SI, NDT and CM Requirements for Industry 4.0

*Please note that the date of this event has been changed from October 19–20, 2021.

Registration is now open for the workshop on structural integrity, NDT and CM requirements for Industry 4.0, taking place from October 19–20, 2021 at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Pilot Way, Ansty Business Park, Coventry CV7 9JU, UK. This event is organised by The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT), in collaboration with FESI and the UK Research Centre in Non-Destructive Evaluation (RCNDE).

Industry 4.0 will completely change the production and operation of nearly every manufactured item in the developed world. Intelligent systems will enhance and sometimes supersede human decision-making in production and operation, and industry will no longer be limited by human cognitive ability. Outcomes will be higher productivity, lower through-life costs and greater safety and reliability, benefitting industry, the global economy and everyone who uses machines or travels in vehicles.

The autonomous, intelligent systems of Industry 4.0 will need high-rate, complex information about operational loads and structural condition, available non-destructively and throughout life, thereby building confidence in their integrity and reducing costs. Assets could become continuously self-verifying, requiring no external intervention in order to maintain fitness for purpose. There is a need to bridge the emerging gap between current reality and these integrity information requirements: the current state-of-the-art falls significantly short.

What are the specific non-destructive testing (NDT), structural health monitoring (SHM) and condition monitoring (CM) requirements that should be focused on to allow this step change and how will they relate to structural integrity and design philosophies? This will be the focus of the workshop, where experts in these fields will meet with designers, manufacturers and regulators to determine what success will look like, what challenges will be faced and what steps must be taken.

Contact

Conferences and Events Department
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Midsummer House,
Riverside Way, Bedford Road,
Northampton NN1 5NX, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)1604 438300
conf@bindt.org

Image: MTC Building, Coventry City Council (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).