2000 Conferences : AGM and Conference

"Selection and Evaluation"

Held on 12h July 2000 at the Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse Eaves, Near Loughborough.

The AGM was attended by 20 members and the agenda included the approval of the annual accounts, committee membership and other routine matters.

Mr Keith Harrison offered to continue in the office of chairman for a further year and this was approved unanimously by the attendees. Kieth reported that 1999 had been an eventful year, particularly referring to the setting up of a Health and Safety Committee to establish a Code of Practice for the safe operation, installation and maintenance of thermal spraying equipment. This work is progressing well and the chairwoman, Dr. Jane Blunt (Physics Department, University of Cambridge) reposts that a final draft will be ready within 2-3 months. It is interesting to note that a number of participants identify that the  controls associated with Healt and Safety measures also have a beneficial effect on coating quality and cost savings.

"Coatings", the official publication of the TSSEA, is now published and controlled directly by the association and is establishing a good reputation for its contents. "Coatings" is distributed to some 4,000 subsribers to the IoM publication "Materials World". This circulation, together with our own database, makes this a popular attractionfor advertisers. (Rates may be obtained from the Secretary).

The total number of members remains much the same since January 1998. Inevitably, for various reasons, we lose some but the number of new members is maintaining the overall size of the organisation. The number of universities have extended to 7 in the UK and this bodes well for the future development of thermal spraying and other surface engineeing processes.

The conference, held on the same day was attended by 35 delegates and the exhibition attracted much interest. The speakers for the conference on Selection and Evaluation included:

Dr. Patrick Grant	Particle dynamics and microstructure.
Dr.Andy Boyce	Vapour Deposition.
Mr.Rod Wing	Thermal Barrier Coatings
Dr.Mark Gee	Thermal Spraying - Requirements for Measurement
Mr.R Bowles	Sprayed coatings for offshore structures and pipework.
Mr.A.Clarke	Coating and Interface Analysis
Mr.S.Bomford	HVOF coatings.

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