Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication

A wireless data communication Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) system for steel wire rope cable inspection has been designed and constructed to facilitate the remote data transferring. The system incorporates permanent magnets and Hall Effect sensor arrays, with its signal processing circuit and data acq...

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Main Author: Salehhon, Muhammad Mahfuz
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Published: 2014
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spelling my-utm-ep.534332020-07-14T03:42:15Z Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication 2014-11 Salehhon, Muhammad Mahfuz QC Physics A wireless data communication Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) system for steel wire rope cable inspection has been designed and constructed to facilitate the remote data transferring. The system incorporates permanent magnets and Hall Effect sensor arrays, with its signal processing circuit and data acquisition system. Strong permanent magnetic discs of about 1T are used to magnetize the cable. Hall Effect sensors are arranged in parallel to detect the leakage flux from different angles. The system is battery operated, which is three units of AA batteries function as a power source. Another three units of AA batteries can also be fitted in as the backup power supply. The wireless data communication system has been constructed using Bluetooth module. The signals are digitized using an Emant380 Bluetooth data acquisition module consist of six channels of differential multiplexed analog-to-digital converter, and the data can be stored in computer or Smartphone’s memory. Python programming language is used to collect and interpret the data in a graphical form. This system use Tkinter graphical user interface toolkit for the computer while HTML is a platform for full screen user interface display on Smartphone. The screen displays the location and the flaws signal. System was tested and evaluated on various simulated wire rope defects of different depth and width, ranging from 2 mm to 6 mm depth and 1 mm width and also 2 mm to 6 mm width and 2 mm to 3 mm depth. This system has a relatively high sensitivity for the detection of magnetic flux leakage through defects with a depth of 2 mm and 1 mm wide. 2014-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53433/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53433/25/MuhammadMahfuzSalehhonMFS2014.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:86383 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
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Salehhon, Muhammad Mahfuz
Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication
description A wireless data communication Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) system for steel wire rope cable inspection has been designed and constructed to facilitate the remote data transferring. The system incorporates permanent magnets and Hall Effect sensor arrays, with its signal processing circuit and data acquisition system. Strong permanent magnetic discs of about 1T are used to magnetize the cable. Hall Effect sensors are arranged in parallel to detect the leakage flux from different angles. The system is battery operated, which is three units of AA batteries function as a power source. Another three units of AA batteries can also be fitted in as the backup power supply. The wireless data communication system has been constructed using Bluetooth module. The signals are digitized using an Emant380 Bluetooth data acquisition module consist of six channels of differential multiplexed analog-to-digital converter, and the data can be stored in computer or Smartphone’s memory. Python programming language is used to collect and interpret the data in a graphical form. This system use Tkinter graphical user interface toolkit for the computer while HTML is a platform for full screen user interface display on Smartphone. The screen displays the location and the flaws signal. System was tested and evaluated on various simulated wire rope defects of different depth and width, ranging from 2 mm to 6 mm depth and 1 mm width and also 2 mm to 6 mm width and 2 mm to 3 mm depth. This system has a relatively high sensitivity for the detection of magnetic flux leakage through defects with a depth of 2 mm and 1 mm wide.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Salehhon, Muhammad Mahfuz
author_facet Salehhon, Muhammad Mahfuz
author_sort Salehhon, Muhammad Mahfuz
title Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication
title_short Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication
title_full Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication
title_fullStr Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication
title_full_unstemmed Magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication
title_sort magnetic flux leakage system for wire rope inspection using bluetooth communication
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science
granting_department Faculty of Science
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53433/25/MuhammadMahfuzSalehhonMFS2014.pdf
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