a magnetic sensor using another pair of comb-shaped ferromagnets is shifted in the longitudinal direction of the comb-shaped ferromagnet and arranged in a staggered manner in parallel. By doing so, it is proposed to cover the dead zone.
However, in the case of the proposal, it is necessary to provide a plurality of rows of magnetic sensors using comb-shaped ferromagnets. Therefore, there is a shift in the direction in which the magnetic sensors using the respective comb-shaped ferromagnets are arranged. Arise. For this reason, for example, when a subject moving in the arrangement direction is targeted, the position inspected by the sensor using the comb-shaped ferromagnetic material at the same time is shifted in the movement direction. It is necessary to correct the deviation. The shift in the movement direction is recognized as a shift in the measured time, and can be solved by regarding the correction of the timing of the measurement time as the same position in the movement direction.

Thus, in the case of the above proposal, a mechanism for correcting the timing of the measurement time is newly required, and the configuration becomes complicated as a whole, and the apparatus becomes large. Moreover, when the moving speed is changed, there is a problem that it is not easy to completely correct the shift in the moving direction, for example, the amount of timing correction is changed.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to prevent the generation of dead zones that cannot be detected when performing defect detection using a comb-type magnetic sensor, simplifying the configuration, compacting, and production costs when realizing the device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a defect detection method and a detection apparatus for a magnetic metal specimen that can achieve a low cost.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object of the present invention, each invention is configured as follows.
That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a detection method in which a magnetic metal specimen is AC magnetized, a magnetic flux based on this magnetization is detected by a magnetic sensor, and a defect of the magnetic metal specimen is detected based on this detection. In addition, each leg of the comb-shaped magnetic sensor including a comb-shaped ferromagnetic body having six or more legs and a coil wound around each leg is used as a detection surface of a magnetic metal object. Each pair is selected in a predetermined order from the six or more legs, and each pair is composed of three legs that are not adjacent to each other and spaced apart at equal intervals. Is selected, the alternating current is supplied to the coil wound around the center leg among the three legs of each selected pair, and the two legs on both sides other than the center are excited. The absence of the magnetic metal specimen based on the differential signal between the voltages induced in the coils wound around the coils. It was to perform the detection.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the detection method according to the first aspect, at the time of detecting a defect of the magnetic metal object, at least the central leg and at least two legs on both sides other than the center are provided. The coil wound around the leg located between them was short-circuited at both ends.
The invention according to claim 3 includes a comb-shaped ferromagnetic body having a plurality of legs facing the detection surface of the magnetic metal object, and a plurality of coils wound around each of the plurality of legs. A comb-type magnetic sensor; computing means for obtaining a difference between both induced voltages of coils wound around two selected legs of the plurality of legs; and a plurality of legs of the comb-type magnetic sensor From the inside, a predetermined one of a pair of three legs that are not adjacent to each other and spaced apart at equal intervals is selected, and the center leg among the three legs of each selected pair is selected. A selection means for supplying an alternating current to the coil wound around the part to excite the coil and inducing both voltages induced in both the coils wound around each of the two legs on both sides other than the center to the arithmetic means; Defect detection means for detecting defects of the magnetic metal object based on the difference signal calculated by the calculation means; It is equipped with a.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the detection apparatus according to the third aspect, when the selection unit selects three legs of each set, at least the selected central leg and the other than the central leg. Both ends of each coil wound around the leg portion positioned between the two leg portions on both sides are short-circuited.

  According to the present invention, when defect detection is performed using a comb-type magnetic sensor, it is possible to prevent the generation of a dead zone that cannot be detected, simplifying the configuration, realizing compactness, and reducing production costs when the device is realized. Price can be achieved.

Embodiments of a defect detection method and a detection apparatus for a magnetic metal specimen according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment according to the detection apparatus of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the embodiment according to this detection apparatus includes a comb-type magnetic sensor 1, a magnetization power source 3, a selection circuit 4, a selection circuit 5, a differential amplifier 6, a phase detector 7, A defect level discriminator 8 and a control circuit 9 are provided.

  The comb-shaped magnetic sensor 1 includes, for example, a comb-shaped ferromagnetic body 10 having seven leg portions 10a to 10g and seven coils 11a to 11g wound around the leg portions 10a to 10g. The leg portions 10a to 10g are arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction of the comb-shaped ferromagnet 10, and the front end surfaces of the leg portions 10a to 10g face the detection surface when detecting a defect of the magnetic metal object. It is supposed to be.

The width, interval, length, and depth of the leg portions 10a to 10g are usually the same size as empirical or typical natural defects or defects to be measured based on the size of the defect to be measured. It is determined by repeating the test flaw detection based on the artificial defect.
Here, the spacing between the leg portions 10a to 10g of the comb-shaped magnetic body 10 shown in FIG. 1 is set to ½ of the spacing between the leg portions of the conventional comb-shaped magnetic body shown in FIG. In this example, the number of leg portions is set to seven for convenience of explanation, but may be six or more, and is determined in consideration of the size of the measurement target.

Each one end side of the coils 11a to 11g is commonly connected, and the common connection portion is connected to the ground. The other end sides of the coils 11 a to 11 g are connected to the excitation power source 3 via the switches 4 a to 4 g of the selection circuit 4 and are connected to the input side of the selection circuit 5.
The magnetization power supply 3 is connected to one of the coils 11 a to 11 g of the comb magnetic sensor 1 via the switches 4 a to 4 g of the selection circuit 4 and excites the connected coil. For this reason, the magnetization power supply 3 has one end connected to the switches 4a to 4g and the other end connected to the ground.

  The selection circuit 4 includes switches 4 a to 4 g that selectively connect the magnetization power supply 3 and the coils 11 a to 11 g of the comb magnetic sensor 1. The switches 4a to 4g are configured such that a predetermined one of them is closed according to the control of the control circuit 9 as described later when a defect is detected. As the switches 4a to 4g, electronic switches such as transistors or mechanical contacts such as relays are used.

  The selection circuit 5 selects two predetermined coils from the coils 11 a to 11 g when detecting a defect, and outputs each induced voltage of the selected two coils to the differential amplifier 6. Yes. The selection output control of the selection circuit 5 is performed based on an instruction from the control circuit 9. Although not shown, the selection circuit 5 is composed of a combination of switches. As the switch, an electronic switch such as a transistor or a mechanical contact such as a relay is used.

The differential amplifier 6 inputs both induced voltages of the two coils selected by the selection circuit 5 and outputs a signal corresponding to the difference between the two induced voltages to the phase detector 7.
The phase detector 7 receives the output signal from the differential amplifier 6 and detects the phase of the input signal using a signal synchronized with the waveform of the magnetizing power source 3, thereby responding to the defect size of the magnetic metal object. Get the signal.

The defect level discriminator 8 receives the output signal from the phase detector 7 and compares it with a predetermined threshold value to discriminate the defect level of the magnetic metal object, and the discrimination result is obtained. Output.
When there is a defect detection instruction, the control circuit 9 performs on / off control of the switches 4a to 49 of the selection circuit 4 and selection output control of the selection circuit 5 according to a predetermined procedure based on the instruction.

Next, a defect detection method according to the embodiment having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the legs 10a to 10g of the comb-type magnetic sensor 1 shown in FIG. 1 are opposed to the detection surface of the magnetic metal subject a as shown in FIG. 4B, for example.
In this state, three legs 10a, 10c, 10e are selected from the left end of the comb-type magnetic sensor 1 to every fifth one, and wound around the selected legs 10a, 10c, 10e. Defects are detected using the coils 11a, 11c, and 11e.

  At this time, the switch 4c of the selection circuit 4 is turned on by the control circuit 9, and the coil 11c wound around the selected center leg 10c is connected to the magnetizing power source 3, and the legs 10a, Both induced voltages of the coils 11 a and 11 e wound around 10 e are selected by the selection circuit 5 and output to the differential amplifier 6. The connection state between the coil and each part at this time is as shown in FIG. Here, in FIG. 2, only the connection on one end side of the coil is displayed, and the display of grounding on the other end side is omitted.

  As a result, the coil 11 c is excited by the magnetizing power source 3 to generate an alternating magnetic flux, and the detection signal (induced voltage) detected by the coils 11 a and 11 e is input to the differential amplifier 6. The output of the differential amplifier 6 is input to the phase detector 7, and when phase detection is performed by a signal synchronized with the waveform of the magnetizing power source, the phase detector 7 outputs a signal corresponding to the size of the defect of the subject. The The defect level discriminator 8 receives the output signal, compares it with a predetermined threshold value, discriminates the defect level of the subject, and outputs the discrimination result.

  Here, if a defect on the magnetic metal subject surface exists between the leg 10a and the leg 10c, the magnetic resistance to the magnetic flux passing through the leg 10a and the leg 10c is the magnetic flux passing through the leg 10c and the leg 10e. Thus, the magnetic flux density passing through the leg 10a is relatively smaller than the magnetic flux density passing through the leg 10e. As a result, the voltage induced in the coil 10a wound around the leg 10a is smaller than the voltage induced in the coil 11e wound around the leg 10e. This voltage difference is amplified by the differential amplifier 6 and output.

Next, every third leg 10b, 10d, 10f is selected from the second to sixth legs from the left end of the comb magnetic sensor 1, and the selected legs 10b, 10d are selected. , 10f is used to detect defects using the coils 11b, 11d, and 11f wound around.
At this time, the switch 4d of the selection circuit 4 is turned on, the coil 11d wound around the leg 10d is connected to the magnetizing power source 3, and both induced voltages of the coils 11b and 11f wound around the legs 10b and 10f are The signal is selected by the selection circuit 5 and output to the differential amplifier 6. The connection state between the coil and each part at this time is as shown in FIG.

As a result, the coil 11d is excited by the magnetizing power source 3 to generate an alternating magnetic flux, and the detection signals detected by the coils 11b and 11f are input to the differential amplifier 6.
Furthermore, every third leg 10c, 10e, 10g is selected from the third to seventh legs from the left end of the comb-shaped magnetic sensor 1, and the selected leg 10c, 10e, 10g, Defects are detected using the coils 11c, 11e, and 11g wound around 10g.

At this time, the switch 4e of the selection circuit 4 is turned on, the coil 11e wound around the leg 10e is connected to the magnetizing power source 3, and both induced voltages of the coils 11c and 11g wound around the legs 10c and 10g are The signal is selected by the selection circuit 5 and output to the differential amplifier 6. The connection state between the coil and each part at this time is as shown in FIG.
As a result, the coil 11e is excited by the magnetizing power source 3 to generate an alternating magnetic flux, and the detection signals detected by the coils 11c and 11g are input to the differential amplifier 6.

Hereinafter, if these detections are repeated, when the magnetic metal object is a steel plate, this corresponds to scanning the comb-type magnetic sensor 1 in the width direction of the steel plate, and is mechanical over a wide range. Scanning can be performed without movement.
Further, according to the detection method of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the detection is performed using the leg portions 10a, 10c, and 10e of the ferromagnetic body 10, the detection method shown in FIG. As shown, a dead zone is formed directly below the leg 10c. Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), when detecting using the leg portions 10b, 10d, and 10f, a dead zone is generated directly below the leg portion 10d as shown in FIG. 3 (b). At the time of this detection, the area of the dead zone that has been generated immediately below the leg 10c first becomes a detectable area. Hereinafter, similar results are obtained.

Therefore, as can be seen from FIG. 3, according to this embodiment, it is possible to prevent the generation of the dead zone as shown in FIG. 9 that occurs when a defect is detected, which is a problem in the conventional detection method.
In the above description, the defect detection is performed in the order of (a), (b), and (c) in FIG. 2, but the present invention is not limited to the procedure, and for example, (a) (c) ( What is necessary is just to carry out in a predetermined order like the order of b).

FIG. 4 is an image diagram showing the magnetic flux distribution at the time of detection by the comb-type magnetic sensor. FIG. 4A shows a case where coils wound around three adjacent legs are used like a conventional comb-type magnetic sensor. Yes, (b) shows a case where coils wound around three legs selected every other like the comb-type magnetic sensor 1 of this embodiment are used.
In FIG. 4, as described above, the distance between the legs of the comb-shaped magnetic sensor 1 according to the embodiment shown in (b) is about ½ of the distance between the legs of the comb-shaped magnetic sensor shown in (a). It has become.

In the case shown in FIG. 4A, when an alternating current is passed from the magnetization power supply 3 to the coil 11c wound around the leg portion 10c, a magnetic flux 12 as shown is generated. If there is a defect a1 in the magnetic metal object a, the magnetic flux 12 is obstructed by the defect a1, and there is a difference between the voltages induced in 11a and 11e wound around the legs 10a and 10e. To amplify and detect.
On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 3B, when an alternating current is passed from the magnetization power supply 3 to the coil 11c wound around the leg 10c, a magnetic flux 12 as shown is generated. However, since the leg portions 10b and 10d exist between the excitation leg portion 10c and the detection leg portions 10a and 10e, the magnetic flux 12 passes through the leg portions 10b and 10d in addition to the leg portions 10a and 10e. . For this reason, since the magnetic flux passing through the detection leg portions 10a and 10e is relatively reduced as compared with the case where there are no leg portions 10b and 10d, there is a concern that the detection performance is deteriorated.

Therefore, the present inventors prepared an artificial defect having the same size as the defect to be actually measured, and conducted an experiment for evaluating the detection capability of the magnetic sensor according to this embodiment.
In this experiment, an artificial defect having a width of 0.2 mm and a depth of 0.5 mm was prepared as an artificial defect to be measured. For comparison, the following two comb magnetic sensors A and B were prepared.

The comb-shaped magnetic sensor A had leg widths of 0.5 mm, leg spacing of 1.5 mm, leg depths of 10 mm, and leg lengths of 2 mm. The comb-type magnetic sensor B had leg widths of 0.5 mm, leg spacing of 3 mm, leg depths of 10 mm, and leg lengths of 2 mm. Images of both magnetic sensors A and B are as shown in FIGS.
Here, the space | interval of a leg part is a center distance of the width direction of two adjacent leg parts (refer FIG. 5).

As described above, the size of the legs of the comb magnetic sensors A and B is the same, but the arrangement interval of the legs of the comb magnetic sensor A is 1/2 of the arrangement interval of the legs of the comb magnetic sensor B. It is narrow.
In the comb-shaped magnetic sensor A, detection was performed by connection as shown in FIG. 5A using three adjacent leg portions. Further, in the comb-shaped magnetic sensor B, detection was performed by connection as shown in FIG. 5B using every other three legs. In this comparative test, the exciting frequency of the exciting coil was set to 750 [kHz].

  In actual flaw detection, for example, a detection device as shown in FIG. 1 is used to perform a pseudo scan. In this comparative test, the influence of the leg between the excitation and detection legs is affected. The purpose is to evaluate what to give. For this reason, the comb-shaped magnetic sensor A was prepared with five legs as shown in FIG. 5 (b), and was actually scanned and measured. At the time of this measurement, the coil wound around the leg portion not used for the measurement of the comb-shaped magnetic sensor A was short-circuited to be in a non-grounded state (see FIG. 5B).

  The result of this comparative test is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5A, in the conventional detection method using three adjacent legs using the comb-shaped magnetic sensor B, the level of the output signal for the artificial defect is about 1.4 [V]. . In contrast, in the detection method according to the present invention using every other three legs using the comb-shaped magnetic sensor A, the level of the output signal is about 1.3 [V], Although there was a decrease in output, it was confirmed that this level of decrease would not cause a problem in defect detection.

Next, in the detection method according to the present invention, when a defect is detected, a leg that does not directly contribute to detection exists between the excitation leg and the detection leg, and is wound around the leg. There is concern about the influence of the coil on detection.
Therefore, the coil wound around the leg that does not directly contribute to the detection is in an open state in which the coil is electrically opened as shown in FIG. 6 (a), and short-circuited as shown in FIG. 6 (b) and not grounded. A comparative test in the three states of the state (short-circuited non-grounded state) and the state of being short-circuited and grounded (short-circuited grounded state) as shown in FIG. 6C was performed under the following conditions.

The artificial defect was the same size as the previous comparative experiment. A comb-shaped magnetic sensor having a leg width of 0.5 mm, a distance between leg parts of 1 mm, a leg part depth of 2 mm, and a leg part length of 5 mm was prepared. The excitation frequency of the coil was 1 [MHz].
Table 1 shows the intensity of the signal output of the defect in the three states as the measurement results. The signal intensity shown in Table 1 represents the difference between the positive and negative peak values of the signal output. According to Table 1, a signal could be detected regardless of whether the coil wound around the leg portion for excitation and detection was in an open state, a short-circuit ground state, or a short-circuit non-ground state. .

Comparing the three states based on the results of this comparative experiment, it is easier to detect the two short-circuit states than the open state, and comparing the two short-circuit states is a short-circuit non-ground state than a short-circuit ground state. You can see that it is better.
Therefore, in this embodiment, it is preferable to short-circuit both ends of the coil wound around the leg portion for excitation and detection when detecting a defect. A circuit for short-circuiting the coil is not included in the detection device shown in FIG. 1, but can be included in the selection circuit 4 or the like by a combination of switches.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when a defect detection is performed using a comb-type magnetic sensor, it is possible to prevent a dead zone that cannot be detected, and to simplify the configuration when realizing the device. , Compactness, and lower production costs.
In the detection method of the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, for example, three legs 10a, 10c, and 10e from the left end of the comb-type magnetic sensor 1 to every fifth one are alternately provided. The case where the defect is detected by using the coils 11a, 11c, and 11e wound around the selected leg portions 10a, 10c, and 10e has been described.

  However, instead of this, a defect may be detected as follows. That is, first, two legs 10a and 10c are selected from the left end of the comb-type magnetic sensor 1 to every third one from the left end, and the coil wound around the leg 10a among the selected 10a and 10c. Is used as an exciting coil, and a coil wound around the leg 10c is used as a detecting coil to detect a defect. Next, every second leg 10b, 10d is selected from the second to fourth legs from the left end, and the leg 10b is wound around the selected 10b, 10d. A coil is used as an exciting coil, and a defect is detected using a coil wound around the leg 10d as a detecting coil. Hereinafter, detection is performed by the same procedure.

In the above embodiment, every other leg 10a to 10g of comb-shaped magnetic sensor 1 is selected, and a defect is detected using a coil wound around the selected leg. (See FIG. 2). However, instead of this, three legs may be selected every two or more, and defects may be detected using coils wound around the selected three legs.
In the above embodiment, as described above, it is preferable to short-circuit the coil wound around the leg that does not contribute to the detection of the defect. In FIG. 6, the coil to be short-circuited is a coil wound around the leg portion arranged inside the leg portion around which the detection coil is wound, but not only the inside of the leg portion but also the leg portion. You may make it include the coil wound by the leg part arrange | positioned outside.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of embodiment of the detection apparatus of this invention. It is a figure explaining the procedure of the detection method by the detection apparatus. It is a figure which shows the detection area | region for every detection by the detection apparatus with time. It is a figure which shows distribution of the magnetic flux of a comb-shaped magnetic sensor, (a) is a case of the conventional detection method, (b) is a case of the detection method which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the measurement result for confirming the effect of this invention, (a) is shown with the image of the sensor A using the detection signal by the conventional detection method, (b) is the detection by the detection method which concerns on this invention It shows with the image of the sensor B which used the signal. It is a figure which shows the method of the comparative experiment of the state of the coil wound by the leg part between excitation and detection, (a) is the case where the both ends of the coil are open | released, (b) When short-circuited and not grounded, (c) is when the coil is short-circuited and grounded. It is a figure explaining the procedure of the conventional detection method. It is a figure explaining the dead zone which arises with the conventional detection method. In the conventional detection method, it is a figure explaining the area | region (dead zone) which is generated for each detection and is not detected.

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a Magnetic metal object 1 Comb magnetic sensor 3 Magnetized power supply 4, 5 Select circuit 6 Differential amplifier 7 Phase detector 8 Defect level discriminator 9 Control circuit 10 Comb-shaped ferromagnetic bodies 10a to 10g Legs 11a to 11f Coils

Claims (4)

A magnetic metal subject is AC magnetized, a magnetic flux based on this magnetization is detected by a magnetic sensor, and a defect detection of the magnetic metal subject is detected based on this detection,
Each leg part of the comb-type magnetic sensor including a comb-shaped ferromagnetic body having six or more leg parts and a coil wound around each leg part is opposed to the detection surface of the magnetic metal object. And then place
Each of the six or more legs is selected in a predetermined order, with each pair having three legs separated at equal intervals that are not adjacent to each other.
Each time each pair is selected, among the three legs of each selected pair, an alternating current is supplied to the coil wound around the center leg to excite the two legs on both sides other than the center. A method for detecting a defect in a magnetic metal object, comprising: detecting a defect in the magnetic metal object based on a differential signal of both voltages induced in both coils wound around each leg.   At the time of detecting a defect in the magnetic metal specimen, at least both ends of a coil wound around a leg located between the center leg and the two legs on both sides other than the center are short-circuited at both ends. The method for detecting a defect in a magnetic metal specimen according to claim 1, wherein the defect is detected. A comb-shaped magnetic sensor including a comb-shaped ferromagnetic body having a plurality of legs facing the detection surface of the magnetic metal object, and a plurality of coils wound around the plurality of legs;
An arithmetic means for obtaining a difference between both induced voltages of the coils wound around the two selected leg portions among the plurality of leg portions;
From the plurality of leg portions of the comb-shaped magnetic sensor, a predetermined one set is selected from each set of three leg portions that are not adjacent to each other and spaced apart at equal intervals. Among the three legs, an alternating current is supplied to the coil wound around the central leg to excite it, and both induced by both coils wound around the two legs on both sides other than the center. Selecting means for guiding the voltage to the computing means;
Defect detection means for detecting defects of the magnetic metal specimen based on the difference signal calculated by the calculation means;
An apparatus for detecting a defect in a magnetic metal object.   When the selection means selects three legs of each set, the selection means winds around at least the selected leg of the center and two legs on both sides other than the center. 4. The apparatus for detecting a defect in a magnetic metal object according to claim 3, wherein both ends of each coil to be short-circuited are short-circuited.

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