NI = 45 000 / (L/D)
Worked example 300 × 50 mm shaft, 5-turn coil I = 1,500 A ±10 %: 1,350 to 1,650 A
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NI = 45 000 / (L/D)
Worked example 300 × 50 mm shaft, 5-turn coil I = 1,500 A ±10 %: 1,350 to 1,650 A
Ampere-turns, prod spacing, central conductors, field checks and demagnetisation.
MT Coils and cable wraps
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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