American Society for Non-Destructive Testing Chicago Section Meetings Page

Dinner cost is $20, $10 for students. If you can't make it for dinner, come anyway for the presentation is free. Non-members are always welcome.

Please make reservations by contacting John Zaffer, 815-254-5142, by December 7. Reservations are not necessary for Board members.

Radiographic Profiling of Process Piping
by Jim Kovarik, VP of NDE Technology
Lixi
Huntley, IL
847-961-6666

The presentation will illustrate the utility and versatility of inspecting process piping. The presentation will be followed by a demonstration of with the Lixi Profiler. Feel free to bring samples for inspection.

Speaker Biography

Jim Kovarik is the Vice President of NDE Technology at Lixi, Inc., a manufacturing and service company located in Huntley, IL. Jim's responsibilities include business development, sales, and training in the industrial process market.

Jim received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Northern Colorado, and attended post graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M.

Meeting Schedule

Date	Topic	Presenter
January 14	ASNT President Trimm	TBD
February 11	ET in Power Generation	Joe Abnew, Zetec
March 10	Remote VT	VIT/GE
April 14	Resonance Testing	Magnaflux/Quasar
May 12	Offshore Suppliers & Their Affect on US Business	Hamilton Sunstrand

Meeting History

2007	Topic	Turnout
November 19	Failure Analysis of Railcar Bolsters	__
October 10	Phased-Array UT of Welds	46
September 10	Bridge Testing, Monitoring w/AET	~12
May 7	Fermilab NUMI Project	14
April 9	Argonne Labs Tour	12
March 5	Phased-Array UT	25
February 5	Inspection of Pipelines	10
January 15	NDE of Composites	8

2006	Topic	Turnout
December 11	ASNT Status	18
November 8	Computerized RT of Weldments	25
October 9	Cleaners and New Equipment	11
September 11	Water Conds'r Boxes at Power Plants	8

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