HELIX ECA

Finds cracks and surface defects at welds, through paint.

The HELIX ECA Rev 3 array electronics, a 32-element eddy current array board

A 32-element eddy current array that sweeps a full band in one pass and pins every indication to its location: weld toes, nozzle collars, plate. At walking pace, through paint.

Sixteen elements transmit, sixteen receive.

Thirty-two elements cover a full band in a single pass and report surface-breaking and near-surface discontinuities.

The eddy current array sweeping a steel surface: the coils' fields, and an indication lighting up where the surface breaks

The eddy current array sweeping a surface, lighting an indication where it breaks.

Surface-discontinuity screening

System
HELIX ECA-Rev3 (deployed unit ECA-1a)
Array
32 elements, 16 transmit and 16 receive
Operating frequency
150 kHz
Detects
Surface-breaking and near-surface discontinuities, for example weld-toe cracking
Output
Reports indications. Does not size defects
Validation
Engineered cut, void and wrinkle test panels with matching scan heatmaps
Reference frameworks
ISO 15548-1/-2/-3, ISO 20339:2017, ASTM E3052-21, ISO 17643:2015 (reference only)

Limits

ECA reads the surface and near-surface only, and reports indications rather than sizing them.

Also from HELIX.