On September 14, 2015 12 members of the Pacific Northwest section of ASNT gathered for the scholarship award, presentation of a clear magnetic yoke and inspection kit by Western Instruments. The annual scholarship award was presented to Lakai Fairbanks, a first year student at Clover Park Technical College. In addition to the scholarship to Lakai our section Vice Chair and Co-chairman of the Golf Scramble presented Chuck Musson of Clover Park Technical College a clear magnetic yoke and magnetic particle inspection kit from Western Instruments. Dinner of Salmon Ceasar Salad, Ceasar Salads, Burgers, Ribs and Celery soup preceded a presentation of “Advances in Pulse Reflectometry?by Jeff Siegel of AcousticEye. One of the many advantages of Pulse Reflectometry (PR) when compared with Eddy Current for heat exchanger tubes is speed. Approximately twice as many tubes in half the time as conventional tube inspection. After his excellent presentation section Vice-chair Flynn spears presented Jeff with a certificate of appreciation and pen/pencil set from ISC.

The next section meeting will be October 12th at the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport ?Southcenter, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Washington, 98188-3388, USA. Featured speaker will be Martin Anderson of Global Technical Services speaking about auditing an NDT Program.

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