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The United Nations of Ultrasound
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March 2004 |
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Maritime Training for Hatch
Cover Inspections |
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Ultrasound User - Ralph Copp,
PCS New Brunswick
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Conference Pass - MARTS-2004
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Int'l User Group Meeting 2004
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The International Ultrasound Users Group
was formed in December 2003 and the
primary mandate is to further advance
the significant role of ultrasound
inspection as a predictive maintenance
and reliability technology. This can be
achieved through several means,
including this monthly newsletter
entitled “The United Nations of
Ultrasound”.
The users group is a platform for
sharing and exchanging ideas,
experiences, successes and failures
related to your ultrasonic inspection
program. If a particular strategy worked
for your organization, then sharing it
with the group can overlay that success
to other companies.
Email your stories to: "iuug@sdtnorthamerica.com"
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We are sending the inaugural newsletter
to the members of our Ultrawave
Technology Report list one time only.
Your participation is valuable to the
user group so we hope you will take this
opportunity to subscribe permanently to
The United Nations of Ultrasound
E-Newsletter.
Its easy! Click on the link below and
enter your email address. Choose HTML or
Text format and click "subscribe". You
can opt out of the list ANY TIME by
sending us an email.
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W-I-N a Summit Conference Pass for
MARTS-2004 The Maintenance and
Reliability Technology Summit
MARTS-2004
May 24-27, 2004
Rosemont Convention Center
Chicago, IL
The Maintenance and Reliability
Technology Summit has been designed from
the ground up to provide a comprehensive
training, educational, and professional
development opportunity for maintenance
and reliability technicians, engineers,
supervisors, and managers in all
industries and major facilities. It will
be a unique maintenance event.
MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY and
Reliabilityweb.com are offering one
lucky web site visitor a free 4 day
MARTS Conference Summit Pass and a
runner up will win a 2 day MARTS-2004
Conference Pass.
The drawing will be held on March 31,
2004 and the winner will be notified by
email or phone.
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SDT International will organize in 2004
a series of theoretical and practical
training sessions for the certification
of “Qualified Operators in Ultrasonic
Tightness Testing of Hatch Covers” in
compliance with the IACS Z.17 Unified
Requirement.
Last year SDT announced that their new
SDT-IMCS Training Program gained
accreditation by the prestigious
Nautical Institute. The balance of the
2004 schedule follows. Two important USA
dates were added for New York and San
Francisco.
UAE –Dubai: 15-16 March 2004
Japan: 19-20 April 2004
South Korea – Inchon: 22-23 April 2004
Malta – Valetta: 18-19 May 2004
USA – New York: 14-15 June 2004
USA – San Francisco: 17-18 June 2004
Belgium – Antwerp: 15-16 September 2004
Estonia – Tallinn: 19-20 October 2004
Turkey – Istanbul: 15-16 November 2004
Successful completion of this training
is required for any inspectors complying
with Classification Society Type
Approved Ultrasonic Equipment
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Successful Vibration/Ultrasound/CMMS
Integration
"I have been doing vibration analysis
for approximately 20 years. About 1/2
the time was with IRD hardware and
software and the last half with CSI.
About 5 years ago I started using DMSI
Maintellegence Monitor. It is an
excellent program for handling our oil
analysis, temperature, and process data.
2 1/2 years ago I decided to add the SDT
170 as another predictive maintenance
tool. The 170 is an ultrasonic
multifunction datalogger. The DMSI team
quickly built a SDT driver allowing me
to import all SDT data into
Maintellegence Monitor. Any type of data
is very easily manipulated and graphed
in Monitor. I must say, if I was a
company with a limited budget I would
definitely recommend the DMSI -
Maintellegence software in conjunction
with there 6100 series handheld
inspection computer. And for predictive
maintenance tools temperature
(Infrared), oil analysis, and the SDT
170 ultrasonic datalogger would be my
choice. These technologies if used
correctly are very effective at
monitoring the health of your equipment
and not costing thousands and thousands
of dollars."
Ralph Copp, Potash Corp of SK, Susses,
New Brunswick
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Mark your calendar and be sure to join
us in Naples, Florida for the 2nd
International Ultrasound Users Group
Meeting. This meeting will be one of
many post conference workshops that wrap
up IMC-2004, the 19th International
Maintenance Conference where everyone
comes to "Master the Maintenance
Process."
Last year's user group enjoyed the
participation of ultrasound
professionals from 7 countries making
the event a true United Nations of
Ultrasound. Presentations were given by
professionals in Belgium, UK, Brazil,
USA, and Canada. This year's meeting
will feature some very exciting topics
and featured innovations on this
important technology.
Mark your calendar Dec 5-8th and stay
tuned for details
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