Application Note State-of-the-Art RFT — Meeting the Ferromagnetic Tube Challenge The Challenge Harsipa NR RART ENT pAUNRE Jon amientn dibs plants cannot be inspected with conventional eddy current wall makes the RFT Overcome the Me ccetecicoaiaueccd aleawyininse | anane ocerered imiuccTRs mngrcte Resta (FO sndroncceted ay obra Glcnere Misery Nera RT ittered dues icduace —— Sadenrand parte Nanpespablises'decrease need for tbe clarliness and hgh cringe’ Tos hgh senatvay —-fEPTOMAGHAtic heat Inspection speeds, brings several challenges: ‘exchanger tubes, idl GeiTaicend lily empl ie + bagi / acess esc Tm peeing ba orien sa Oe Pmuncorne tiene The Solution fcuemurinompeonetr den tagecomterh — Wlewect eaten Ippo oenare a acicouccrrmeramn lactbeomes tubes ofthe hea exchanger ivell Developing ser of cibraton ‘10% Buruchavariaion UTES to work around ‘standards with different degrees of permeability is not a in thickness can those difficulties, Sac rami oer tiara ce iomion: — eurkeatdand ° siete utters baat lov wting weer ire Sort ecpee other eadivona diffelties shane. which greatly The Benefits affects sizing Faster, more accurate interpretations RFT inspection results + The magnene that are easier to permesbilty of carbon analyze, translating into Riceccnas | Sate vachire ies Soe processing savings. sa processed at high temperatures do not have the same permeability than those processed at low temperatures. Such variations in permenbilty have 2 considerable impacton RFT sensitivity and depth sting + Calbration tubes matching the properties of tubes to inspectare extremely hard to come by, Differences in of ferromagnetic HX tubing thickness and permeability mostalways make calibraions inadequate without the proper tools to compensate The Challenge The Solution RFT is achrough- transmission echnique where the nagrete fad wayels ewcein the abe wal which Induces mpoctnt RFT inspec “The shortcomings of RET can be worked around with roftware features, euch 2€ those found in Magnif®, Eddy» sequisition and analysis sofeware, “The software maker use of the amplinide actenustion standard impedance plane and an absolute voltage plane. The snd phase lag. Thi Pedenee vee_mpedance plane his proven an efficient tool to detect and characterize small volumetric defects through standard ‘eehniques. The absolute voltage plane, on the other hand enabler more precise characterization of large volumetric defects, Using both planes in concert allows improved detecton, siting. and characterizing a wider range of defects ‘An additional feature of Magniflis the aucomate detection of landmarks. This feature provides accurate defect positioning ‘withows the need for an ene The Benefits oO Caterina daca sways “Single-driver probe calibration In sdaltion, Magnifie capable of ‘wing the balanced, nominal operating point. This stored value creates a reference point thac enables tube-to-ube (cease “The value added by sofeware-enhanced RFT is easy to se: cne-clck normalization of all channels, stom tically generated sizing curves. and normalization tracking enable easier. faster, and more precise characterization of small and large volumetric defects. This transtates into higher quality Inspections that provide much needed information to the Eddyfiis constantly innovating building on is dready extensive electromagnet expertise. With the help of cur ‘wide-ranging customer base. we contnue to further the improvements ‘of RFT technology Den’thesiesze to ell rournboutyour ‘ovm project specifications. tracking of permesbilicy variations Normalzaéone are suitomatically applied to «ach channel in an effort to improve accurate defectsizng. Magnif also issues warnings when the effects of magnetic permenbiity variatons are too large to normalize. In this case, users can adjust the inspection frequency to compensate for magnetic permeablity differences berween the calibration standard and the tubes in the bundle. eddufi info @eddyficom vwewrweddyficom Oo & Ww Un-normalized field data ten nt en map wt rnin an ann