MINDTCE 09, 20th-21st July 2009

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MINDTCE 09, 20th‐21st July 2009
Dear MSNT members…. This is a last call for
participation in the abovementioned event. We need
you. We build this Society together and together we
make things happen. The number of participants so
far is very encouraging but we need more
participation, especially NDT service providers to
make the event more lively,
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and
impressive.
We need to impress our partner
PETRONAS, ASCOPE, Nuclear Malaysia and SIRIM
that have contributed a lot of their time and energy to
organize this event. They have worked hard for NDT
and it is our turn to show our appreciation. Every
single
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participation
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from MSNT members is veryy
meaningful and is highly valued.
See all of you at the Legend Hotel for the Malaysian International NDT Conference and Exhibition 09 th
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(MINDTCE 09) on 20
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d st of July 2009
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Made in Malaysia Crawler tested at the Nuclear Malaysia EVF
Technicians loading x‐ray crawler system into a pipe that contains various type of defects at the Nuclear yp
Malaysia Evaluation Verification Facility.
Evaluation verification facility (EVF) is a fully
governmentt own facility
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Agency when was constructed for the purpose of
testing NDT equipment, NDT personnel and NDT
procedures. The facility was equipped with pipes of
various diameters containing various types of weld
defects, underwater pipes and inclined and declined
pipes
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facility was used for the first time by a local company to
test performance of crawlers fabricated by this
company. In view of the increasing capability of
Malaysian company in manufacturing equipment, it is
expected that more companies will come forward and
use this facility for testing performance of their
products. Other Malaysian companies are also
welcomed to use this facility.
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Workshop on RT and UT Question Banks
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The National Certification Body (NDT) for NDT ,
which is the Department of Skill Development,
Ministry of Human Resources has organized
another workshop for the preparation of NDT
questions as one if its continuous effort to ensure
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the sustainability of the national qualification and
certification scheme. This time the workshop was
held at the Empress Hotel, Sepang, from 17th to 19th
May 2009. A total of 15 experts in radiography and
ultrasonic test methods have attended this
workshop
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produce
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of
examination questions.
Local experts participating in workshop for preparation of NDT examination questions held at the Empress Hotel Sepang.
Training for Laboratory Assessor s to be involved in the implementation of MIBAS Participants attending assessor training course organized by the Department of Standard Malaysia.
The Department of Standard, Malaysia has
launched a scheme known as Malaysian Inspection
Body Accreditation Scheme, (MIBAS) some years
ago. The Scheme was extended to cover area of
non‐destructive testing laboratory in 2009. The
Working Group that was established and mandated
to prepare the additional Technical Requirement in
addition to those stipulated in ISO 17020 has
completed their mission early this year. As a follow
up to these activities, a special training course for
assessors expected to involve in the assessment of
NDT laboratories
l b t i against
i t ISO 17020 was held
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Standard Malaysia on 28 and 29 may 2009. The
course was facilitated by Mr. Roslan of Standard
Malaysia and participated by 9 individuals from
various NDT related organizations.
MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (MSNT)
Industrial Technology Division (BTI), Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia),
Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor.
Tel: 03-89250510, Fax: 03-89250907,
e-mail: nassir@nuclearmalaysia.gov.my, www.msnt.org.my
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