British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
South Wales Branch Programme
2009 - 2010

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Everyone is welcome at the meetings. For further information contact one of the Officers shown at the foot of this page
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Meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of each month except where noted. All are welcome. 

             

The following events should also be listed at the official BINDT-SWB website  

 

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WoE virtual meeting on 10 March 2010 (new)
SWB meeting on 18 March 2010...

 

 

24th September 2009 19:00 Management of the RAF TATTOO
Paul Lindsay, Operations Director, Aerospace Wales Forum

Venue: Minton, Treharne & Davis Ltd, Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23 8HF

This is not the third Thursday in the month to avoid a clash with MT2009

22nd October 2009

 

19:00 Eddy Currents, Ultrasonics and Omniscan
Manzoor Ghafoor, Olympus NDT

Venue: Minton, Treharne & Davis Ltd, Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23 8HF

This is not the third Thursday in the month.

19th November 2009 19:00 Digital Radiography
Peter Sinclair, GE Inspection Technologies

Venue: Minton, Treharne & Davis Ltd, Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23 8HF

21st January 2010

Change of 
speaker and topic

18:00

19:30

Branch Dinner followed by... 

Ultrasonic Phased Array Inspection
Bob Williams, Minton, Treharne and Davies.

Venue: Campanile Hotel, Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23 8HA

10 February 2010
(Wednesday) 

 New Event

The first BINDT
 virtual meeting, hosted by the 
West of England branch

19:00 "To Boldly Inspect where no Inspection has Gone Before"
Kit Lane, Eng.D, Fellow of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1861

Following a successful trial in January this year in which about ten members of WoE and SWB branches joined a trial event, WoE branch will host the first ever BINDT virtual meeting on 10th Feb 2010, at 19:00.  Enjoy the meeting from the comfort of your own home or office, and participate in the conversation if you wish.

Postscript

About ten members of WoE and South Wales branches joined this stunning on-line presentation about turbine blade inspection. Kit Lane described some spectacular 3D signal imaging of signals generated and collected by tiny multi-element ultrasonic arrays.

18th February 2010

Cancelled due to  adverse weather.
The meeting will be re-scheduled.

19:00 Laser Shearography
Roger Gregory & Phil Edwards

Venue: Minton, Treharne & Davis Ltd, Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23 8HF

10 March 2010
(Wednesday)

 

Additional Event

19:00

Review of Remote Visual Inspection
Jayne Lawson, GE Inspection Technologies

This will be the second live webex virtual meeting, hosted by the West of England branch.  Click on the link https://fp4-exostar.webex.com then follow the instructions.  

To hear the presentation you'll need a phone (ideally a speaker phone for comfort) to dial the freephone number above. Registration may take a few minutes so it's advisable to log-in about five minutes or so before the start of the presentation.

Good luck.

18th March 2010

 

 19:00 Visit to British Airways Maintenance Centre (BAMC), Cardiff Airport

BAMC provides engineering facilities for overhaul, repair, modification, test and inspection of BA's longhaul fleet of Boeing aircraft.  BAMC will give a presentation of the work carried out on the fleet, and then a tour of the facility.

Arrangements:
Meet at the BAMC car park at 19:00 (or as directed by security staff at the gate).  Anyone intending to joint this visit must contact Philip.Edwards (MTD)  before 11 March to allow security clearances to be arranged, and will need to carry proof of identity during the visit.

Directions:
BAMC is located in the large hangars at the north west corner of Cardiff airport.  Head toward the airport on the A4226 from the east (or B4265 from the west) until the Penmark roundabout.  BAMC ('Aircraft Maintenence Base') is signposted just off this roundabout via Dragonfly Drive.   Click here for a map...


OFFICERS of THE SOUTH WALES BRANCH

Chairman
Mr Bob Rollason
Office: 02920 540000 

Vice Chairman
Mr Phil Edwards

Honorary Branch Secretary
Mr Gareth Leyshon 
Office: 01446 755562 

Representative to Council
As available


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