Search coil by computer to determine displacement in multiple dimensions. Additionally, a second search coil can be added to measure torsional rotation. A more crude search coil also called exploring coil is also used in laboratory experiments in schools to measure the magnetic field in a certain region of space. In this case the search coil consists of a simple wire coil or solenoid connected to a sensitive ammeter or galvanometer. The coil is placed in the magnetic field to be measured and quickly withdrawn to a region of space with a negligible magnetic field. As the search coil moves the magnetic
Eddy-current testing remote-field testing. This market is projected to grow at 7.5% compounded annual growth rate to approximately $315 million by 2016. In its most basic form — the single-element ECT probe — a coil of conductive wire is excited with an alternating electrical current. This wire coil produces an alternating magnetic field around itself. The magnetic field oscillates at the same frequency as the current running through the coil. When the coil approaches a conductive material, currents opposed to the ones in the coil are induced in the material — eddy currents. Variations in the electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability of