About the event
1-2 April 2025
Doubletree by Hilton Sheffield Park, Sheffield, UK
The BINDT Aerospace Committee organised an aerospace event related to the automation of NDT in aerospace. The event was held in Sheffield at the Doubletree by Hilton Sheffield Park, where Sheffield was one of the focuses for aerospace and manufacturing development in the UK.
With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and ‘digital transformation’, it was considered that we could be best placed to take advantage of this by moving away from inspection processes that are manual and by increasing our uptake of digital inspection processes. The focus of the event was on data capture as opposed to data post-processing.
The event was applicable to production, where the use of NDT robotic/gantry-style systems could be integrated to some degree with manufacturing. It also included in-service data capture and the future outlook on how this could have best improved.
| Company | Stand Number | Website |
| Argyll Ruane Ltd | 4 |  www.argyllruane.com |
| Ashtead Technology | 24 |  www.ashtead-technology.com |
| Baugh & Weedon Ltd | 20 |  www.bw-nde.com |
| Diondo GmbH | 8 |  www.diondo.com |
| Druck Ltd | 12 |  www.bakerhughes.com |
| Eddyfi UK Ltd | 22 |  www.eddyfi.com |
| Element Materials Technology | 19 |  www.element.com |
| ETher NDE | 21 |  www.ethernde.com |
| Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch | 6 |  www.evidentscientific.com |
| Foerster (UK) Ltd | 17 |  www.foerstergroup.co.uk |
| HTSL Ltd/Euroteck Systems Ltd | 1 |  www.htslgroup.co.uk |
| JetSoft Ltd | 23 |  www.jetsoft.co.uk |
| Labquip NDT Ltd | 3 |  www.labquipndt.co.uk |
| Lavender International NDT Consultancy Services Ltd | 16 |  www.lavender-ndt.com |
| Magnaflux | 13 |  www.magnaflux.eu |
| Mistras Group Ltd | 18 |  www.mistrasgroup.com |
| NDT Consultants Ltd | 25 |  www.ndt-consultants.co.uk |
| Peak NDT Ltd | 7 |  www.peakndt.com |
| Sherwin-Babbco | 14 |  www.babbco.fr |
Sonatest Ltd | 2 |  www.sonatest.com |
| South West School of NDT | 11 |  www.swsndt.co.uk |
| Technology Design Ltd | 15 |  www.technologydesign.com |
Tieval Ltd | 5 |  www.tieval.com |
| TPAC NDT UK Ltd | 10 |  www.thephasedarraycompany.com |
| Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd | 9 |  Logo.jpg) www.ultrasonic-sciences.co.uk |
| Day 1: Tuesday 1 April 2025 Advanced/new techniques in aerospace | ||||
| All presentations will take place in the Devonshire Conference Suite | ||||
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration, exhibition, tea and coffee – Foyer and Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| 09.30-09.55 | Welcome and outline of the two-day event | Kevin Pickup BAE Systems, UK, and Chair of the Aerospace Executive Committee | ||
| Session 1 – Qualification for automation | ||||
| 09.55-10.20 | Training and certification for advanced new techniques | Kevin Pickup UK NANDTB, BAE Systems, UK, and Chair of the Aerospace Executive Committee | ||
| 10.20-10.45 | Digital radiography assisted defect recognition in aerospace applications | Jason Robbins VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH, Germany | ||
| 10.45-11.04 | Exhibitor spotlight session | |||
| 10.45-10.46 Tieval Ltd 10.46-10.47 Sonatest Ltd 10.47-10.48 TPAC NDT UK Ltd 10.48-10.49 ETher NDE 10.49-10.50 Baugh & Weedon Ltd 10.50-10.51 Peak NDT Ltd 10.51-10.52 Technology Design Ltd 10.52-10.53 Eddyfi UK Ltd 10.53-10.54 Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch 10.54-10.55 South West School of NDT 10.55-10.56 Labquip NDT Ltd 10.56-10.57 Mistras Group Ltd 10.57-10.58 Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd 10.58-10.59 Magnaflux 10.59-11.00 Druck Ltd 11.00-11.01 Diondo GmbH 11.01-11.02 JetSoft Ltd 11.02-11.03 Ashtead Technology 11.03-11.04 NDT Consultants Ltd | ||||
| 11.04-11.50 | Exhibition, tea and coffee – Foyer and Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| Session 2 – New techniques | ||||
| 11.50-12.15 | AIVA: Introduction of AI assessment tools as a complement (initially) to ultrasonic inspections. Practical cases. | Rafael Delgado Tecnitest Ingenieros, Spain | ||
| 12.15-12.40 | Application of matching filtering techniques for through-transmission applications | Cyril Thibault TPAC NDT Ltd, UK | ||
| 12.40-13.05 | Resonance-based automated NDT testing at production scale | Lydia Pavey Theta Technologies Ltd, UK | ||
| 13.05-14.05 | Lunch and exhibition – Foyer and Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| Session 3 – Automation – Process/Data analysis | ||||
| 14.05-14.30 | AI for defect detection in X-ray and visual images | Simon Harding Machine Intelligence Ltd, UK | ||
| 14.30-14.55 | Inspection digitalisation: the wider benefits and industry success stories | Tom Martin JetSoft Ltd, UK | ||
| 14.55-15.25 | Exhibition, tea and coffee – Foyer and Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| 15.25-16.25 | Breakout session (see subject areas below) | |||
| Governance of automation – At what point do you need an EN4179 based qualification? | Discussion around the process for gaining qualifications in emerging methods and techniques | Use of cyber-physical systems in automation to assist/improve inspection process | ||
| 16.30-17.30 | Conference close and networking 16.30-17.30 Drinks and canapés – Foyer to the Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| Day 2: Wednesday 2 April 2025 Robotics and automation | ||||
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration, tea and coffee – Foyer and Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| 09.30-09.55 | Welcome and outline of the day | Kevin Pickup BAE Systems, UK, and Chair of the Aerospace Executive Committee | ||
| Session 4 – Automation for production | ||||
| 09.55-10.20 | Why do we want automation in industry? | Kevin Pickup BAE Systems, UK, and Chair of the Aerospace Executive Committee | ||
| 10.20-10.45 | NDE 4.0 – Next level of NDT automation in aerospace | Thomas Gramberger Fill GmbH, Austria | ||
| 10.45-11.15 | Tea and coffee – Foyer and Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| 11.15-11.40 | Progress towards automated 3D X-ray imaging of composites with robotics and tomosynthesis | Martin Holden Adaptix Ltd, UK | ||
| 11.40-12.05 | Automated inspection of form, surface and defects | Simon Harding Scantron Industrial Products Ltd, UK | ||
| 12.05-13.05 | Lunch – Foyer and Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
| Session 5 – Automation of the process | ||||
| 13.05-13.30 | Route from manual ultrasonic inspection through to full automation and the importance of corrected positional data | Pete Burrows Baugh & Weedon Ltd, UK | ||
| 13.30-13.55 | Digital tools for enhanced CT inspection | Nick Brierley Diondo GmbH, Germany | ||
| 13.55-14.20 | Unleashing the power of NDT software – A journey of innovation | Ian Nicholson TWI Ltd, UK | ||
| 14.20-15.20 | Breakout session (see subject areas below) | |||
| Qualification of automated data analysis systems | Does the current training offered in the UK provide enough insight into the I4.0 world? | How can we help the aerospace industry going forward? | ||
| 15.20-15.30 | Summary and close – Devonshire Conference Suite | |||
For further information contact: Events and Awards Department, The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1604 483300; Email: conf@bindt.org
