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Further investment for Lavender International in its advanced ultrasonic training and examination programmes has resulted in the purchase of the Rapidscan equipment from Sonatest.

EADS Innovation Works and DolphiTech AS of Norway have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of an NDT system for composites inspection, based on an ultrasonic camera.

Over the last 15 years, Lavender International has helped many different athletes to succeed in their chosen sports. From archery, cricket, football, golf, footpath running and gymnastics to motor racing, the list is continuing to grow. The company has now turned its help towards table tennis and is supporting 49 year-old paralympian star Farrel Anthony, who is trying to fulfill his dream of competing in the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

The Inspection Technologies business of GE Measurement & Control Solutions successfully shared GE’s oil & gas stand during the Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, held in Basra, Iraq, from 25 to 28 November 2011. The exhibition featured 475 exhibitors from 30 countries.

The UK GE Inspection Technologies sales team enjoyed a sales meeting with a difference in the glamorous surroundings of Lotus F1 in Norfolk.

A new global award for engineering has been launched, which celebrates truly outstanding advances in engineering that have created significant benefit for humanity.

The Government is to invest up to £6 million in new collaborative research and development projects that stimulate innovation in manufacturing and drive economic growth.

This feels a bit like déjà vu, having already retired from RWE nPower in 2009. Having served 12 years in the Royal Navy, my first involvement in NDT was when my uncle, Ron Burgess (who worked alongside Ron Halmshaw (Past President) in the Woolwich Arsenal), persuaded me to attended the Lloyd’s-approved course on industrial radiography, run by the Kodak School in Pinner, north London. I did quite well for a novice, but that was largely due to the training school being run by John Grimwade (Past President) and tutors Peter Forsmen and Alan Clark (the A Team).

Hot hydrogen attack (HHA) is a form of degradation caused by carbides reacting in steel, thereby forming methane (CH4). The probability of HHA damage in industrial plants is dependent on its partial hydrogen pressure and operating temperature. In the worst cases, HHA may lead to damage, which can have catastrophic results for people and the environment. Since even a minor failure could cause unacceptable downtime and a substantial loss of money, conducting regular hot hydrogen attack inspections is indispensable for detecting failures and discontinuities at the earliest stage possible.

Rolls-Royce had a number of NDT engineers who wanted to know more about The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and the services it offers. Instead of every interested person approaching BINDT individually, Dr Iain Baillie, Team Leader, NDE Laboratory, approached the Institute with a view to staging a BINDT Roadshow for Rolls-Royce personnel at Derby.