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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now and IN the Future, Fort McMurray, CA;
Inventor:
Darcy Daugela, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/02 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/081 (2013.01); G01R 33/0029 (2013.01); G01R 33/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for detecting and discriminating a metal object in a bulk non-metallic material includes at least one triple-axis magnetometer adapted to detect a change of a magnetic field and output a signal including a detection signal representative of a metal object and a signal processing system adapted to detect the detection signal. The bulk non-metallic may be continuously moving through a detection volume, or may be placed in and removed from the detection volume as a batch.