Calibration of a portable coercivity measurement instrument for assessing low-carbon steel

用于评估低碳钢的便携式矫顽力测量仪的校准

• 批准号: 10073793
• 金额: $ 3.33万
• 依托单位: MANCHESTER ADVANCED INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10073793
• 关键词: Calibration; portable; coercivity; measurement; instrument

Our company, located in Manchester, specialises in developing electromagnetic non-destructive testing (NDT) products. In the last couple of years, we have successfully developed a novel coercivity meter, which features portability, fast measurement speed and minimal or null requirements for sample preparation - unique advantages for on-site non-destructive applications. The system has been commercialised, released to clients, and deployed in the field. We have found diverse applications across different industries and have been continuously growing our technical experience and customer engagement. As an example, client's feedback confirms large efficiency improvement on heat-treatment assessment after using our novel product. A process that used to require 5 to 6 staff engineers and 20 minutes is now reduced to 2 engineers and 2 minutes. Other applications include aging and fatigue detection of steel structures and cables, residual stress distribution and testing of finished products.Together with NPL, an experimental measurement setup has been devised to create a traceability chain for MAIERIC's reference samples. NPL will compare coercivity values determined on MAIERIC's reference standards to those determined on standard geometries. The DC magnetic properties of soft magnetic materials are typically determined using the permeameter method (outlined in BSI/IEC 60404-4). Current measurement standards are generally limited to well defined geometry. For a direct comparison NPL will modify and existing set-up to accommodate MAIERIC's smaller, non-standard geometries.Our target industries include power, traffic and developments, marine, aerospace, metallurgy, chemical and mining, with main applications on assessing working life, aging and fatigue of steel structures, critical components, machinery, etc., quality of finished products, metal sorting, in a wide sense, assessment of steel during all its service life. To be able to produce traceable measurements for each application means we can expand our market quickly. We are confident that solving our current issues of calibration and traceability will bring to MAIERIC substantial additional revenue. As well as increasing sales revenue, improve process efficiency for both us and clients to save costs -- hence realising significant financial gains and contributing to the technology and innovation ecosystem of the Manchester community.

我们公司位于曼彻斯特，专门开发电磁无损检测（NDT）产品。在过去的几年里，我们成功开发了一种新型矫顽力计，它具有便携性、测量速度快、样品制备要求极低或为零的特点，这对于现场无损应用来说具有独特的优势。该系统已实现商业化、发布给客户并在现场部署。我们在不同行业发现了多种应用，并不断增强我们的技术经验和客户参与度。 As an example, client's feedback confirms large efficiency improvement on heat-treatment assessment after using our novel product.过去需要 5 至 6 名工程师和 20 分钟的流程现在减少到 2 名工程师和 2 分钟。其他应用包括钢结构和电缆的老化和疲劳检测、残余应力分布和成品测试。与 NPL 一起设计了实验测量装置，为 MAIERIC 的参考样品创建可追溯链。 NPL 将比较根据 MA​​IERIC 参考标准确定的矫顽力值与根据标准几何形状确定的矫顽力值。 The DC magnetic properties of soft magnetic materials are typically determined using the permeameter method (outlined in BSI/IEC 60404-4).当前的测量标准通常仅限于明确定义的几何形状。为了进行直接比较，NPL 将修改现有设置，以适应 MAIERIC 较小的非标准几何形状。我们的目标行业包括电力、交通和开发、船舶、航空航天、冶金、化工和采矿，主要应用在评估钢结构、关键部件、机械等的工作寿命、老化和疲劳、成品质量、金属分选，广义上是对钢材在整个使用寿命期间的评估。 To be able to produce traceable measurements for each application means we can expand our market quickly. We are confident that solving our current issues of calibration and traceability will bring to MAIERIC substantial additional revenue.在增加销售收入的同时，还为我们和客户提高流程效率以节省成本，从而实现显着的财务收益，并为曼彻斯特社区的技术和创新生态系统做出贡献。