American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Greater Philadelphia Section

VOLUME 12, No. 8

March, 2006

MARCH MEETING NOTICE

March 9, 2006

SPEAKER: Robert Raimondi
Olympus NDT
SUBJECT: Phased Array Applications


DATE: Thursday, March 9, 2006

WHERE:Holiday Inn Select
4700 Street Road
Trevose, PA

TIME:6:00 PM

PRICE:$23.00


RSVP:Tony Gatti, 215-824-4000

by Noon, March 6th.

Stork MMA Materials Testing Labs
2 Pheasant Run
Newtown, PA 18940


MORE ON THE MEETING

This presentation describes how phased arrays work, and what type of scans can be performed using them. Several advanced in-service applications for portable phased arrays, specifically using Omni Scan, will be discussed.

Robert Raimondi is in the Regional Technical Sales – Advanced Products Group for Olympus NDT. He has a B.S. degree in mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Rob has also completed formal training for Level II in Ultrasound and Level I in Eddy Current, Lavender – TOFD, and RD-Tech Phased Array. Robert has worked in NDT for over four years with a particular interest in the field of Ultrasonic immersion scanning systems and phased array technology.

NOTE: Sign up for the NDT Bulletin – a free email newsletter for Inspectors, QC Managers, and NDT Technicians. There is a link to sign up on the front page of www.panametrics-ndt.com.

THE SOCIAL HOUR IS BACK

The social hour, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM will be in the Old Chicago Lounge. Upon check-in with Fred Klock, a ticket will be given to each person good for one beer or glass of wine. An area will be reserved exclusively for our group.

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

At this time, I and our committee chairmen would like to send a sincere thank you to our sponsors. Without your help and financial support, our section would not continue to be among the best chapters in ASNT. Our yearbook, meeting sponsors, as well as our Vendor's night sponsors have been an integral part of our continued success, and with your help and support will continue to do so. Check our web site – WWW.GPASNT.ORG. As a token of our appreciation, your yearbook ad is presently displayed. Please check your ad. If you need to make changes, modify text, etc. send a comment to to the committee, so that next year not only will we have a great yearbook, but also your ad will appear on our web page (complete with link) for all to see!


THIS YEAR'S OFFICERS


Chairman/ Vince Roding
Section Awards NDT Training & Consulting
610-461-6238

Vice Chairman/ Bob Rich
Education SPS Technologies
215-572-3485

Treasurer/ Fred Klock
Education/ ASNT/ASMI Volunteer
President?s Points 215-659-8424

Secretary/ Rich Bottari
Newsletter: Stork MMA Laboratories
215-579-7500

Director, Lester Jenkins
Assistant to Kingsbury, Inc.
Chairman 215-824-4995

House, Golf &Tony Gatti
ProgramKingsbury, Inc.
Committee215-824-4000


Tech. Awards: Pauline Derhofer


National Awards:Arnie Horoff
Retired
215-795-2539

Publicity: Fred Klock


PhotographyPauline Derhofer
V.F. Roding Training
610-461-6236



GRAND PRIZE DRAWING

THIS YEAR THE PRIZES WILL TOTAL OVER $1000.00! Each time you attend a technical meeting this year, your name goes into the hat! At the April meeting, one or more names will be drawn for a gift certificate to Best Buy for a TV or other items. The more meetings you attend, the more chances you have to win. Please remember that you MUST be a member in good standing and MUST be present to win.

Our thanks to those who have generously contributed so far:

MX Industrial$500.00

Vince Roding$250.00

MEETING CHANGES

Please be aware that due to scheduling conflicts, meetings may not be on the first Thursday of the month. Please take careful note of the date when you get your newsletter.

50/50 Drawing

The 50/50 drawing was worth $50.00 and was won by the distinguished Chairman of the New York/New Jersey section, the honorable Doug Schuller.

An additional drawing for a pen & pencil gift set was won by Tony Gatti. (Yeah, I'm getting tired of it too!)

PROGRESSIVE MEMBERSHIP
The name drawn last month was some unfortunate soul who was not present to win. The names for the drawing are taken from the current membership list from ASNT headquarters. If you are present at the meeting when your name is called, YOU WIN! This month's pot totals $250.00
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
WWW.GPASNT.ORG

GOLF OUTING
While you are freezing your tushies off, think about this! The annual golf outing is fast approaching! New and improved menu! Bigger & better prizes! See the enclosed flyer for details, or visit our website at www.GPASNT.org for details.
SPRING SOCIAL
The May social is a joint venture with ASMI Philadelphia Chapter. It is on Saturday, May 6, 2006 at the Old York Road Country Club near Spring House, PA. It will cost $50.00 per person and includes four hours of top shelf open bar, butlered hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, a DJ for dancing and a premium dinner. Exact time, driving directions and dinner choices will be announced later. There will be door prizes and the typical donation from sponsors is $225 each. Have people make reservations with Fred Klock and send checks made out to Philadelphia chapter ASMI.

THE LAST WORD
Andy Rooney
Did you know that it costs forty-thousand dollars a year to house each prisoner?
Jeez, for forty-thousand bucks apiece I'll take a few prisoners into my house.
I live in Los Angeles. I already have bars on the windows. I don't think we should give free room and board to criminals. I think they should have to run twelve hours a day on a treadmill and generate electricity. And if they don't
want to run, they can rest in the chair that's hooked up to the generator.