Sponsorship

European Technology Development Ltd (ETD)

ETD is an independent UK based engineering, consulting and R&D company specialising in high temperature plant inspection and crack/life assessment/extension, maintenance, materials and engineering issues in power generating and petrochemical, refining and other process plants.

ETD has, in the past, organised various international workshops/courses/conferences in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Korea and other countries of Asia, mainly on the issues dealing with power and process plant life assessment/extension, high temperature plant materials, plant component safety and durability, performance of in-service welds, power plant cycling, risk-based maintenance (RBM), Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), probabilistic life and crack assessment, weld repairs, and more, including the previous eight HIDA conferences.

The company has been leading and co-ordinating a number of large cutting-edge international industry projects (supported by the industry from North America, Japan, Europe and elsewhere, or by the UK government and European Commission) on issues related to the assessment and improvement of high temperature plant performance, materials and design, maintenance and inspection strategies, and the development of innovative inspection techniques.

The company has carried out/participated in leading-edge projects on P91 and P92 components assessment, weld repairs, long term creep rupture data generation, crack assessment, and integrity issues, and has carried out studies of P/T91 performance in plant worldwide.

The company has developed its own unique equipment (in collaboration with international industry) such as a portable spark erosion machine for boat sampling, a portable AFM for early-stage creep cavitation damage detection in P91/P92 components, and a precision portable hardness tester called Smart Sleeve.

For further information on ETD, its consulting services, full plant inspection and life assessment, training courses, and other activities, visit ETD's website or contact [email protected]