Device for correcting an external stress overload affecting a ferromagnetic component

1. A device configured to correct an effect of an external stress overload affecting a ferromagnetic component, the device comprising:

the ferromagnetic component having at least one magnetized region;

at least two magnetic field sensors; and

at least one coil being arranged around the at least two magnetic field sensors and the ferromagnetic component, the at least one coil configured to generate a magnetic field comprising an oscillating magnetic field and a magnetic flux density of at least 30 Gauss.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two magnetic field sensors has a variable sensitivity.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coil is activated at at least one of regular intervals, while there is a malfunction in a system encompassing the ferromagnetic component, or while the system encompassing the ferromagnetic component is restarted.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coil has a varying number of windings.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two magnetic field sensors comprises a Hall sensor.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two magnetic field sensors comprises a magneto-resistive sensor.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two magnetic field sensors comprises a fluxgate sensor, a saturation core probe, or a Foerster probe.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two magnetic field sensors comprises a magnetic field sensing coil sensor.

9. A method for correcting an effect of an external stress overload affecting a ferromagnetic component wherein the ferromagnetic component has at least one magnetic field, the method comprising:

providing at least two magnetic field sensors wherein at least one coil is arranged around the at least two magnetic field sensors and around the ferromagnetic component; and

generating an oscillating magnetic field having a magnetic flux density of at least 30 Gauss.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein each of the at least two magnetic field sensors have a variable sensitivity.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one coil is activated at at least one of regular intervals, while there is a malfunction in a system encompassing the ferromagnetic component, or while the system encompassing the ferromagnetic component is restarted.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one coil has a varying number of windings.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the oscillating magnetic field is generated by the at least one coil.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the at least two magnetic field sensors comprises a Hall sensor, a magneto-resistive sensor, a fluxgate sensor, a saturation core probe, a Foerster probe, or a magnetic field sensing coil sensor.

15. A device configured to correct an effect of an external stress overload affecting a ferromagnetic component, the device comprising:

the ferromagnetic component having at least two magnetized regions;

at least one magnetic field sensor; and

at least one coil being arranged around the at least two magnetized regions of the ferromagnetic component, the at least one coil configured to generate a magnetic field comprising an oscillating magnetic field, wherein the at least one coil is wound around the at least one magnetic field sensor.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the magnetic field generated by the at least one coil has a magnetic flux density of at least 30 Gauss.

17. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one coil is activated at at least one of regular intervals, while there is a malfunction in a system encompassing the ferromagnetic component, or while the system encompassing the ferromagnetic component is restarted.

18. The device according to claim 15 , wherein:

the at least one magnetic field sensor comprises a first magnetic field sensor and a second magnetic field sensor;

the at least two magnetized regions of the ferromagnetic component comprises a first magnetized region and a second magnetized region;

the first magnetic field sensor is located proximate to the first magnetized region; and

the second magnetic field sensor is located proximate to the second magnetized region.

19. The device according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one coil is arranged around the first magnetic field sensor and the second magnetic field sensor.