Conferences and Events

 New ICorr Level 2 Cathodic Protection Course

I Corr Buried Cathodic Protection Course to Level 2: 6th to 10th February 2012 at ARL Rotherham.

This new course, complying with BS EN 15257: 2006 “Cathodic Protection – Competence Levels and Certification of Cathodic Protection Personnel” is ideal for existing ICorr or other certificated CP Technicians to Level 1, working in cathodic protection of buried pipelines, tanks etc, who wish to increase their level of competence and receive the important Certification of Competence from ICorr in accordance with the BS EN to Level 2.
Increasingly Clients are requiring that their CP Technicians have Certification to this International Standard.
This is your opportunity to increase the level of competence that you or your staff can demonstrate to your Clients.

Please contact:

Argyll-Ruane Ltd
Meadowbank Road
Rotherham
South Yorkshire S61 2NF

Bookings can be made (subject to space still being available) by contacting either Steve Pilley or David Betts on 01709 560459
enquiries@argyllruane.com
http://www.ruanetpo.com/location.htm

Evening Meeting
A-Z of Coatings Application
By Barry Windsor

Barry has a wealth of knowledge gained from almost 50 years in the coatings industry in which he has encountered every coating known to man. We are grateful that he has agreed to impart some of that wisdom, it will be a night not to be missed.

Joint meeting with OCCA
6.30pm
Monday 6th February
Woodthorpe Hotel
Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 0EG

Followed by two course evening meal
Contact Brenda Peters on 01706 871700 Fax 01706 871707
email brenda.peters@analysis-scientific.co.uk

 Evening meeting: CPD The New Standards by Brenda Peters; Continuing Professional Development 'Learning all the time'.

CPD is not just going on courses.  It's about developing your potential and should be about benefiting the individual, their employer and society in general.  Come along and find out about how you are already doing CPD in your everyday life, about the new standards and new thinking about CPD.  Find out about ICorr's CPD System, how it works, how it is assessed and methods of recording.
Venue: 6.30pm, Woodthorpe Hotel, Bury Old Road, M25 0EG.  Followed by a 2 course evening meal.
Contact: Brenda Peters
Email: brenda-peters@analysis-scientific.co.uk or 01706 871700 if you wish to attend.

Speaker:George Winning on 'Integrity and Corrosion Management'
Meet at Navel Club, 38 Hill Street, London W1
17.30 for 18.15 start

Speaker: Brian Dargan of Volkerlaser Ltd~
Sponsored buffet.
Contact: Brenda Peters
Email: brenda.peters@analysis-scientific.co.uk or 01706 871700 if you wish to attend.

When: Tue 28 Feb 2012 18:00 for 18.30 to end 19.30
Where: Palm Court Hotel, 81 Seafield Road, Aberdeen AB15 7YX
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Speaker: John Thirkettle (Thor Corrosion).  Topic: UK CUI Industrial Forum - 10 Years Progress.

Speaker: Andy Taylor
London Branch Chairman
Meet at Navel Club, 38 Hill Street, London W1
17.30 for AGM at 18.00 meeting at 18.15

Wellington Swimming Pool
Contact: Brenda Peters
Email: brenda.peters@analysis-scientific.co.uk or 01706 871700 if you wish to attend.

Speaker: David Harvey on 'Cathodic protection of complex structures'.
Meet at Naval Club, 38 Hill Street, London W1
17.30 for 18.15 start

When: Tue 17 Apr 2012 17:30 for 18.00 to end 19.00
Where: Palm Court Hotel, 81 Seafield Road, Aberdeen AB15 7YX
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Speaker: Dr Nigel Owen (Aberdeen Foundries Ltd).  Topic: Al-Zn-In Sacrificial Anodes Manufacture and Specification.

The annual cost of corrosion in terms of Gross Domestic Product is approximately 3-4% and it is of no surprise that a large proportion of this cost relates to indirect or hidden costs, for example loss of containment of product, pollution remediation, loss of production, increased maintenance and litigation costs. It has been recognised that up to 25% of this cost can be saved by applying existing knowledge of the basic principles of corrosion
science and engineering.

The Corrosion Committee of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Institute of Corrosion are pleased to announce this one-day seminar that will address the causes of corrosion failure and the approaches that can be taken to mitigate environmental degradation issues.

Click to download the full leaflet

Online registration from Monday 16th January at:
http://www.iom3.org//events/corrosion

CED Working Day and Symposium on Microbial Corrosion
26^th April 2012, Birmingham

The Corrosion Engineering Division will be running a Spring Working Day on Thursday 26^th April 2012 at the National Motorcycle Museum Conference Centre, Birmingham.  The theme for the meeting will be ‘Microbial Corrosion’.  The programme will start with a plenary lecture about Microbial Corrosion, given by Dr. Jim Stott, a Senior Consultant in the Production Chemistry Team at Intertek-CAPCIS Limited.  This will be followed by a series of talks on the subject of microbial corrosion relating to the various working groups of the Corrosion Engineering Division. This working day will be a good opportunity to network with other corrosion professionals from different industry sectors and to discuss some of the latest developments in the field of microbial corrosion and corrosion engineering.  If you are interested in giving a presentation at the working day please contact Nick Smart, CED chair, at nick.smart@serco.com. Further information will be posted on the Institute’s web site in due course.  Entry to the museum will be available at the end of the working day at a reduced rate.

Corrosion Fatigue Developments
15th May 2012 - National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK,
TW11 0LW

Purpose

Environment assisted cracking remains a major challenge across a wide range of industry and business
sectors. Within this overall topic, Corrosion Fatigue is of particular significance with implications for both
design and the safe and economic operation of components and structures. This is because of the
inherent time and loading frequency dependence of crack initiation and propagation and the dependence
of damage developed within a wide range of interacting mechanical, material, and environmental variables.
Much progress has been made in qualitative understanding of crack development, and substantive
amounts of data have been generated for key industrial applications. In this seminar, leading researchers
and engineers will highlight progress in characterisation of corrosion-fatigue crack development and in
life prediction for critical applications.

Who Should Attend

This Seminar will be of interest to engineers of all disciplines, technology suppliers, regulators and
academia. The presentations are to be given by practising engineers and senior academics experienced
in this field. All Registration is on-line at www.fesi.org.uk and then click on the link.
FESI members: £110; Non-members: £150 [includes FESI membership for 2012]; Students: £75.

Programme

09.30 Coffee and registration
Chairman: Prof. Peter Flewitt, University of
Bristol

09:55 Introduction

10:00 Life prediction methodologies and factors influencing the accuracy of the prediction
Prof. Phil Irving, University of Cranfield

10:40 Overview and Application of Recognized
Methods for Including the Effects of a Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR)
Environment on the Fatigue Life of Reactor Components Chris Watson, Rolls Royce

11:10 Corrosion fatigue crack growth of austenitic stainless steels in high temperature PWR coolant
Prof. David Tice, Serco TCS

11:40 Imaging of corrosion fatigue crack development in nuclear reactor environments
Prof. James Marrow, University of Oxford

11:50 Corrosion fatigue of steam turbine blade steels
Dr. Alan Turnbull, NPL

12:20 High temperature sulphidation in nickel based superalloys and low cycle fatigue
Prof. Martin Bache, University of Swansea

12:40 Lunch

Chairman: Dr. Alan Turnbull, NPL

13:30 Corrosion fatigue issues in oil and gas production
John Martin, BP

14:00 Initiation and early growth of corrosion fatigue damage
Prof. Bob Akid, Sheffield Hallam University

14:30 Variable amplitude corrosion fatigue of high strength weldable steels
Prof. Feargal Brennan, University of Cranfield

15:00 Corrosion fatigue of stainless steels in chloride solution
Prof. Gregor Mori, University of Leoben

15.30 Open discussion

16.00 Close