Non-contact thickness gauge for conductive aterials using HTS SQUID system

Toshihiko Kiwa; Hideaki Tahara; Etsuro Miyake; Hironobu Yamada; Keiji Tsukada

doi:10.1109/TASC.2009.2019196

Non-contact thickness gauge for conductive aterials using HTS SQUID system

Toshihiko Kiwa, Hideaki Tahara, Etsuro Miyake, Hironobu Yamada, Keiji Tsukada

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Abstract

Eddy current testing using high-T_c superconductive (HTS) superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUID), was developed to realize non-contact thickness gauge measurement of conductive materials, due to their high-sensitivity to magnetic fields generated by eddy currents. A HTS SQUID pulsed eddy current system with Fourier transform analysis is proposed and demonstrated. Aluminum plates (10 × 10 mm) with thicknesses in the range of 1 to 10 mm were used as test samples. The intrinsic responses Ga(f) of the samples were successfully extracted. The slopes of these responses were estimated by linear fitting, and plotted as a function of sample thickness. The Ga(f) slopes decrease with increasing thickness of the test samples. The analysed data suggests that this system can be used as a non-contact thickness gauge for conductive materials.

Original language	English
Article number	5067094
Pages (from-to)	801-803
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2009.2019196
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009

Keywords

Eddy current testing
Fourier transforms
High-temperature superconductors
Nondestructive testing
SQUIDs

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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