Programme
| Day one – Wednesday 21 April 2021 | |||
| 09.15-09.30 | | Webinar open | |
| 09.30-09.40 | Welcome and tribute to Roger Lyon and Geoff Millar | Pete Burrows, Chair of the West of England Branch | |
| Session 1: NDT regulations, particularly with regard to Brexit Chair: Annabel Dance | |||
| 09.40-10.10 | Changes in Nadcap: the impact of COVID-19, rescheduling of audits, extension | Phil Ford, Performance Review Institute | |
| 10.10-10.25 | An update from BINDT on EU Directive 2013/35/EU and the Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016 and implementation | Patrick Boulton, BINDT | |
| 10.25-10.40 | Hazard labelling for NDT consumables: What is behind it? | Kersten Alward, Pfinder KG | |
| 10.40-10.55 | Update on UK National Aerospace NDT Board (NANDTB) | Kevin Pickup, BAE Systems | |
| 10.55-11.15 | Panel Q&A session | ||
| 11.15-11.25 | Ten-minute comfort break | ||
| 11.25-13.10 | Exhibitor spotlight session | ||
| 11.25-11.40 | Advanced inspection of aerospace composites and metals with the Dolphicam2 | Jack Lambert, JR Technology Ltd/DolphiTech | |
| 11.40-11.55 | Aerospace radiography solutions | James Denton, JME Ltd | |
| 11.55-12.10 | A review of phased array techniques | David Deeney, Mike Dempsey and Mike Ennis, Sontatest Ltd | |
| 12.10-12.25 | Zetec overview: PAUT and ECA for aero inspections | Stephen Downie, High Technology Sources Ltd | |
| 12.25-12.40 | BondCheck: the new multi-mode bond tester | Pete Burrows, Baugh and Weedon Ltd | |
| 12.40-12.55 | Recent product developments at ETher NDE Ltd | John Hansen, ETher NDE Ltd | |
| 12.45-12.55 | Title TBC | Speaker TBC | |
| 12.55-13.10 | Exhibitor panel Q&A session | ||
| 13.10-13.45 | Lunch break | ||
| Session 2: State of the industry – military, aircraft bodies and aircraft engines Chair: Darren Mapletoft | |||
| 13.45-14.00 | NDT on aircraft engines | Tim Barden, Rolls-Royce plc | |
| 14.00-14.15 | PCN Aerospace – new scheme | Patrick Boulton, BINDT | |
| 14.15-14.30 | The state of the MRO NDT industry and the challenges faced due to COVID-19 and Brexit | Steve Chambers, Morgan Ward | |
| 14.30-14.45 | Stress and the relationship with NDT | Vijay Sahadevan, GKN Aerospace | |
| 14.45-15.00 | Application of phased array inspections in an MRO environment | Vincent Massol, TPAC | |
| 15.00-15.10 | Ten-minute comfort break | ||
| 15.10-15.25 | West of England Branch project update: Brunel's Other Bridge | Tony Dunhill | |
| 15.25-15.45 | Panel Q&A session | ||
| 15.45-15.50 | Raffle and close | ||
Day 2 – Thursday 22 April 2021 | |||
| 09.15-09.30 | | Webinar open | |
| 09.30-09.45 | Welcome – The impact of COVID-19 and Brexit on the NDT industry | David Gilbert, BINDT | |
| Session 2 continued: State of the industry – military, aircraft bodies and aircraft engines Chair: TBC | |||
| 09.45-10.00 | Apprenticeships with Rolls-Royce plc | Ben Walker, Rolls-Royce plc | |
| 10.00-10.15 | Delivery of NDT within the MOD, specifically Air Command | Martin Dodd, 71(IR) Squadron RAF Wittering | |
| 10.15-10.30 | Safety-critical applications for aero engines | Iain Baillie, Rolls-Royce plc | |
| 10.30-10.45 | The rapidly expanding role of computed tomography and digital radiography in aerospace | Brett Muehlhauser, North Star Imaging | |
| 10.45-11.00 | Travelling for NDT inspections in the COVID-19 world | Andy Ward, Intertek | |
| 11.00-11.20 | Panel Q&A session | ||
| 11.20-11.30 | Ten-minute comfort break | ||
| Session 3: Changes in the air – NDT of new materials and processes Chair: Tim Barden | |||
| 11.30-11.45 | Composites radius inspection – defect sizing and calibration | Tom Bertenshaw, GKN Aerospace | |
| 11.45-12.00 | Digital MRO and inspection 4.0 services | Matt Day, Testia | |
| 12.00-12.20 | Panel Q&A session | ||
| 12.20-13.15 | Lunch break | ||
| Session 3 continued: Changes in the air – NDT of new materials and processes Chair: Tim Barden | |||
| 13.15-13.30 | Single-shot pulsed terahertz imaging for in-line production control and automated inspection | Marco Cavallari, TeraTonics SAS | |
| 13.30-13.45 | Applications of pulsed terahertz technology on composite materials | Joe Buckley, Level X NDT | |
| 13.45-14.00 | Real-time path correction of robotic NDE systems | Alastair Poole, Strathclyde University and TWI | |
| 14.00-14.15 | Digital twins in the oil & gas sector | Martin Wall, ESR Technology | |
| 14.15-14.30 | Eddy current testing of additive layer manufactured materials and carbon fibre | John Hansen, ETher NDE Ltd | |
| 14.30-14.50 | Panel Q&A session | ||
| 14.50-15.00 | Ten-minute comfort break | ||
| | Session 4: Quantum leaps – Academic research in NDT Chair: Annabel Dance | ||
| 15.00-15.15 | Improving detection and characterisation using multi-view TFM images | Paul Wilcox, University of Bristol | |
| 15.15-15.30 | Using machine learning to automate fluorescent penetrant inspection | Naomi Shipway, Rolls-Royce plc | |
| 15.30-15.45 | Liquid crystal sensors for ultrasonic detection | Rachel Edwards, Warwick University | |
| 15.45-16.00 | Panel Q&A session | ||
| 16.00-16.30 | Panel session – Research inputs to the UK Research Centre in Non-Destructive Evaluation (RCNDE) from the Aerospace Symposium Chair: Tony Dunhill | ||
| 16.30-16.35 | Raffle and close | ||
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