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Our next meeting will be a joint affair with AWS. The presentation, NDT of Friction Stir Welds in Aluminum, will be held on Wednesday, October 14, at:

	Bohemian Crystal	Map
	639 Blackhawk Dr.

	Westmont, IL	60559
		630-789-1981

	Social Hour:	5:30
	Dinner:	6:30
	Presentation:	7:30

Dinner cost is $18, $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 Walt Stein, 773-742-3775, by October 12.

Reservations are not necessary for Board members.

NDT of Friction Stir Welds in Aluminum
by Stu Kleven

of
Alloyweld Inspection

The introduction of new manufacturing processes can provide NDT technicians with unique challenges. Friction stir welding (FSW), which came about in 1991, is making inroads into Manufacturing.

FSW, a solid-state process, can produce weldments of outstanding mechanical properties. Inspection of FSW joints can cause difficulties due to a unique combination of discontinuities. Lack of fusion and kissing bonds are very difficult to detect and characterize. In addition, standard NDT methods like angle-beam UT can miss certain types of voids.

This presentation will reveal lessons learned on a series of plates for qualification of aluminum weldments. These plates are for for ships under the Navy Specifications T9074-AS-GIB-010/271 and Navsea 0900-003-8000, Class 1 for PT, and Navsea 0900-006-3010, Class 1 for UT. In addition, digital computed RT corroborated these UT results. Results of this testing will be used for development of standard defect plates.

Speaker Biography

Stuart Kleven represents Alloyweld Inspection of Bensenville, IL. Stu is an ASNT ACCP Level III in MT, PT, RT, UT, and is a CWI.

He has served as a member of ASTM E7.01 Committee for Radiography, since 1999.

Kleven has 35 years experience in casting, forging, welding and other proccesses for the aerospace, marine, military, transportation and power industries.

Meeting Schedule

Meeting History

	May 27	NDT	Tour: Indianapolis Speedway	6
	May 12-13	NDT	Seminar: Nadcap's NDT Practices	10
	April 12	UT	Acoustography: Dawn of a New Era...	29
	March 9	NDT	Joint Meeting w/ASM: PetroChem Corros'n	70+
	Feb. 20	NDT	Demos at IIT Engineering Week	~1750
	Feb. 8	UT	EMATs	26
	Jan. 11	NDT	ASNT: Where Do We Go From Here?	24

	Dec. 14	NDT	Past Chairmans Night	13
	Nov. 9	NDT	Windshield Glass Adhesive Bonds	15
	Oct. 19-23	NDT	ASNT Fall Conference, Columbus	1286
	Oct. 17	NDT	Demos, Des Plaines Public Library	210
	Oct. 14	UT, RT	NDT of Friction Stir Weldments (JM w/AWS)	33
	Sept. 22-23	NDT	QA: Seminar: NADCAP Auditing, MVCC	14
	Sept. 14	ET	PMI—Positive Metal Identification	17
	May 14	NDT	Tour: Indianapolis Speedway	11
	April 13	UT	UT Automation	23
	March 9	RT	RT in Failure Analysis: X-ray vs. Neutron	27
	Feb. 21	NDT	Demos at IIT Engineering Week	~1300
	Feb. 9	RT	RT of Steel Castings (JM w/AFS)	43
	Jan. 14	NDT	Open House at MVCC	~150
	Jan. 12	NDT	Supplier Development in Asia	13

	Dec. 8	UT	Phased-Array Transducers	23
	Nov. 3	UT	Acoustography, a New UT Method	15
	Oct. 15	RT	Weld Insp'n w/Computed RT (JM w/AWS)	31
	Sept. 8	ET	PMI—Positive Metal Identification	18
	May 12	UT, RT	NDT of Friction Stir Weldments	15
	April 14	UT	Resonance Testing	18
	March 10	VT	Remote VT	17
	Feb. 11	ET	ET Arrays, Systems in Power Generation	9
	Jan. 14	NDT	Plant Tour of GM, EMD, La Grange	21

	2007	Method	Topic	Turnout
	Dec. 10	RT	Radiographic Profiling of Process Piping	10?
	Nov. 19	NDT	Failure Analysis of Railcar Bolsters	7
	Oct. 10	UT	Phased-Array UT of Welds (JM w/AWS)	46
	Sept. 10	AE	Bridge Testing, Monitoring w/AE	13
	May 7	NDT	Fermilab NUMI Project	14
	April 9	NDT	Tour of Argonne Labs	12
	March 5	UT	Phased-Array UT	25
	Feb. 5	RT	Inspection of Pipelines	10
	Jan. 15	NDT	NDE of Composites	8

	2006	Method	Topic	Turnout
	Dec. 11	NDT	ASNT Status	18
	Nov. 8	RT	Weld Insp'n w/Computed RT (JM w/AWS)	25
	Oct. 9	PT	Cleaners and New Equipment	11
	Sept. 11	NDT	Water Conds'r Boxes at Pwr Plants	8

2009-2010 ASNT
Chicago Section Board

CHAIRMAN
John Zaffer
Rcon-NDT
O:   815-254-5142

TREASURER
Jennifer Anaya
Alloyweld Inspection
796 Maple Lane
Bensenville, IL  60106
            630-595-2145

DIRECTOR
Stu Kleven
Alloyweld Inspection

VICE CHAIR,
EDUCATION CHAIR
Ed Messmer
Moraine Valley
Community College
10900 S. 88th Avenue
Palos Hills, IL   60465
           708-691-3672

SECRETARY
Ray Momsen
Acuren
1951 N. Woodlawn
Griffith, IN    46319
O:   219-972-7900

PAST CHAIR
Larry Koch
Scot Incorporated
2525 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, IL  60515
                630-810-4275 x347

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Membership Ap
Chris Gamblin
All Transtek

ADMIN
Walt Stein
773-742-3775

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