Surface Probes

Standard Surface ECA Probes

Selecting the Right Eddy Current Array Probe Has Never Been Easier

Benefits
• Truly democratized ECA solutions — Our
standard surface probes are designed to be easy
to select, versatile, and used straight out of the
box... all at competitive prices.

• Performance — Our standard surface probes are

designed using the highest performance
standards, the best modeling software, the most
advanced materials, and cutting-edge proprietary
techniques.

• Durability — Our standard surface probes are

designed to take on the real world.

• Expertise and support — Our standard surface

Eddyfi offers a variety of mechanical designs to suit probes are backed by the best support in the
your ECA surface examination requirements, industry.
ensuring high-quality results and, more importantly,
better performance.
All our probes come in a variety of frequency brackets, number
of coils, and casing sizes. discontinuities in welds with minimal surface preparation.
Furthermore, the probe’s membrane is extra-tough to better
Rigid resist against friction.
The rigid probe is Eddyfi’s
workhorse surface probe. I-Flex™ and T-Flex™
Rugged and cost effective, I - Flex and T- Flex
it minimizes lift-off for probes are specifically
high, uniform sensitivity, designed to fit complex
making it the probe of choice for flat surfaces. geometries, which
makes them perfect for
Semi-flexible one-pass examinations
The semi-flexible probe comes with all the great features of the of pipes, nozzles, turbine
rigid probe, but it can also easily bend to perform axial scans blades, wheels, and any
on convex and concave geometries with height variations along other smooth, curved
a single axis (such as pipes and floor plates). surface. The unique I-Flex offers three built-in topologies to
address various types of flaws, including subsurface flaws.
Padded
Padded probes are perfect for examining weld beads, as well
Sharck™ Probes
as transition and heat-affected zones. The probe’s unique, Refer to the Sharck probes brochure for details on these ECA
proprietary design allows detecting surface cracks and other probes for crack detection and sizing in carbon steel.
 Surface ECA Probe Lineup
Far-surface Subsurface defects Surface-breaking
Geometry Body Coverage Casing Probe number
corrosion (cracks, voids, porosity) defects (cracks, pits)
  128 mm (5.0 in.) Large ECA-RBC-128-005-033-N03S
  64 mm (2.5 in.) ECA-RBC-064-005-017-N03S
   56 mm (2.2 in.) ECA-RBE-056-250-032-N03S
Medium
 56 mm (2.2 in.) ECA-RBD-056-250-032-N03S
Flat surfaces Rigid
 70 mm (2.8 in.) ECA-RBD-070-500-064-N03S
   26 mm (1.0 in.) ECA-RBE-026-250-016-N03S
 26 mm (1.0 in.) Small ECA-RBD-026-250-016-N03S
 34 mm (1.3 in.) ECA-RBD-034-500-032-N03S
Large
  128 mm (5.0 in.) ECA-SFC-128-005-033-N03S
Minimum OD 0.9 m (36 in.)
  64 mm (2.5 in.) ECA-SFC-064-005-017-N03S
   56 mm (2.2 in.) Medium ECA-SFE-056-250-032-N03S
 56 mm (2.2 in.) Minimum OD 0.4 m (16 in.) ECA-SFD-056-250-032-N03S
Curved surfaces Semi-flexible
 70 mm (2.8 in.) ECA-SFD-070-500-064-N03S
   26 mm (1.0 in.) ECA-SFE-026-250-016-N03S
Small
 26 mm (1.0 in.) ECA-SFD-026-250-016-N03S
Minimum OD 0.2 m (8 in.)
 34 mm (1.3 in.) ECA-SFD-034-500-032-N03S
Stainless-steel welds  56 mm (2.2 in.) Medium ECA-PDD-056-250-032-N03S
Padded
Other non-ferrous welds  34 mm (1.3 in.) Small ECA-PDD-034-500-032-N03S
   79 mm (3.1 in.) Large ECA-IFG-079-250-048-N03S
I-Flex    56 mm (2.2 in.) Medium ECA-IFG-056-250-048-N03S
Complex
 34 mm (1.3 in.) Small ECA-IFG-034-500-048-N03S
(multipurpose probes)
 70 mm (2.8 in.) ECA-TFC-070-300-044-N03S
T-Flex Medium
  70 mm (2.8 in.) ECA-TFC-070-045-044-N03S
 103 mm (4.1 in) Large SHARCK-W103-E-H05S
Sharck Butt
 53 mm (2.1 in) Medium SHARCK-W053-E-H05S
Weld
Carbon steel welds  28 mm (1.1 in) Small SHARCK-W028-E-H05S
 7 mm (0.3 in) Pencil (straight) SHARCK-PEN-ST-N05TE
Sharck Pencil
 7 mm (0.3 in) Pencil (90°) SHARCK-PEN-RA-N05TE

Common Applications
• Stress-corrosion cracking (ferrous and non-ferrous)
• Weld surface discontinuities (ferrous and non-ferrous)
• Far-surface corrosion (non-ferrous only)
The Eddyfi surface ECA probe catalog abounds with information
that is going to help you select the right surface probe(s) for
your application(s).
You can download the catalog on our Web site.

Typical Detection Capabilities

• Surface-breaking cracks: as short as 0.5 mm (0.020 in.)
• Subsurface defects: penetration in stainless steel and
aluminum of up to 6 mm (0.236 in.)

Scanning Speeds
Typical scanning speeds can reach 150 mm/s (6 in/s).

The information in this document is accurate as of its publication. Actual products may
differ from those presented herein.
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info@eddyfi.com www.eddyfi.com 2015-04-17