The Non-Destructive Testing of a Train Wheel using a Rail-Buried Magnetic Camera

초록

An improvement has to be made in the inspection speed and the crack detection ability needed to inspect cracks in express train wheels. In this paper a linearly integrated Hall sensor array (LIHaS) is proposed in order to improve the ability for crack detection. In addition, the exclusive parallel signal conditioning circuits, the analog-to-digital convertors, and the interface were developed to reduce the measurement time. The permanent magnet, which applies the vertical magnetic field to the wheel, and the differential-type LIHaS, which measures the distribution of the magnetic field around a crack, is designed to be buried in the rail. An experiment was performed in order to verify the proposed method.