Our mid-year issue of African Fusion features Air Liquide on the front cover. For the cover story, AF talks to a global team of Air Liquide technical specialists about recent research into welding fume generation for GMAW and the importance of shielding gas and metal transfer mode choices in reducing fume.
ON THE COVER
Optimising welding fume generation without comprising safety and weld quality
AF talks to members of Air Liquide’s Welding and Cutting team about the effects of welding fumes, the influence of shielding gas, welding process choices, safety knowledge and practices. Read more...
Message from John Tarboton
John Tarboton highlights feedback received from SurveyMonkey® customer service experience surveys and describes key changes being made to better meet the needs of SAIW members and students. Read more…
NDT Centre of Excellence for the nuclear industry
With funding from the IAEA and in partnership with NECSA the SAIW is leading a technical cooperation project to establish an NDT centre of excellence for the nuclear industry at NECSA’s Pelindaba nuclear research facility. Read more…
BHI: world-class heavy fabrication for all OEMs
AF visits the Richard’s Bay manufacturing facility of Bell Heavy Industries (BHI) and talks to Henk de Villiers, the company’s ISO 3834 Welding Coordinator, about the extended customised heavy fabrication offering now available for any fabrication requirements in Southern Africa. Read more…
An overview of the state-of-the-art development of welding and joining technology
Tomoyuki Ueyama of OTC in Japan reviews technology targeting carbon neutrality, including: a low heat input and low spatter GMAW process; a laser-arc hybrid process; high-current buried-arc GMAW; and cold spot joining. Click to read in the online magazine…
A hybrid methodology for orbital pipeline welding
Laurent Baudouin and Francesco Ciccomascolo of voestalpine Böhler Welding presents results of comparative orbital pipe welding trials based on using conventional V-Bevel weld preparations. Read more…
ESAB adds productivity enhancing WeldModes to Warrior range
Jannie Bronkhorst, product manager for Welding and Automation at ESAB South Africa, talks about the WeldModes incorporated into the latest range of ESAB Warrior® Edge Power sources. Read more…
Sanipipe’s UHP orbital welding capability
Sanipipe Engineering Services has established a new orbital welding capability for the delivery of food grade and ultrahigh purity (UHP) welding pipework for the food, beverage, HVAC and pharmaceutical industries. Read more…
The Britestar 1600: the electrolytic cleaning solution from SA’s Starweld
Steve Hutchinson of Starweld talks about the newly launched Britestar 1 600 W electrolytic stainless steel weld cleaning solution. Read more…
Steinmüller Africa’s remarkable safety milestones at power stations
Rudolph Botha and Arnoux De Bruin of Steinmüller Africa highlight the excellent safety records being achieved at Eskom’s Bethal and Kriel Power stations. Read more…
Welding and end-of-line handling solutions for African industry
AF talks to Jan ‘t Hart and John Mostert about some notable robotic welding and handling applications being implemented by Yaskawa Southern Africa. Read more…
Renttech extends UNIARC range
AF talks to Renttech’s seasoned product manager, Johan Bester, about the latest additions to the company’s UNIARC range of welding equipment. Read more…
Thermamax TITAN adjustable solar helmets
The new innovative range of Thermamax TITAN helmets with auto-darkening filters (ADFs) enables welders to take control of their welding experience. Read more…
Welding automation for overlay cladding
Following the AWS 2023 FABTECH show in Chicago, Anton Leithenmair and Siegfried Wiesinger outline Fronius’ automation capability. Read more…
Cosmo’s WELDYCAR with SPEEDTEC solution
AF talks to Petrus Pretorius about a successful Cosmo-developed and demonstrated welding solution for the fabrication of truck bodies. Read more…
Cousins: strong steel succession and synergy
In response to succession issues, South African structural steel company Cousins Steel International (CSI) has now incorporated fabrication into CSI’s structural steel design operations. Click to read in the online magazine…
SAIW Bulletin board - Click to read in the online magazine…
Welding and cutting forum - Click to read in the online magazine…
Today’s technology: Phased array UT, UT-TOFD and the VEO3
The advanced Sonatest VEO3 phased-array and time-of-flight diffraction (PAUT and TOFD) ultrasonic testing instrument, available in South Africa from GammaTec, offers simplicity and detection reliability for all critical applications, most notably, NDT on nuclear infrastructure. Read more…
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