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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 16,1997 PSA#1847CONFERENCE ON PROGNOSIS OF RESIDUAL LIFE OF MACHINERY AND STRUCTURES
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Conference on Prognosis of Residual
Life of Machinery and Structures The 52nd Meeting of the Society for
Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT) will be held on March 30
April 2, 1998. Invitations have been extended for other societies to
organize and present sessions in their name at this conference. The
sponsors of MFPT 52 include the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Naval
Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USARL),
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Naval Sea
Systems Command (NAVSEA). Dr. Carlos M. Talbott, a member of the MFPT
Society's Board of Directors, is Technical Program Chairman. Henry C.
Pusey, Executive Director of the Society, is Conference Manager. The
1998 THEME, "Prognosis of Residual Life of Machinery and Structures",
was chosen to highlight the need for more focus on prognosis in the
development of the condition monitoring process. The tendency has been
to pay more attention to diagnostics, in part because it is easier to
do. Without accurate and reliable prognoses, users of the condition
monitoring technology are unable to make optimal risk or reward
maintenance decisions that contribute to the prolongation of the
residual life of machinery or structures. The goal of this conference
will have been met if some success stories or promising concepts in
condition based prognosis are presented. The Opening Session will
feature Dr. Dara Childs, Director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory at
Texas A&M University, as Keynote Speaker. Other distinguished invited
speakers will cover current topics and pressing technical issues of
special concern to the technical community. Special plenary lectures on
timely topics will also be programmed. The technical sessions at MFPT
52 will be selected by the Technical Program Committee based upon the
papers that are proposed. Papers that relate to the THEME of the
meeting are especially solicited, but abstracts may be submitted in any
area that contributes to the prevention of machinery or structural
failures. Paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Prognosis Techniques for Maintenance (2) Residual Life Assessment
Techniques (3) Failure Algorithms for Equipment Prognosis (4) Root
Cause Failure Analysis Procedures (5) Failure Modes Effects Analysis
(6) Advances in NDE (7) Applications of Neural Networks (AI) (8) Fault
Detection (9) Computerized Maintenance Management (10) Integrated
Diagnostics (11) Oil/Wear Particle Analysis (12) Advances in
Diagnostics Technologies (13) Modal Testing & Diagnosis of Machinery
(14) Tribology/Wear Prevention and (15) Corrosion If you require
further information or wish to receive a Call for Papers contact MFPT
Executive Director Henry C. Pusey. Phone (703) 754-2234
FAX(703)754-9743 e-mail hcpusey@ix.netcom.com. Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0559 19970516\SP-0006.MSC)
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