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The 2018 CED working day meeting will be held at the Birchwood Park Conference Centre, Warrington, on Tuesday 24 April 2018 on the subject of ‘Atmospheric Corrosion in Industrial Applications’. An information and registration leaflet is included in this issue of Corrosion Management. Exhibition space will be available for hire.
The Coatings Working group has prepared a series of guidance documents on the following topics:
• Inspection and testing of coatings
• Organic coating application methods
• Surface Preparation methods for coating application
• Paint: a definition and generic organic coating types
• Thermal metal spray coatings
• On-site and off-site application of intumescent fire and
corrosion protection coatings for steel structures
These documents are now available through the members’ area of the Institute’s web site. If you have any comments on them please send them to admin@icorr.org
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The AGM was held in November in Birmingham after a very successful half-day technical meeting, and my thanks go to Midland Branch for once again organising these events in such a wonderful location. Hence it has now been over 12 months since John kindly passed the chain of office over to me, and the time has flown by. I am not sure if that is because of the fun I have been having or how busy we have been!
During the year the ICORR and CORREX teams have continued to work hard on our behalf in our temporary home in Barrett House, and Trevor Osborne is continuing to search for a property which we can purchase to give us a more permanent home. However in the meantime, the lease on Barrett House has been extended until July 2018.
During 2017 we ran the first “Fundamentals of Corrosion” and “Marine CP 2” courses both of which generated a lot of interest, and we will run a number of these courses again this year. Part of our development plan for 2018 is the introduction of new courses to complement our existing portfolio and to meet the market and membership needs. There are plenty of opportunities on the horizon for further increases in corrosion-related activity both in the UK and overseas, particularly in the field of training.
The Route to Chartership Initiative has been a major piece of work this past year and we are now in the process of running the first pilot. If this appeals to any of you, please contact David Mobbs via head office.
As you will see later in the magazine, ICorr, through Correx Ltd, is hosting the CEOCOR Congress in May 2018 at the Crowne Plaza in Stratford-on-Avon. The congress programme is being prepared by CEOCOR and ICorr will host the event, and have already obtained sponsorship and arranged a supporting exhibition and an accompanying person’s programme
Individual membership of the Institute is up from last year and our Professional Members also continue to grow. Our student members have also grown, but we are seeing a decline in ‘Young Engineers’, which reflects the smaller number of graduate recruits in many of the Engineering Houses. However, during 2018 we will once again be running a Young Engineers course aimed at supporting and encouraging young graduates to flourish in the corrosion industry, and I attended the first evening session which was kindly hosted by CB&I in Paddington.
The level of volunteering within the Institute, which keeps it operating efficiently is very impressive, much of which is not publicised. However the pressure of day jobs is making volunteer work more difficult and ICorr is finding that it needs to pay for some of the tasks that need to be completed on its behalf if we are to continue to grow, as a result we have now appointed a part time Business Development Manager, David Mobbs, who started with us on 1st February.
Finally, It is with great pride that I get to visit our branches and see the strong and active organisation we are, and I hope to continue this in 2018, and thanks go to all the members who give us their time for these local events.
Sarah Vasey, ICorr President
London Branch
By
John Lilley and Mark Stone
Sonomatic Ltd
The industry is well versed with Corrosion mapping of vessels and pipework but Corrosion Mapping of Storage Tanks has always relied on “dropping the tank” which has an impact on production and risk. The industry does not like working in confined spaces and there are moves towards zero-man entry over the lifetime of storage and process vessels.
Storage Tanks are susceptible to a range of internal and external corrosion processes. As such inspection plays a major role in effective integrity management of Storage Tanks. Historically, inspection of the floor has relied on emptying the tank and personnel entry for cleaning and inspection. Internal inspection for other mechanisms also takes place at this time. This means tanks can be out of service for significant periods of time.
Sonomatic have developed a range of methods for inspection of Storage Tanks while in-service. A key element is robotic cleaning and inspection of the floor. This forms part of a comprehensive inspection in which the tank shell is also inspected non-intrusively using ultrasonic corrosion mapping supported by statistical analysis. The presentation will give an overview of the technologies involved, how these link into more efficient integrity management of Storage Tanks and will also include a case study of field application.
A fascinating not to be missed presentation
Date: 8th March
Venue: Imperial College, Skempton Building, London SW7 2BB
18.00 Doors Open – Networking
18:30 Presentation – Sonomatic Ltd
20.00 Buffet & Refreshments – Networking
21.00 Close
For further information please contact
icorrlondon@gmail.com
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The first presentation of The Young Engineers Program (YEP) also start at CB&I in London with an excellent presentation on the Basics of Corrosion by Jane Lomas. The event was opened by Bill hedges of BP and continues through the year with 9 modules including a Case Study which the delegates will present back at the London Branch meeting in November 2018.
The discussion was all encompassing but dealt with the basics of corrosion from first principals;
- Basic Principles
- Anodic and Cathodic Areas
- What Controls Corrosion rates
- Corrosive Environments
- Common Types of Corrosion
- Pitting
- Crevice attack
- Galvanic corrosion
- Stray current corrosion
- Stress corrosion cracking
- Microbially induced corrosion
The group enjoyed a networking session after the meeting at a local restaurant courtesy of The Institute of Corrosion.
The next YEP meeting will be Welding and NDT Techniques to be presented by Alan Denney on Wednesday 21st February at CB&I in London.
We are extremely grateful to Jane Lomas and Sadegh Parvizi at CB&I and all the other members of ICorr that give up their time freely to assist our Young Engineers with their career development
For complete article of the newsletter please click link below;
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