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Magnetic Particle calculators.

Ampere-turns, prod spacing, central conductors, field checks and demagnetisation. Each of the 14 shows the governing formula, a worked example and the standard it comes from.

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Magnetic particle 14

Ampere-turns, prod spacing, central conductors, field checks and demagnetisation.

  • MT Coils and cable wraps

    Coil shot current, low fill factor

    Ampere-turns and coil current for longitudinal magnetisation in a low fill factor coil - part against the coil wall, NI = 45 000/(L/D), or suspended in the coil centre, NI = 43 000 R/(6 L/D - 5).

    ASME V · ASTM E1444 Free

  • MT Coils and cable wraps

    Effective L/D ratio for coil magnetisation

    Effective diameter of a hollow or tubular part, D_eff = sqrt(OD² - ID²), and the resulting L/D ratio clamped to the valid 2 to 15 band.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Field, bath and viewing checks

    Magnetic particle bath concentration

    Settling test result in mL per 100 mL against the 0.1 to 0.4 mL fluorescent and 1.2 to 2.4 mL visible acceptance bands, with the carrier volume needed to correct a rich bath.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Field, bath and viewing checks

    UV-A irradiance at working distance

    Scales a measured UV-A irradiance to a different working distance by the inverse square law and checks it against the 1000 µW/cm² minimum.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Circular, prods and yokes

    Direct circular magnetisation current

    Head shot current for direct circular magnetisation at 300 to 800 A per inch (about 12 to 31 A/mm) of part diameter.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Circular, prods and yokes

    Prod technique current and spacing

    Magnetising current for the prod technique from prod spacing and material thickness, with the 50 to 200 mm spacing limits.

    ASME V · ASTM E709

  • MT Coils and cable wraps

    Cable wrap magnetisation

    Current, number of turns, cable length and shot positions for longitudinal magnetisation by wrapping a flexible cable around a part.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Circular, prods and yokes

    Central conductor magnetisation

    Current and rotation schedule for a centred or offset central conductor, including the effective inspection band of about four conductor diameters.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Circular, prods and yokes

    Yoke lifting power check

    Checks a measured yoke lift against the code minimum - 4.5 kg (10 lb) for AC yokes and 18 kg (40 lb) for DC or permanent magnets - at the pole spacing in use.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Coils and cable wraps

    Coil shot current, high fill factor

    Ampere-turns and coil current for longitudinal magnetisation of a part that fills the coil, NI = 35 000/((L/D)+2).

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Field, bath and viewing checks

    Demagnetisation steps and residual field

    Number of reversing, decaying magnetising steps needed to bring a residual field below the acceptance limit, typically 3 G.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Field, bath and viewing checks

    Magnetic field strength unit conversion

    Converts a magnetic field reading between A/m, kA/m, oersted, gauss, millitesla and tesla, and checks it against the 30 to 60 G tangential field band.

    ASTM E1444 · ASTM E709

  • MT Coils and cable wraps

    Coil shot current, intermediate fill factor

    Ampere-turns for a part in a coil whose bore area is between 2 and 10 times the part area, interpolated between the high and low fill factor formulas.

    ASME V · ASTM E1444

  • MT Field, bath and viewing checks

    Magnetising shot duty cycle

    Minimum rest between magnetising shots for a stated duty cycle rating, with the continuous-method minimum shot duration and shot count.

    ASTM E1444 · ASTM E709

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