Conference and Exhibition NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING 2015 has become a good tradition and once again gathered NDT experts on the 12th-13th of May at the Exhibition Hall of OKOndt GROUP.

OKOndt GROUP hosted the NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING 2015 conference with the support and assistance of the scientific-production enterprises Promprylad and Ultracon-Service, and other group members.

Conference and Exhibition NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING 2015 has become a good tradition, and once again gathered NDT experts on the 12th and 13th of May at the Exhibition Hall of OKOndt GROUP.
OKOndt GROUP hosted the NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING 2015 conference with the support and assistance of the scientific-production enterprises Promprylad and Ultracon-Service, and other group members.

The major local companies and organizations were the guests of the conference.

The conference program included work in the following areas:

• Clarification of the rules of non-destructive testing of railway transport: NDT Rules B.1 - B.5 (B.1 - Rules of nondestructive testing of cars, their parts and components during repair. General principles;
  • B.2 - Rules of nondestructive testing of parts and components of cars wheel pairs during repair. Special requirements;
  • B.3 - Rules of nondestructive testing of cast cargo car truck parts during repair. Special requirements.
  • B.4 - Rules of nondestructive testing of parts of automatic coupling device and braking leverage of cars during repair. Special requirements
  • B.5 - Rules of nondestructive testing of welded joints during cars repair. Special requirements) operating in 1520 area, approved by the fifty-seventh session of the Council for Rail Transport of CIS member states, 16-17 October, 2012, Ashgabat.
• Nondestructive testing as an important element of safety measures on the railways.
• Seminar on the experience exchange between the Personnel certification bodies in the field of Non-Destructive Testing, Training and Certification centers.
• Automated testing in various industries
• Non-destructive testing in Aviation and maintenance of aircraft.

The opening of the conference NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING 2015 was held on 12 May at 10:00 with a speech of the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Deputy Director of Promprylad LLC, Tatyana Mikhailovna Lutsenko. A welcoming speech to the participants was addressed by the Chairman of the local Society of NDT and technical diagnostics, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V. A. Troitskiy.

The main theme of the first day of the conference was questions of nondestructive testing technology of railways. Given the importance of reliable and continuous operation of railway transport, the work began with a discussion of the Rules of the NDT Rules B.1 - B.5 operating in 1520 area, approved by the fifty-seventh session of the Council for Rail Transport of CIS member states, on 16-17 October, 2012, Ashgabat.

The Rules regulate general requirements applicable to organization and types (methods) of nondestructive testing, conditions and performance of nondestructive testing, and also establish general requirements for technical documentation of nondestructive testing, NDT means and qualification of NDT personnel.

Explanations were given on the following issues

NDT Rules B.1 "Rules of nondestructive testing of cars, their parts and components during repair. General principles."
- The current state of training, qualification and certification of NDT personnel in railway transport.

NDT Rules B.2 "Rules of nondestructive testing of parts and components of cars wheel pairs during repair. Special requirements."
NDT Rules B.3 "Rules of nondestructive testing of cast cargo car truck parts during repair. Special requirements."

NDT Rules B.4 "Rules of nondestructive testing of parts of automatic coupling device and braking leverage of cars during repair. Special requirements."
NDT Rules B.5 "Rules of nondestructive testing of welded joints during cars repair. Special requirements."

In the afternoon there were reports affecting topical issues of nondestructive testing of technical objects of railways transport and safety on the railroad.

The specialists of OKOndt GROUP read the following reports:

• Automated testing of wheel sets elements. The experience of application of multichannel ultrasonic flaw detector UD4-94- ОКО-01 with a set of specialized scanners USO-01 and USK-01. Authors: V. Mishchenko, Head of NDT Technologies Department, UT leading engineer, UT III level; V. Storozhenko, production engineer, UT II level, (Promprylad LLC).
• Magnetic Particle portable equipment for wet fluorescent-penetrant inspection of freight car trolleys in accordance with the requirements of NDT Rules B.3 "Rules of nondestructive testing of cast cargo car truck parts during repair. Special requirements." Author: D. N. Bondarchuk, Deputy Head of NDT Technologies Department, MT II level specialist.
• Integrated NDT of wheel pairs of cars by Ultrasonic and Eddy Current methods. Author: A. V. Svistun, UT leading production engineer, UT III level, (Promprylad LLC).
• Vibrodiagnostic complex of axle box nodes of wheel sets "Revizor-KP." Author: A. V. Rudyka, production engineer.
• Acoustic emission testing of cast parts of trolleys when extending their life period. Author: D. V. Galanenko, UT leading engineer, UT and AT III level.

Also on 12, May there was a seminar on sharing experience between the Personnel Certification bodies in NDT field, Training and Certification centers. Traditionally, the head of the workshop was V. I. Radko, Deputy Director, Ph.D., UT III level, VT, MT, PT.

Guests of the seminar actively discussed and exchanged their views on the following issues:

1. Recommendations of WG 1 ICNDT on the application of ISO 9712: 2012 Standart.
2. The policy of the National Accreditation Agency applied for accreditation of the Conformity Assessment Bodies (CAB).
3. Training, qualification and certification of local NDT personnel.
4. Experience of Systems operation for determining the qualifications of NDT personnel:
   • In the field of voluntary certification;
   • In aircraft;
   • In rail transport;
   • In shipbuilding;
   • In nuclear industry.
5. Discussion of the reports, exchanging of views on the optimization of the systems of the NDT personnel qualification, offers on cooperation.

Among the seminar participants a big interest was caused by the report of A. A. Deyneko on distance training of NDT personnel.

The conference participants got acquaintance with the material and technical base (NDT facilities and tools, training and exam samples, training and certification classes) and the procedures used by the training center of OKOndt GROUP for training and certification of NDT personnel and its subsequent certification at PCB.

On 13 May, the second day of the Conference NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING 2015, most of the reports were devoted to automated testing in various industries.

The companies of OKOndt GROUP have a full base for the development of new NDT tools and technologies, procedural documentation and, accordingly, are the leading domestic manufacturers of automated NDT systems.
The main themes of the discussion were:

• Technology of automated ultrasonic testing of welded longitudinal pipes and their role in improving the quality of products. Author: A. V. Yurchenko, the leading UT III level engineer, V. Storozhenko, production engineer, UT II level, "Promprylad" LLC, Kyiv.
• Integrated approach in solving NDT tasks of weldless pipes at their release from manufacture to meet international and national standards. Author: V. P. Mishchenko, Head of  NDT technology department, the leading UT tooling engineer, UT III level; A. V. Yurchenko, the leading UT III level engineer; A. V. Opanasenko, design engineer, VT III level specialist, "Promprylad" LLC, Kyiv.
• Technology of automated ultrasonic testing of welded longitudinal pipes and their role in improving the quality of products. Author: A. V. Yurchenko, the leading UT III level engineer, V. Storozhenko, production engineer, UT II level, (Promprylad LLC).
• Integrated approach in solving NDT tasks of weldless pipes at their release from manufacture to meet international and national standards. Author: V. Mishchenko, Head of NDT technology department, the leading UT tooling engineer, UT III level; A. Yurchenko, the leading UT III level engineer; A. V. Opanasenko, design engineer, VT III level specialist, (Promprylad LLC).
• Technologies of automated ultrasonic testing of finishing axes and rotating bodies of different dimension in their manufacture. Authors: A. V. Mishchenko, Head of NDT technology department, the leading UT tooling engineer, UT III level; V. Storozhenko, production engineer, UT II level, P. Skok, (Promprylad LLC).
• Process automation of magnetic particle inspection of rail wheels at their release from manufacture. Upgrade of output products. Authors: D. Bondarchuk, Deputy Chief of NDT technology department, MT II level Specialist, (Promprylad LLC).
• Systems for MT automated inspection in aviation and machinery. Authors: D. Bondarchuk, Deputy Chief of NDT technology department, MT II level Specialist, (Promprylad LLC).
• Non-destructive testing of rails in their manufacture in accordance with the requirements of GOST R 51685, EN13674: 1-2011. Authors: V. Mishchenko, Head of NDT technology department, the leading UT tooling engineer, UT III level; A. V. Yurchenko, the leading UT III level engineer, (Promprylad LLC).
• Implementation of TOFD and Delta methods as a step to upgrading and performance of ultrasonic testing of welds. Author: A.V. Svistun, UT leading production engineer, UT III level; A. V. Yurchenko, the leading UT III level engineer, (Promprylad LLC).
• Eddy Current method for detecting the defects in operated gas turbine components. Author: V. N. Uchanin, Physical and Mechanical Institute named G. V. Karpenko of National Academy of Sciences, Member of the International Academy of nondestructive testing; Giuseppe Nardoni, President of the International Academy of nondestructive testing, Brescia, Italy.

At the end of the conference the experts of Scientific and Production Companies Ultracon Service and Promprylad, A. N. Chernenko and A. V. Opanasenko, presented a report on the possibility of usage of ultrasonic and eddy current inspection methods in aviation. The issues on ultrasonic testing of structural elements of Boeing 737 -300, -400, -500 in operating conditions were discussed and the use of universal eddy current flaw detector VD3-81 for the testing of aircraft engines disks, and operational testing of aircraft units.

Throughout the conference duration there was the exhibition of NDT devices and means manufactured by the enterprises of OKOndt GROUP, where there was the possibility of observing the testing process of the presented samples and to get practical answers on the equipment operation.

The conference program and communion of interests contributed to creating a comfortable environment for free and live communication, exchange of views and searching new solutions for NDT tasks.

The May Conference, in same tradition, was a varied program, informative reports and exciting discussions, - all this is the evidence that NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING 2015 is a professional event in the sector, which reflects the development trend of this field, and annually brings together the leading NDT experts.

We hope that new events in NDT world will reunite NDT professionals again and again!

Dear friends and colleagues, see you next time!