Magnetic Particle Inspection And Equipment Required
Magnetic Particle Equipment: If you know what magnetic particle testing is, then perhaps you know the range of equipment needed to run such tests. Depending on the product category, there are numerous types of equipment used in this procedure. For example, the product you are looking for can be part of the following categories:
- Inventory
- Accumulator / Sorting Tables
- Application Specific Systems
- Black Lights & Parts
- Calibration Services
- Consumable Supplies
- Conveyor System
- Demagnetizers DC Waveform
- Demagnetizers, Continuous Duty AC
- Demagnetizers, Intermitent Duty AC
- Demags – Reman with Magwerks Bases & Controls
- Inspection Booth
- Instrumentation & Process Control
- MPI Accessories
- Multi-Vector Power Packs & Mobiles
- Multi-Vector Wet Horizontal
- Other Equipment
- Portable Magnetic Yokes
- Rental of Equipment, Short Term
- Repair Parts
- Single-Vector Power Packs & Mobiles
- Single-Vector Wet Horizontal
- Slave Stations
Standard Options for MPI Equipment
However, if you are a client who is looking to have their materials tested, perhaps you don’t need to be aware of all the elements of magnetic particle testing. What you need to know is that the process involves the use of:
- A wet horizontal magnetic particle inspection machine
- Mobile power packs (used in wire-wrapping applications)
- Magnetic yoke (this is a hand-held device that is used to induce a magnetic field between two poles)
- Magnetic particle powder (most of the times the powder used by technicians is iron oxide, and it is used for both dry and wet testing)
Magnetic Particle testing is a procedure that must respect certain standards. It is used for both large scale and small scale testing, and technicians need to be aware that, depending on the type of procedure they use and its scope, the particle testing needs to respect one of the following standards:
- International Organization for Standardization
- European Committee for Standardization
- American Society of Testing and Materials
- Canadian Standards Association
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- United States Military Standard
