CINDE Courses - Eddy Current Level 1

Eddy Current Level 1

TRAINING OBJECTIVES: This course is intended to provide a basic knowledge of eddy current testing fundamentals sufficient to enable the technician to carry out eddy current testing to established procedures under the supervision of Level 2 or Level 3 personnel.

APPLICABLE STANDARDS: This program meets the requirements of CAN/CGSB-48.9712, ISO 9712 and SNT-TC-1A.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEVEL 1 PERSONNEL (AS PER CGSB): Level 1 personnel are defined as personnel who will carry out industrial eddy current nondestructive inspection under the supervision of Level 2 or Level 3 personnel and will not be responsible for the eddy current test method or technique to be used, nor for the assessment of test results.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Fundamental Theory
- Basic fundamentals of electricity
- Relationship of resistivity to electrical resistance
- Relationship of material resistivity to material conductivity
- Electromagnetic induction; self inductance and mutual inductance
- Inductance of eddy current coils
- Generation of eddy currents
- Properties of eddy current flow
- Sensing disturbance of eddy current flow through change in coil impedance
- Basic equipment
- Introduction to impedance plane diagrams
- Skin effect, standard depth of penetration, standard phase lag
- Instrumentation
- Fundamental operation of: impedance bridge instruments; crack detectors; conductivity meters; recording instruments; strip chart records and FM tape recorders

Testing with Surface Probes
- Probe types
- Directional properties of eddy current flow for each probe type
- Calibration
- Measuring resistivity; measuring thickness
- Measuring thickness of a non-conducting layer on a conductor
- Inspecting for defects
- Parameters affecting sensitivity to defects
Testing of Tubes and Cylindrical Components
- Probe types
- Comparing differential and absolute probes
- Directional properties of eddy current flow for each probe type
- Calibration
- Inspecting for defects
- Parameters affecting sensitivity to defects

NOTE: Participants are requested to have a calculator capable of scientific notation. Safety shoes are mandatory for all laboratory work.

Upcoming Course Dates
Daytime Courses in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada :
September 22 - 26, 2008	Five Days (40 Hours)	Seating for 14	Price: $990.00
December 1 - 5, 2008	Five Days (40 Hours)	Seating for 14	Price: $990.00
February 23 - 27, 2009	Five Days (40 Hours)	Seating for 14	Price: $990.00
Nighttime Courses in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada :
Starting January 12, 2009	14 Weeks (Every Monday)	Seating for 16	Price: $700.00

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