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| DB Thermal is currently taking delivery of the steel for its share of the Medupi and Kusile boiler and turbine contracts. African Fusion speaks to Derik Mynhardt, DB Thermal's quality manager at the Nigel works. |
An overview of the HAZ sensitisation and stress corrosion cracking behaviour of 12% chromium type 1,4003 ferritic stainless steel
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| This award winning paper was the 2008 winner of the Harvey Shacklock Gold Medal Award, which was presented to the principle author, Professor Medeleine du Toit at the SAIW annual dinner on July 25. |
Friction stir processing as a method of improving weld integrity of MIG-Laser hybrid welded 6082-T6 joints
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| Els-Botes of the NMMU describes investigations into Friction Stir Processing (FSP) - a unique processing method of non-ferrous alloys. |
Welding robots - the flexible approach for batch production
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| African Fusion visits SPE (Pty) Ltd and speaks to Hannes Marlin and John Kingsbury about the use of welding robots in a jobbing shop and effective automation for batch production. |
Low energy arc joining process for heat sensitive materials
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| Modern, ultra-lightweight materials require ultra-low heat input welding to achieve strong joints. SF Goecke of EWM Mundersbach, Germany presents EWM coldArc - a variant of the MIG/MAG process that meets these demands. |
High integrity aluminium welding
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| African Fusion visits Aerosud to find out about aluminium welding on slat track cans for the anti-stall devices on the wings of the Airbus A320 family. |
