4-5 April 2012, BAWA Conference Centre, Filton, Bristol BS34 7RG, UK

Please follow the link below to download (as a word doc) the Aerospace Symposium programme:
http://www.bindt.org/downloads/Aerospaceprogramme1.doc
| DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL | ||
| Time | Event | Chair/Speaker |
| 09.00-09.30 |
Registration | |
| 09.30-09.40 |
Welcome address Introduction to programme |
West of England Branch |
| SESSION 1: STATE OF THE INDUSTRY Snapshot of where we are now |
Chair: Colin Thomas, MTD | |
| 09.40-10.05 |
Procurement policy, management of supply chain | Tony Warren, Airbus Broughton |
| 10.05-10.25 |
NANDT Board 5 years on |
Jon Biddulph, Rolls-Royce |
| 10.25-10.45 |
Design, NDT and component Lifing | Martin Joinson – Rolls-Royce |
| 10.45-11.15 |
Tea, Coffee and Exhibition | |
| 11.15-11.40 | Health Monitoring |
Pete Lofus, Rolls-Royce |
| 11.40-12.05 |
AIRLINE – status of NDT, new aircraft v old guys | Carl Sheppard, BA |
| 12.05-12.30 |
State of NDT in the Military | Flt Lt Nick Jones |
| 12.30-13.45 | LUNCH & PLENARY 1 (13.05-13.35) Plenary – UK NANDTB's activities – Two topics UK NANDTB's policy on | |
| SESSION 2: SPOTLIGHTS Focus on three topics from different viewpoints |
Chair: Roger Lyon | |
| 13.45-14.05 | EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT |
|
| 14.05-14.25 |
Role of advanced manufacturing research centres for NDT |
Kathy Milne, MTC |
| 14.25-14.45 | Phased array miniature probe manufacturer UT | Guillaume Pierre, Sonaxis |
| 14.45-15.05 | Digital X-ray – user perspective |
Paul Raggett, GKN |
| 15.05-15.25 |
Shearography USER | Roger Gregory, MTD |
| 15.25-15.55 |
Tea, coffee and Exhibition | |
| Chair: Alex Clare | ||
| 15.55-16.15 |
BINDT role in Syllabus generation | Pete Milligan, BINDT |
| 16.15-16.35 |
Personnel Certification for emerging NDT methods | Colin Thomas, MTD |
| 16.35-17.00 |
1st DAY RAFFLE & EXHIBITION | |
| DAY 2 – THURSDAY 5 APRIL | ||
| 09.00-09.30 |
Registration | |
| SESSION 1: CHANGES IN THE AIR NDT of new materials and processes |
Chair: Tony Dunhill, Rolls-Royce | |
| 09.40-10.00 |
POD v critical defect size ‘No defect standards’ | Tim Barden, Rolls-Royce |
| 10.00-10.20 |
Risk-based inspection |
Pete Milligan to supply contact. |
| 10.20-10.40 |
Computer-aided analysis of ultrasound data to speed-up the release of aerospace CFRP components |
Guillaume Ithuralde Chief Engineer – Research, NDT Tools and Process Development EADS Innovation Works |
| 10.40-11.10 | Tea, coffee and Exhibition | |
| 11.10-11.30 |
The cost of Technology Transfer | Tony Dunhill – Rolls Royce |
| 11.30-12.00 |
An ICT-Enabled Approach to Optimising the Reliability of Manual Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing |
A. Bennecer, C. Selcuk, T-H. Gan, T.P. Sattar, G. Edwards, F. Santos, Alan Day, F. Hagglund, M. C. Higgs and M. Girolami, Brunel Innovation Centre (BIC) |
| 12.00-13.30 |
LUNCH & PLENARY 2 (12.45-13.15) BINDT Aerospace Committee & AGM | |
| SESSION 4: QUANTUM LEAPS Research for the long-term future |
Chair: TBC | |
| 13.30-14.00 |
EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT | |
| 14.00-14.30 |
New ultrasonic test pieces for complex cracks |
Maria Felice, Eng D, Rolls-Royce |
| 14.30-15.00 |
RCNDE 5/10/20 year vision for NDT |
Keith Newton, Imperial College |
| 15.00-15.30 |
"What can ultrasonic arrays tell us about defects?" |
Professor Bruce W Drinkwater, University of Bristol |
| 15.30-16.00 |
RAFFLE & GOODBYE | |


























