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FURTHER READING 'SI IN E N G I N E E R I N G '
B.I.X. IN P R I N T
The f i r s t authoritative booklet embodying u p - t o - t h e minute information on the m e t r i c Systeme International (SI) has just been produced by the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Council of Technical Examining Bodies. The booklet shows by worked examples exactly how SI units are used in d a y - t o - d a y calculations a r i s i n g in the many s e c t o r s of the engineering industry. Clear guidance is given in the presentation of the units and on the selection of the most appropriate units for the problem in hand. The use of ' p r e f e r r e d ' and ' n o n - p r e f e r r e d ' units is also explained in detail.
An illustrated b r o c h u r e describing the inspection and ndt activities of B.I.X. throughout the world is now available. Since B.I.X. design and produce the m a j o r i t y of their own equipment, the company has been able to develop specialised inspection tools and techniques to meet the individual needs of their clients. Three examples, for instance, of this ability a r e described in the new brochure, namely 'Ons t r e a m inspection for the p e t r o c h e m i c a l industry', 'Automatic x - r a y c r a w l e r s for pipeline r a d i o g r a p h y ' and 'Underwater and o f f - s h o r e inspection'.
P r e p a r e d by an expert panel of inaustrialists and teachers, with the full c o - o p e r a t i o n of the Engineering Industry Training B o a r d and the BSI, 'SI in E n g i n e e r ing' is an essential booklet for all in the engineering world who will be called upon to work in SI, f r o m the shop floor to management level.
Copies of the b r o c h u r e a r e obtainable from B.I.X. Ltd, Construction House, Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK
Copies of 'SI in Engineering' are obtainable at 5/each f r o m The City and Guilds of London Institute, 76 Portland Place, London WlN 4AA
WINTER ACTIVITIES OF THE S.E.E. The Society of Environmental Engineers has just published its winter p r o g r a m m e of activities f o r the period September 1970-May 1971 and it e m b r a c e s a wide range of events for the forthcoming season, including half day symposia. N o n - m e m b e r s are welcomed to most Society activities and further i n f o r m a tion can be obtained from the SEE Secretariat, 68a Wigmore Street, London WlH 9DL.
BSC TUBES DIVISION EXPLAINS A booklet outlining the composition of the Tubes Division of the British Steel Corporation since the BSC was r e - o r g a n i s e d into 6 divisions e a r l y this y e a r has recently been published. The Tubes Division is f o r m e d f r o m the steel tube i n t e r e s t s of the f o r m e r Stewart and Lloyds, South Durham Steel and Iron, Consett, and Richard Thomas and Baldwin companies; the manufacturing units of Stanton and Staveley, Stewart and Lloyds P l a s t i c s and Victaulic Ltd, and the fabricating activities of Unit Superheater and Pipe, Unit Inspection, E r n e s t N. Wright and Extended Surface Tube Ltd. Operations of the newly f o r m e d Division range f r o m the q u a r r y ing of ironstone to the despatch of finished products made f r o m iron, steel, concrete and plastic, and include its own ndt company, The Unit Inspection Company Ltd. The British Steel Corporation, Corby Works, Corby, Northants, UK
Using a high frequency spark t e s t e r , m a d e by Buckl e y s (Uvral) Ltd, a technician c h e c k s the h o m o g e n e i t y of the p r o t e c t i v e rubber lining of one of five p r e wet pickling tanks to be u s e d at the B r i t i s h Steel Corporation's Shotton W o r k s in D e e s i d e , Flintshire. The spark t e s t e r rapidly l o c a t e s any p i n h o l e s or p o r o s i t y in the l~lin (6ram) thick coaUng which c o n s i s t s of ebonite sandwiched b e t w e e n l a y e r s of soft rubber. The coating i s scanned with the i n s t r u m e n t ' s probe a s it e m i t s a dull blue 20, O00V r m s d i s c h a r g e When near to a fault, the spark t a k e s on a brighter colour and t r a c k s t o w a r d s the flaw
n o n - d e s t r u c t i v e testing D e c e m b e r 1970
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B.I.X. IN P R I N T
The f i r s t authoritative booklet embodying u p - t o - t h e minute information on the m e t r i c Systeme International (SI) has just been produced by the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Council of Technical Examining Bodies. The booklet shows by worked examples exactly how SI units are used in d a y - t o - d a y calculations a r i s i n g in the many s e c t o r s of the engineering industry. Clear guidance is given in the presentation of the units and on the selection of the most appropriate units for the problem in hand. The use of ' p r e f e r r e d ' and ' n o n - p r e f e r r e d ' units is also explained in detail.
An illustrated b r o c h u r e describing the inspection and ndt activities of B.I.X. throughout the world is now available. Since B.I.X. design and produce the m a j o r i t y of their own equipment, the company has been able to develop specialised inspection tools and techniques to meet the individual needs of their clients. Three examples, for instance, of this ability a r e described in the new brochure, namely 'Ons t r e a m inspection for the p e t r o c h e m i c a l industry', 'Automatic x - r a y c r a w l e r s for pipeline r a d i o g r a p h y ' and 'Underwater and o f f - s h o r e inspection'.
P r e p a r e d by an expert panel of inaustrialists and teachers, with the full c o - o p e r a t i o n of the Engineering Industry Training B o a r d and the BSI, 'SI in E n g i n e e r ing' is an essential booklet for all in the engineering world who will be called upon to work in SI, f r o m the shop floor to management level.
Copies of the b r o c h u r e a r e obtainable from B.I.X. Ltd, Construction House, Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK
Copies of 'SI in Engineering' are obtainable at 5/each f r o m The City and Guilds of London Institute, 76 Portland Place, London WlN 4AA
WINTER ACTIVITIES OF THE S.E.E. The Society of Environmental Engineers has just published its winter p r o g r a m m e of activities f o r the period September 1970-May 1971 and it e m b r a c e s a wide range of events for the forthcoming season, including half day symposia. N o n - m e m b e r s are welcomed to most Society activities and further i n f o r m a tion can be obtained from the SEE Secretariat, 68a Wigmore Street, London WlH 9DL.
BSC TUBES DIVISION EXPLAINS A booklet outlining the composition of the Tubes Division of the British Steel Corporation since the BSC was r e - o r g a n i s e d into 6 divisions e a r l y this y e a r has recently been published. The Tubes Division is f o r m e d f r o m the steel tube i n t e r e s t s of the f o r m e r Stewart and Lloyds, South Durham Steel and Iron, Consett, and Richard Thomas and Baldwin companies; the manufacturing units of Stanton and Staveley, Stewart and Lloyds P l a s t i c s and Victaulic Ltd, and the fabricating activities of Unit Superheater and Pipe, Unit Inspection, E r n e s t N. Wright and Extended Surface Tube Ltd. Operations of the newly f o r m e d Division range f r o m the q u a r r y ing of ironstone to the despatch of finished products made f r o m iron, steel, concrete and plastic, and include its own ndt company, The Unit Inspection Company Ltd. The British Steel Corporation, Corby Works, Corby, Northants, UK
Using a high frequency spark t e s t e r , m a d e by Buckl e y s (Uvral) Ltd, a technician c h e c k s the h o m o g e n e i t y of the p r o t e c t i v e rubber lining of one of five p r e wet pickling tanks to be u s e d at the B r i t i s h Steel Corporation's Shotton W o r k s in D e e s i d e , Flintshire. The spark t e s t e r rapidly l o c a t e s any p i n h o l e s or p o r o s i t y in the l~lin (6ram) thick coaUng which c o n s i s t s of ebonite sandwiched b e t w e e n l a y e r s of soft rubber. The coating i s scanned with the i n s t r u m e n t ' s probe a s it e m i t s a dull blue 20, O00V r m s d i s c h a r g e When near to a fault, the spark t a k e s on a brighter colour and t r a c k s t o w a r d s the flaw
n o n - d e s t r u c t i v e testing D e c e m b e r 1970
405