Programme
9-10 April 2019, National Composites Centre, Bristol, UK
| Tuesday 9 April 2019 | ||
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration, exhibition, tea and coffee | |
| 09.30-09.55 | Opening remarks – How to improve technology transfer and develop NDT technologies from universities/catapults/OEMs to the shop floor | Iain Baillie, Rolls-Royce plc and BINDT President Elect |
| Session 1: New NDT technique session | ||
| 09.55-10.20 | Hybrid laser ultrasonic total focusing method in under 5 minutes for less than £50k | James Kirkpatrick, University of Bristol |
| 10.20-10.45 | Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle of non-destructive testing | Dayi Zhang, University of Strathclyde |
| 10.45-11.10 | Exhibitor spotlight session | |
| 11.10-11.50 | Exhibition, tea and coffee | |
| Session 2: New NDT technique session/miscellaneous session | ||
| 11.50-12.15 | Non-linear resonance NDT for rapid pass/fail analysis | Julian Wright, Theta Technologies Limited |
| 12.15-12.40 | Update of BINDT Full Matrix Capture (FMC) User Group | Tom Bertenshaw, GKN Aerospace |
| 12.40-13.05 | Level 2 limited approval in accordance with NANDTB 17 | Kevin Pickup, BAE Systems on behalf of NANDTB |
| 13.05-14.05 | Lunch and exhibition AGM – Aerospace (13.45-14.00) | |
| Session 3: NDT reliability | ||
| 14.05-14.30 | An update on the NDT Model Assisted Qualification (MAQ) programme | Martin Wall, ESR Technology Ltd |
| 14.30-14.55 | A generalised approach to reliability quantification | Alexander Ballisat, University of Bristol and CFMS |
| 14.55-15.20 | Human factors in model-assisted POD approaches | Dr Marija Bertović, BAM |
| 15.20-15.45 | Exhibition, tea and coffee | |
| 15.45-16.45 | Tour of the new NCC facilities and close | |
| Wednesday 10 April 2019 | ||
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration, tea and coffee | |
| 09.30-09.55 | On-wing ultrasonic phased array inspection of Trent fan blades | Jon Biddolph, Rolls-Royce plc |
| Session 4: NDT of composites | ||
| 09.55-10.20 | Ply Wave Evaluation (PWE) with Omniscan | Annabel Dance, South West School of NDT |
| 10.20-10.45 | Thermography of ceramic matrix composites | Dr Dan Aylett, National Composites Centre |
| 10.45-11.15 | Tea and coffee break | |
| 11.15-11.40 | Behind the curve – Use of time reversal for ultrasonic inspection of radii and other formed surfaces | Andrew Kelly, National Composites Centre |
| 11.40-12.05 | Inspection of large area composite structures | Ian Cooper, TWI, Wales |
| 12.05-13.05 | Lunch AGM – Composites (12.45-13.00) | |
| Session 5: NDT within Industry 4.0 | ||
| 13.05-13.30 | Human machine interaction in the era of NDT 4.0 | Dr Marija Bertović, BAM |
| 13.30-13.55 | Automated evaluation of NDE data | Dr Tim Barden, Rolls-Royce plc |
| 13.55-14.20 | DISMAN project | Nathanael Turner, MTC |
| 14.20-14.45 | Breakout Industry 4.0 session (see subject areas below) - Interoperability (Internet of Everything & Internet of Things) - Information transparency (Digital twin) - Technical assistance (Virtual & physical support) - Decentralised decision (Autonomous systems) | |
| 14.45-15.00 | Summary & close | |
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