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Probe Description
The medium Sharck™ probe used in this guide contains two rows of 11 independent fingers. This
array probe (SHARCK-W053-R-N05S) offers a coverage or active area of 53 mm (2.1 in). Other
sizes of Sharck array probes are also available.
Figure 1 Medium Shark probe
Note
The small Sharck probe is compatible with the 32-channel and 64-channel Reddy™, while the
medium Sharck is best suited for the 64-channel Reddy. The large Sharck probe is not
compatible with Reddy, as it requires 128 channels (Ectane® 128 or 256).
All the fingers of Sharck probes (patent pending) contain a three-coil assembly operating in a
specific transmit/receive mode called
tangential
that enables measuring variations of the eddy
currents distribution. This is referred to as tangential eddy current array or TECA™. TECA was
developed to detect and size the length and depth of axial surface-breaking linear indications
in carbon steel. It is also capable of also detecting transverse cracks (perpendicular to the scan
axis). TECA’s coils use two fixed frequencies: 20 kHz and 80 kHz.