Air Liquide features on the cover of our mid-year issue of African Fusion. The company is about to introduce its specialty ALPHAGAZ™️ brand to South Africa, which be available with the innovative SMARTOP™️ valve. Other notable exclusive feature articles include: news about SAIW’s support for the WTTC in Ethiopia along with member profiles from Steinmüller and MMS; voestalpine Böhler Welding’s solutions for onshore and offshore wind tower fabrication; and the ESAB solutions to be shown EMA 2022.
Front cover story: Air Liquide’s Specialty Gas offering: Tailored to precise needs at dependable quality. Read more...
Message from John Tarboton
John Tarboton comments on the finalisation of the SAIW’s restructuring programme and outlines strategies adopted for the ongoing and sustainable delivery of Institute’s services. Read more…
SAIW helps advance welder training in Ethiopia
The SAIW has entered into an agreement with the Welding Training and Technology Centre (WTTC) in Ethiopia to help advance the welding skills across all nine provinces of the country. Herman Potgieter reports. Read more…
Steinmüller Africa: the steam generation expert
African Fusion talks to Steinmüller Africa Director, Moso Bolofo, about the company’s legacy and its ongoing fabrication and service offering. Read more…
MMS: an advanced SA fabricator
Dion Greyling: a metallurgical engineer and an International Welding Technologist, outlines the niche capabilities of the proudly South African fabrication specialist, Metallurgical and Manufacturing Services. Read more…
Wind towers: factors leading to fabrication success
Erwin Gering of voestalpine Böhler Welding outlines key considerations for those wishing to improve the performance of onshore and offshore wind tower fabrication processes. Read more…
Integrated gas and welding solutions from Unique Welding
African Fusion presents a profile of Unique Welding, an importer, supplier and integrated distributor of a welding gas, equipment and consumables. Read more…
Metal fabrication and SYSPRO ERP
Established in 1978, SYSPRO is an industry-built Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution designed to simplify business complexity for manufacturers, fabricators and distributors worldwide. Read more…
Babcock to upgrade boiler units to meet emission regulations
Babcock will be upgrading electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) on six boiler units that the company designed and built in the 1980s. Click to read in the online magazine…
Effective gas purging to avoid porosity
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT) describes the different purging options for achieving defect-free welds. Click to read in the online magazine…
ESAB to showcase modern new range at EMA
African Fusion talks to Chris Eibl, Keith Saunders and Jannie Bronkhorst about ESAB’s latest welding and cutting solutions that will be on show at Electra Mining Africa (EMA). Read more…
Safety Unites showcases safety and innovation
An innovative leak-proof oxyfuel gas shut off system was showcased at the Safety Unites: Compressed Gas Safety Conference. African Fusion talks to Ian McCrystal, Peter Rohlssen and Robert Lawrence. Read more…
BMG’s specialised welding services
Daniel Feiteira, BMG’s Business unit manager for Fluid Technology High Pressure, talks about specialised welding services for the fluid power sector. Read more…
Cobot welding for perfect seams
Christian Neuhofer of Fronius Welding Automation introduces the Fronius CWC-S Cobot welding cell. Click to read in the online magazine
Welding and cutting forum Click to read in the online magazine
Today’s technology: Lincoln’s latest Air Vantage package: the 600X-I Click to read in the online magazine
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