Determination of the thickness of a coating on a highly elongated article

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4593244
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06520148

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A method for facilitating the determination of the thickness of a coating on an article, especially a highly elongate article such as a wire, having a ferromagnetic substrate for the coating, the coating being electrically conductive and of substantially lower magnetic permeability than the substrate, includes disposing in proximity to the article an inductively wound wire coil while applying an alternating electrical current to the coil. An electrical property of the coil is monitored for deriving a signal or other indication representative of the monitored property. The thickness of the coating may be determined from this indication. Apparatus for performing the method includes an inductively wound wire coil positionable in proximity to the article; a circuit for applying an AC current to the coil; and circuitry for monitoring the electrical property and deriving the signal or other indication.

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AUSTRALIAN WIRE INDUSTRIES PTY LTD A COMPANY OF NEW SOUTH WALES37-49 PITT ST SYDNEY NEW OUTH WALES

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cross, Rodney C Abbotsford, AU 1 16
Summers, Warwick R New Lambton Heights, AU 1 16

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