Aerospace Workshop 2021

20 April 2021 



Due to the escalating situation with regard to the coronavirus outbreak in the UK, BINDT has taken the decision to host this year's Aerospace Workshop and Aerospace Event as virtual experiences in place of physical events.

The Aerospace Workshop will take place on 20 April 2021 and the Aerospace Event will run from 21-22 April 2021.





To view or download a booking form, click here.


Tuesday 20 April 2021



 09.30-09.40 Welcome and summary of proceedings
 Tom Bertenshaw, GKN Aerospace

 Session 1: Additive Manufacture 1
 09.40-09.55 How standards can support additive manufacturing NDT
 Martin White, ASTM International
 09.55-10.10 Risk-based part qualification and the implications for
 NDT

 Simon Lewis, Norton Straw Consultants
 10.10-10.25 NDT for AM aerospace applications
 Ben Dutton, Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
 10.25-10.40 Panel Q&A session
10.40-11.00  Ten-minute comfort break

 Session 2: Additive Manufacture 2
 11.00-11.15 Using LUT for inspection of additive manufactured parts Kyriakos Mouzakitis, TWI
 11.15-11.30 Automated in-process NDT for direct energy deposition (DED) manufactured components Charles Macleod, Strathclyde University
 11.30-11.45 UT TFM inspection of LMDw parts Tom Bertenshaw, GKN Aerospace
 11.45-12.00 Panel Q&A session
12.00-13.00  Lunch break

 Session 3: Friction Stir Welding/Metallic Bonding/Additive Manufacture 3
 13.00-13.15  Non-destructive dimensional metrology for metal
 additive manufacturing
 Wenjuan Sun, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
 13.15-13.30  Development in NDT of refill spot FSW Pablo Coladas Mato, GKN Aerospace
 13.30-13.45  Eddy current inspection of hybrid airframes Patrick Jansen, Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre
 (NLR)
 13.45-14.00 Panel Q&A session
 14.00-14.20  Discussion and review of the way forward


For further information contact: Conferences and Events Department, The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing,
Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1604 438300; Fax: +44 (0)1604 438301; Email: conf@bindt.org