This issue of African Fusion features voestAlpine Böhler Welding on the front cover. The cover story feature is taken from a white paper by Nicola Faraone, who introduces the company’s recently developed welding solutions for hydrogen storage and transportation.
COVER STORY
Welding solutions for the transportation and storage of hydrogen
International Welding Engineer for voestalpine Böhler Welding, Nicola Faraone, who has responsibility for welding consumables for the power and process industries, introduces the company’s welding solutions for hydrogen storage and transportation. Read more...
FEATURES
Message from John Tarboton
Following a tough few years, SAIW Executive Director, John Tarboton believes this year’s Gala Awards Dinner will be remembered as a turning point for the SAIW and for the welding industry. Read more...
SAIW 2023 Awards and Gala Dinner
For the first time since 2020, the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) held is prestigious annual awards last month at a gala dinner in Fourways, Johannesburg. Read more...
Advancing SA’s welding capability for the Power industry
Steinmüller Africa’s Senior Welding Engineer, Friedrich Schwim, talks to African Fusion about a current flagship welding development, the HP Heaters for Tutuka and Duvha. Read more...
Novel metal deposition-based additive manufacturing for aluminium alloys
Angshuman Kapil, Vatsalya Sharma and Abhay Sharma of KU Leuven University in Belgium, along with Jan De Pauw of the Belgian 3D printing startup company, ‘ValCUN’ BV, introduce molten metal deposition (MMD), a disruptive additive manufacturing process for aluminium. Click to read in the online magazine or here to access the original IIW paper.
Renttech invests in premium Kemppi brand
Renttech has invested in the premium welding equipment brand, Kemppi. African Fusion talks to Johan Bester about the reasons for the move. Read more...
Stainless steel sector fights to supply local projects
The use of local stainless steel is crucial to driving demand and the subsequent beneficiation but work still needs to be done to secure specification of South African stainless steel components in strategic projects, argues Sassda Executive Director Michel Basson. Read more...
ESAB Railtrac welding solution for tank terminal project
Jannie Bronkhorst of ESAB South Africa talks about the Railtrac B42V tractor system, selected by South Africa’s tank farm service provider, Trotech, for the construction of a new state of the art Tank Terminal in KZN. Read more...
Welding machine verification services from ArcStrike
ArcStrike has partnered with Koomi Consulting to invest in a Calibrator Pro 600 portable load bank for calibration, validation and consistency testing of welding machines. Read more...
Pulse welding with Fronius TransSteel Pulse
African Fusion talks to Edric van der Walt of Fronius South Africa about the addition of the pulse function to the TransSteel series. Read more...
Cosmo Training Academy: now stronger than ever
African Fusion talks to Cosmo Academy’s new trainer and facilitator, Rozanne Herion, who is introducing international welder training with code tests to the Academy’s offering. Read more...
MOTOMAN GP20: the embodiment of cutting edge technology
Yaskawa's MOTOMAN GP20 robot stands as a beacon of innovation and precision, redefining the way industries approach manufacturing and automation. Click to read in the online magazine...
Starweld introduces home-grown Trojan 600 multipack
Steve Hutchinson of Starweld talks about the company’s new Trojan 600 engine-driven generator/welder/compressor combination, which has been locally designed to better meet the onsite needs of mining houses across Africa. Read more...
REGULARS
SAIW Bulletin board
Gold Medal Award winner, Columbus Stainless role in the invention and development of 3CR12 stainless steel is outlined, along with a piece by Tony Paterson calling for South African welding engineers to aspire to higher levels of ongoing professionalism. Click to read in the online magazine...
Welding and cutting forum
Stories from Afrox about its accredited laboratory for servicing the specialty gases market; and Steinmüller Africa, which has recently helped to upgrade the Sinqobile Disability Centre. Click to read in the online magazine...
Today’s technology: Bell launches new Bell Heavy Industries division
Bell Equipment has opened a new 45 000 m² undercover local manufacturing facility in Richards Bay that complies with the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. Read more...