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A Study on Coating Film Thickness Measurement in vehicle Using Eddy Current Coil Sensor

와전류 코일 센서를 통한 차량용 코팅막 측정에 관한 연구

  • Park, Hwa-Beom (Department of Bio Medical Engineering, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Kil (Department of Electronic Engineering, Ajou University)
  • Received : 2019.07.02
  • Accepted : 2019.07.05
  • Published : 2019.09.30

Abstract

The importance of coatings has been increasing for different purposes such as prevention of static electricity of auto parts or products, improvement of abrasion and corrosion resistance, and enhancement of esthetics. As a method for measuring the thickness of a coating film, a contact method with probe is commonly used. However, it is problematic that accuracy of the sensor is degraded due to sensor output distortion or load phenomenon, which is caused by a change in magnetic permeability of the core. In this study, we propose a method to reduce the measurement error of the coating film by applying the optimized circuit design and the thickness measurement algorithm to the problems caused by the nonlinear characteristics. The tests result which have been taken with different thickness coating samples show that the measurement accuracy is within ${\pm}2%$.

부품 또는 제품들의 정전기 방지와 내마모성 및 내부식성 향상, 미각화 등 다양한 목적으로 코팅의 중요성이 증가되고 있다. 코팅막의 두께를 측정하는 방법으로 주로 프로브(probe)로 코팅면을 측정하는 접촉식 측정방식이 이용되는데, 코어의 투자율 변화에 의해 센서 출력 왜곡이나 부하 현상이 발생하여 정확도가 떨어지는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 비선형적인 특성에 의해 발생할 수 있는 문제점을 최적화된 회로설계와 두께측정 알고리즘을 적용하여 코팅막의 측정 오차를 줄이는 방법을 제안한다. 여러 코팅 샘플을 통한 실험 결과 ${\pm}2%$ 이내의 측정 정확도를 갖는 것을 확인할 수 있다.

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