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Category: Industry
Posted: Fri, Jun 24th 2016 at 9:41 AM

Based on the recent analysis of the nondestructive testing (NDT) equipment market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Eddyfi as the recipient of the 2016 Global New Product Innovation Award. Eddyfi astutely identified and channeled the potential of the pulsed eddy current (PEC) technology to develop the one-of-a-kind Lyft™, an inspection tool for corrosion under insulation (CUI). Eddyfi has packed Lyft with advanced features such as SmartPULSE™ to remove operator dependency and improve the reliability of results obtained from the PEC technology.

Eddyfi spent more than 12 months analyzing different CUI testing techniques such as low-frequency eddy current. The company discovered that under typical CUI conditions such as a liftoff (insulation thickness) of 50 mm, most techniques failed, except PEC. As a result, Eddyfi can position Lyft as the most versatile, accurate, and high-performance equipment available for CUI applications.

Lyft offers several improvements over existing techniques. The original product based on PEC had speed limitations because the operator had to remain still for up to 10 seconds to take measurements. Lyft is 10 times faster than the alternatives as it is less sensitive to movement. In addition, Lyft can perform high-speed grid mapping and dynamic scans, and its built-in encoder on probes helps generate high-resolution C-scans.

Eddyfi has further done away with the dependence on operators by packing Lyft with its SmartPULSE technology, wherein the system automatically iterates to find the best parameters for the inspection configuration,” said Frost & Sullivan Principal Lead Nikhil Jain. “Using an autoset feature, the probe can find the optimal configuration for measurements and repeatability, adjusting the pulse frequency, gains, and other parameters.”

Read more on the Eddyfi website.

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