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East of Scotland Section. The amount raised (2880.00) from last year’s annual dinner was for the charity, Raising Hope for Tilly. Unfortunately, Tilly, who suffered from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a rare brain tumor, has now passed. The money raised will be put into a trust in her name which has been set up to help other DIPG sufferers find treatments.
In the photo (from left to right) is: Graham Taylor (EoSS Treasurer), John Owens (EoSS Chairman), Nicola Hardy, Kevin Beattie (EoSS Events Co-ordinator), and Chris Baker (EoSS Secretary)
West Cumbria Big Bang Fair 2017
Recently, two of our members took part in the West Cumbria Big Bang Fair 2017 at St Bees. In total, 26 companies and institutes took part using experiments to demonstrate to school children the varying aspects of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Over 600 pupils from local primary and secondary schools attended the event. The local section showed the children two experiments. The first used a demonstration of a Radioactive Contamination Detection simulator (borrowed from Sellafield Ltd) which, using oil-based simulant, showed how instruments can detect things that human senses cannot. The second experiment involved the children blowing down two hose pipes mounted in a 1-m-high water column. The first located at the top and the second at the bottom. This showed how much more pressure is required to force air out of a tube deep under water, and it was explained how this principle allows us to determine liquor levels using a pressure sensor.
Teesside on target
Pictured are members of the Teesside Section and their guests following an evening shooting (or in some cases attempting to shoot) clay pigeons traversing the area on a variety of trajectories. Marksman of the evening, not for the first time and by the narrow margin of just one hit, was the Teesside Technical Events Coordinator Colin Mather. A warm summer evening spent in a delightful setting with friends and good food—a most enjoyable event.
On Wednesday, 13 September, Central North-West Local Section resumed its series of evening technical lectures with “What’s the advantages of 80GHz RADAR level measurements?” The lecture was held at the offices of Yokogawa United Kingdom Ltd (companion company) and presented by Peter Devine of Vega Controls (companion company). The lecture focused on this new development and its ability to produce more focused beams to penetrate materials such as plastics and glass and its ability to resist solids build-up around the sensor itself. In containers and silos with many internal installations, the good focusing helps reduce the influence of microwave noise. The lecture featured many hands-on demonstrations of these advantages. It also included the option of Bluetooth connectivity.
Vega is a global manufacturer of process instrumentation. Its product portfolio includes level measurement sensors, point level switches, pressure transmitters, and equipment and software for integration into process control systems (www.vega.com).
16th anniversary Annual London/Herts Local Sections Golf Challenge 22 September 2017
The 16th anniversary of this very popular local sections event was held at Redbourn Golf Club in Hertfordshire on a beautiful sunny 22 September and proved to be another very successful event. Overall, individual winner with 39 stableford points and the winner of a handsome trophy and a electric golf trolley was Paul Perry playing for the Yokogawa Marex team. Second with 35 points was Noel Cunningham playing for the ABB team. Third with 32 points was Mark Hobbs playing for the MTL team. The winning team was Yokogawa Marex with 82 points and second with 80 points was the MTL team. A big thanks to all companies and players supporting the event and very special thanks to the sponsors for the following prizes:
Alderley—1st Prize;
Valve Solutions—2nd Prize;
Able Instruments—3rd prize;
Emerson—1st Team prize;
ABB—2nd Team prize;
Able Instruments—The four nearest the pin prizes;
Pepperl and Fuchs and Baker Hughes (a GE Co.)—The two Longest drive prizes;
Yokogawa Marex and Protex Systems—The two nearest the pin in two prizes;
Yokogawa NLS and Baker Hughes (a GE Co.)—Best back and front 9.
Photographs will be posted on the local section websites. Next year’s event will be the 17th anniversary and will be held on Friday, 7 September 2018.