KKBR - National Conference on Radiographic Testing

It is 50 years now since radiologists began their meetings. First radiographic conference took place on 5-6 of October in 1956 in Warsaw. Main topic of that conference was: "X-ray and isotopic methods of control in technology". Dynamic progress of other non-destructive methods, expecially ultrasonic method, reduce the range of radiographic examinations. Only radiographic seminars was progressing for many years known as GAMMATEST. It came back to traditional september meetings in 1999. Conference on radiographic testing is known as "Popow Conference" from place where those meetings are progressing.

This conference has instructional nature. It is a forum for personnel connected to assuring quality of materials, weld products and contructions, also for personnel of laboratories, people responsable for quality inspections and technological supervision. Conference's program include plenary sessions with report's presentation and exhibition of materials and examination devices. Usually there are about 100-120 people (including few foreigners) on conference.

Conference is organized by Polish Society for Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics (SIMP) Poznan's department, the "NDT System" company and Poznan University of Technology. Organization board is directed by Slawomir Jozwiak and Tadeusz Morawski.

Scientific board's president id prof. Dominik Senczyk and members of that board are: Marek Dabrowski, Grzegorz Jezierski, Tadeusz Morawski, Wlodzimierz Szydlik and Ryszard Swiatkowski.

Below you can see topics of plenary sessions which are presented on succesive conferences:

• new trends and technics of radiographic testing, review of achivements presented on international conferences
• computed radiographic testing
• industrial usage of radiographic testing
  • radiographic and visual testing of weld joints
  • non-destructive testing in petrochemical industry
  • radiographic testing of tight components
  • non-destructive testing in naval industry
  • radiographic testing of casts
• uncertainty of mensurations in non-destructive testing
• protection from ionizic radiance
• atomic law and occupational safety rules
• normalization of non-destructive testings
• apparatus, devices and materials which provide radiographic testing
  • exploatation and repairs of apparatus used to radiographic testing
  • automation of radiographic testing
• training and qualification of NDT personnel
• visual testing - importance in quality checking

Conference's organizators appointed Chapter of individual award known as "Zloty Radiogram" which is yearly granted to people who are respected by NDT society for professionalism, examination achievements, journalism, teaching, etc. in non-destructive testing, especially in radiographic testing. "Zloty Radiogram" award's Chapter id yearly increased through prize winners. Chapter is now represented by 13 people. You can see on attached photo prize winners in 2005: Miroslaw Karusik (from left) and Janusz Czuchryj in a company of Chapter's president prof. Dominik Senczyk.

More informations about conference, presented reports and highly ilustrated photoreports are in web magazine - "Badania nieniszczace".