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- December 2011 - Methods and techniques in NDT: a quite usual confusion, again
- November 2011 - Fluorescence vs Phosphorescence
- October 2011 - White light VS Visible light
- September 2011 - Airbus A 350 XWB Wings
- July/August 2011 - ‘‘Black’’ Light
- June 2011 - Non-relevant versus Non-significant
- April 2011 - Capillary pressure and its surprising consequences on PT indications
- March 2011 - George Downes (1930-2011): A man dedicated to magnetic testing
- February 2011 - Blue light in PT and MT
- January 2011 - Penetrant testing stil shines, with new colours
- Editorials 2010
- December 2010 - Don’t let auditors cross the lines!
- November 2010 - A truly new approach of MT: a one-legged yoke!
- October 2010 - Calibration, verification, uncertainty, accredited laboratories
- September 2010 - Are you metric?
- July 2010 - Penetrant Testing: water pressure in the rinsing/washing booths: a myth?
- June 2010 - An American in Paris ... who likes Paris when at its best in May
- May 2010 - Two years already!
- April 2010 - An answer to the last month's riddle
- March 2010 - A riddle for our readers
- February 2010 - We are mavericks
- January 2010 - The end of penetrant testing (Follow-up)
- Editorials 2009
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- Writing standards and specifications
- Some clues to choose between PT and MT
- UV-A Radiation and its consequences on the human brain
- The carbon dioxide paradox
- Auditors and expertise
- Spray cans storage
- Propellents for PT/MT spray cans
- A reminiscence of ultraviolet radiation and visible light measurement
- MT Texts
- MT and the European Directive 2004/40/EC (follow-up)
- Guide for good practices in MT
- Misconceptions within magnetic testing
- MT magnetizing techniques
- Effluent treatment in MT
- Low frequency magnetic fields and exposure of users
- Some of the limits to industrial uses of MT
- Some magnetic particle testing industrial uses
- Oil-based and water-based magnetic inks
- MT Lexicon
- Magnetic particle testing history
- A survey of Standard and Codes for Magnetic testing
- PT Texts
- Guide for good practices in PT
- PT reference test blocks check
- Degreasing prior to penetrant testing
- Penetrant Testing in 2060
- Waste-water treatment and Penetrant Testing
- Hydrophilic emulsifiers waste water treatment installations and aerobic and anaerobic bacteria
- Apply hydrophilic emulsifiers as foam
- Low cost but reliable calibrations
- Penetrant testing: water pressure in the rinsing/washing booths: a myth?
- PT Lexicon (English/French)
- The French electricity board (EDF) and colour contrast penetrant testing
- Ultra high sensitivity penetrants
- Hydrophilic emulsifiers labelling
- And the hydrophilic emulsifier was thought of!
- Compatibility of PT chemicals
- Oil-free penetrants
- Too much fluorescence kills Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection!
- The specifications which changed the penetrant materials
- Penetrant film retraction on surface during penetrant contact
- Penetrant testing industrial uses
- Some of the limits to industrial uses of PT
- Penetrant Testing History
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- 2012
- DPCNews 046 - White light vs Visible light (add-on) / MT and the European Directive 2004/40/EC (follow-up) / PT and painting
- DPCNews 045 - Viewing conditions / Guide for good practices in PT / PT-Tank cleaning
- DPCNews 044 - Michel TOITOT / Guide for good practices in MT / Computers and MT
- DPCNews 043 - UV Fading / Misconceptions within magnetic testing / A somewhat unscrupulous supplier
- DPCNews 042 - Calibration/verification / MT magnetizing techniques / Revamping of a colour contrast penetrant / Mail inbox
- 2011
- DPCNews 041 - Methods and techniques in NDT / Reference test blocks check / PT: a badly-designed oven
- DPCNews 040 - Fluorescence vs Phosphorescence / Degreasing prior to PT / Diving in fluorescent penetrant
- DPCNews 039 - White light VS Visible light / PT in 2060/ The auditor and the units
- DPCNews 038 - Airbus A 350 XWB / Writing standards and specifications / Insoluble particles
- DPCNews 037 - Black light-Effluent treatment in MT-Colour contrast without any developer
- DPCNews 036 - Our DPCNewsletter is back!
- DPCNews 035 - Apply a non-aqueous wet developer
- DPCNews 034 - Magnetization by swinging field: the limits
- DPCNews 033 - Swinging field technique: it works!
- DPCNews 032 - KDS test panels
- 2010
- DPCNews 031 - Ketos Ring: Discrepancies
- DPCNews 030 - Using the Ketos Ring in Europe
- DPCNews 029 - Quality of some calibration services
- DPCNews 028 - Use-by dates of PT/MT materials
- DPCNews 027 - Definitions for ISO 12706:2009 Standard
- DPCNews 026 - MT/PT Units: Follow the rules; Stop the mess
- DPCNews 025 - PT test panels
- DPCNews 024 - Definitions for EN 1330-7:2005 standard
- DPCNews 023 - ISO 12706:2009 Standard: Missed opportunities
- DPCNews 022 - Penetrant testing: is more too much?
- DPCNews 021 - Tomorrow's Penetrants (Follow-up)
- DPCNews 020 - The wipe-off technique
- 2009
- DPCNews 019 - Tomorrow's penetrants
- DPCNews 018 - Penetrants fluorescence
- DPCNews 017 - Special products for PT
- DPCNews 016 - Water-washable penetrants
- DPCNews 015 - ISO 3452-2 Standard
- DPCNews 014 - MT Materials Checking
- DPCNews 013 - CEN MEeting Hannover - Type 2 ISO 9934-2
- DPCNews 012 - The peelable developer
- DPCNews 011 - The volatile organic compounds
- DPCNews 010 - Test panels/parts cleaning
- DPCNews 009 - Fluorescent products
- DPCNews 008 - ASNT Fall Conference 2008
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- 2012
- Oldies but Goodies
- Oldies but Goodies
- MT stories
- PT stories
- Penetrant Testing and painting: that's the question!
- Regularly clean your PT materials tanks!
- A somewhat unscrupulous supplier
- How to rejuvenate a colour contrast penetrant
- Penetrant Testing: a badly-designed drying oven
- Diving in fluorescent penetrant for special effects (FX)
- The auditor and the units
- Insoluble particles in a colour contrast penetrant
- Colour contrast penetrant without any developer
- A developer that changed habits
- And yet they did it! (2)
- Auditors/Auditees Relationship
- Aloha Airlines Flight 243
- He gets a dose of his own medicine!
- Never follow this example!
- A good idea to dispose of a tank of hydrophilic emulsifier
- Colour contrast penetrant systems sensitivity comparison
- Colour contrast penetrant + Dry developer: the right option?
- An unexpected experience
- Forgotten old PT processes
- Old times ...
- PT in France in the good ol'days of Rock and Roll
- Replacing penetrants
- How to "rejuvenate" a huge quantity of penetrant!
- Engineering mishaps
- A dye-free hydrophilic emulsifier
- A washed-down July 14th!
- Quotation: 50 € - Expense: 1.5 million €!
- A deceitful customer
- Unintended sulphur pollution
- Certificates of halogens and sulphur analysis
- 65% Chlorine = Less than 200 ppm?
- And yet they did it! (1)
- A polluted dry developer
- A penetrant which retracts on parts
- A new developer
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