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From CRTs to Confidence: How Battelle's 1984 Vision Set the Stage for Today’s Eddy Current Automation
In 1984, long before today’s high-res C-scans and AI-assisted flaw detection, a forward-thinking team at Battelle quietly mapped out the...
Ed Korkowski
Jul 162 min read


Demystifying Permeability in Eddy Current Testing: Why Modern Formulas Skip the Headache
If you're scratching your head about permeability in eddy current testing, you're not alone. Between relative permeability (μᵣ), the...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 293 min read


🔍 Decoding Dr. Förster's Field Strength Blueprint for Modern Eddy Current Testing
If you’ve ever stared blankly at some of Dr. Förster's impedance graphs, you’re not alone. There is a treasure-trove of information...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 214 min read


🔍 Understanding Dr. Förster's Compass for Ferromagnetic Eddy Current Testing
In the world of eddy current testing (ECT), few visual tools are as foundational as Dr. Friedrich Förster’s impedance plane diagrams....
Ed Korkowski
Jun 202 min read


📺 Cathode Ray Tubes and the Dawn of Dynamic Testing
Long before high-speed digital data acquisition, before laptops on carts and touchscreen instruments in the lab, there was the glow of a...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 192 min read


Dr. Foerster Codebreaker Series: Understanding the Fill-Factor Offset
For this codebreaking session, refer to Figure 1. Figure 1 Fill Factor (η): Defined as η= , it expresses the ratio of the test-object...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 92 min read


From 2009 to 2025: Why Nondestructive Testing Has Never Been More Essential
Back in 2009, an article in the ASNT Materials Evaluation laid out why industry simply couldn’t live without NDT. Today, nearly two...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 82 min read


Dr, Foerster Codebreaker: Your Guide to the Complex Permeability Plane
In Eddy Current Testing (ECT), understanding how your test frequency relates to your specimen’s properties is crucial. Figure 1—the...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 82 min read


Which NDT Method Matches Your Brainpower?
Ever wondered if your noodle is tuned more for wave mechanics, electromagnetic puzzles, or pattern-recognition marathons? Let’s take a...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 82 min read


The Pencil-Whipped NDT Level III: Why Thoroughness Matters
In nondestructive testing (NDT), the Level III professional carries broad technical and procedural responsibility. From developing...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 83 min read


The Amazing Z-Ray Machine: Don't Be Fooled by the Flashing Lights and Slick Sales Pitch!
In the spring of 1953, hundreds of nondestructive testing (NDT) professionals gathered at the Western Metal Congress in Los Angeles,...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 52 min read


The Forgotten Bridge: How Hugo Libby Turned Theory into Multifrequency Testing Reality
When we talk about the evolution of eddy current testing, names like Dr. Friedrich Förster come to mind—pioneers who laid the theoretical...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 52 min read


From Analog Genius to NDT 4.0: How Dr. Förster’s Early Work Still Powers Modern Eddy Current Testing
When we talk about cutting-edge NDT 4.0 technologies—array probes, AI-assisted signal classification, and real-time automated quality...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 22 min read


Ferromagnetic Materials: Why Higher Frequencies Give Bigger Signals—But Not Always Better Results
If you’re testing carbon steel or any ferromagnetic material with eddy currents, you’ve probably heard this advice: “Use higher...
Ed Korkowski
Jun 13 min read


Are You Flying Too High? Rethinking Legacy High-Frequency Eddy Current Procedures in Aviation
In the aviation industry, tradition can be both a strength and a blind spot. Eddy current inspection procedures passed down from earlier...
Ed Korkowski
May 292 min read


NDT 4.0: The Future of Inspection is Here — Are You Ready?
By Edward Korkowski | eddycurrent.com The Fourth Industrial Revolution—better known as Industry 4.0—isn’t just transforming how we build...
Ed Korkowski
May 272 min read


NDT WORKFORCE: 2025 UPDATE
In 2001, a pivotal study by Harris, Spanner, and Turnbow projected a significant decline in the nondestructive testing (NDT) workforce...
Ed Korkowski
May 263 min read


The Certification You Can’t Take Back: What NDT Level III, NDT Trainer, and Employer Must Remember
By Edward Korkowski - eddycurrent.com In April 1994, an ASNT article titled “Every Level III’s Responsibility” delivered a powerful...
Ed Korkowski
May 2611 min read


The Six Probes That Predicted the Future of Eddy Current Testing
By Edward Korkowski - eddycurrent.com When we think of eddy current arrays today, we imagine colorful C-scans, real-time imaging, and...
Ed Korkowski
May 263 min read


🧠 Stop Chasing Correlations—Validate the Function: What NDT Professionals Can Learn from Papadakis
In the world of nondestructive testing (NDT), we often hear phrases like: “We validated the eddy current signal—it correlates well with...
Ed Korkowski
May 262 min read
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