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_Meeting reports The subject of QNDE and this meeting has changed much since I first attended a RPQNDE in 1979. Then it was only one session devoted to ultrasonics attended by about 100 people. Has QNDE now come of age? The 'philosophy' for RFC and its implementation in design is available. The 'physics' bases have been established in ultrasonics and much progress has been made with other topics including eddy currents and
radiography. The basic science needed for the complete range of NDE measurements is not complete, but it is getting there. The 'technology' to implement QNDE and RFC is being developed and it is already having a significant technological and economic impact as illustrated in Don Forney's review. The education of professional engineers in QNDE outside the research community remains weak and
TQM was felt to require action by management, rather than the research community. The dates for the 18th RPQNDE are 28 July-2 August 1991 and it will be held at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. This meeting is already on my list of events for next year. Leonard J. Bond, University of Colorado at Boulder and N I S T (Boulder)
A T A N DT f o r u m Montreal, Canada, 11-1 3 September 1990
The week of 11-15 September 1990 was a busy time for the Montreal NDT community. The ATA held its annual NDT Forum on 11-13 September and the Canadian Society for NDT held its 25th Anniversary Conference on 13-15 September. The ATA NDT Forum was its usual success. Good organization and interesting papers dealing with current NDT problems in the aircraft industry were much appreciated by the 180 delegates. Manufacturers played their part with a wide range of equipment and accessories showing the latest developments in aircraft inspection instrumentation, while Air Canada hosted a fine reception and provided a tour of the Dorval maintenance base. At the completion of the ATA Forum many delegates could be
observed hurriedly packing to move to the venue of the CSNDT's conference some 35 miles west of downtown Montreal on the beautiful shores of the Lake of Two Mountains. Over 170 delegates registered for the conference, the theme of which was 'NDT - Meeting the challenges of tomorrow'. Twenty-eight papers were presented on a broad range of subjects, leaving little doubt that the industry is very capable of handling future needs. The keynote speaker was Bill Havercroft who discussed the role that Canada has played in the development of NDT personnel certification programmes. Norman Harding was the recipient of the Havercroft Award and Bill Mercer received the Society's Technical Achievement Award.
A highlight of the meeting was the banquet which was attended by 150 delegates and guests. This was held amidst the stone walls of the Old Fort Of St Helen's Island where the participants journeyed back in time to the splendour of XVIIth century New France to celebrate a fabled style, liberally spiced with equal measures of history and hilarity. Both meetings confirmed the ability, dedication and enthusiasm of the NDT community to find solutions to an ever increasing range of technical problems despite world-wide economic difficulties. The presence of a diversity of ideas, opinions and nationalities provided a very fertile soil for the growth of new developments, fresh stimulations and firm friendships.
Derek Heath Heath Air Inc., Dorval, Canada
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radiography. The basic science needed for the complete range of NDE measurements is not complete, but it is getting there. The 'technology' to implement QNDE and RFC is being developed and it is already having a significant technological and economic impact as illustrated in Don Forney's review. The education of professional engineers in QNDE outside the research community remains weak and
TQM was felt to require action by management, rather than the research community. The dates for the 18th RPQNDE are 28 July-2 August 1991 and it will be held at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. This meeting is already on my list of events for next year. Leonard J. Bond, University of Colorado at Boulder and N I S T (Boulder)
A T A N DT f o r u m Montreal, Canada, 11-1 3 September 1990
The week of 11-15 September 1990 was a busy time for the Montreal NDT community. The ATA held its annual NDT Forum on 11-13 September and the Canadian Society for NDT held its 25th Anniversary Conference on 13-15 September. The ATA NDT Forum was its usual success. Good organization and interesting papers dealing with current NDT problems in the aircraft industry were much appreciated by the 180 delegates. Manufacturers played their part with a wide range of equipment and accessories showing the latest developments in aircraft inspection instrumentation, while Air Canada hosted a fine reception and provided a tour of the Dorval maintenance base. At the completion of the ATA Forum many delegates could be
observed hurriedly packing to move to the venue of the CSNDT's conference some 35 miles west of downtown Montreal on the beautiful shores of the Lake of Two Mountains. Over 170 delegates registered for the conference, the theme of which was 'NDT - Meeting the challenges of tomorrow'. Twenty-eight papers were presented on a broad range of subjects, leaving little doubt that the industry is very capable of handling future needs. The keynote speaker was Bill Havercroft who discussed the role that Canada has played in the development of NDT personnel certification programmes. Norman Harding was the recipient of the Havercroft Award and Bill Mercer received the Society's Technical Achievement Award.
A highlight of the meeting was the banquet which was attended by 150 delegates and guests. This was held amidst the stone walls of the Old Fort Of St Helen's Island where the participants journeyed back in time to the splendour of XVIIth century New France to celebrate a fabled style, liberally spiced with equal measures of history and hilarity. Both meetings confirmed the ability, dedication and enthusiasm of the NDT community to find solutions to an ever increasing range of technical problems despite world-wide economic difficulties. The presence of a diversity of ideas, opinions and nationalities provided a very fertile soil for the growth of new developments, fresh stimulations and firm friendships.
Derek Heath Heath Air Inc., Dorval, Canada
international t h e practice and t e c h n o l o g y of lubrication, w e a r prevention and friction control For a sample copy or more information contact Geraldine Hills at Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, PO Box 63, Westbury House, Bury Street, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5BH, UK, or telephone 0483 300966. Butterworth-Heinemann
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