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Thulani Mngomezulu, technical manager of Lincoln Electric South Africa, introduces the company’s new Air Vantage 600-i generator-driven welding solution.

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Lizelle Maciel of the Hydra Arc Group tells of the company’s 30 year history and gives a sense of the company’s transition from a supplier of specialist welders into a leading provider of maintenance fabrication services to petrochemical and other industries.

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Eugene van Dyk of ESAB South Africa unpacks the company’s Arc SLICE exothermic cutting solution, an alternative cutting process that is highly portable and much more suitable for onsite and difficult to access cutting work.

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Fronius’ high performance TPS/i TWIN push tandem welding system enables significantly higher deposition rates and welding speeds, while it reduces the amount of pre-fabrication and rework required.

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This article summarises a customer experience of Air Liquide’s Microbulk gas supply offering. Mwali Kawawa and Thuso Oliphant of Air Liquide visit Scheffer Mechanical Technology and share some insights on how the Microbulk offering has been received.

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ARTIS – Atlantique Réalisation Tuyauterie Industrielle Soudage (Atlantic fabricator of Industrial pipework) – is a company with a factory in Derval in the district of Loire-Atlantique in the west of France. The company specialises in the production of industrial pipe networks and buried pipelines for the transport of fluids such as gas, oil and water. This article highlights the advantages of using Polysoude orbital welding systems to meet the quality and safety requirements for ARTIS’ welded pipe.

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Following several years of persistence, Afrox’s welding applications team, in association with Babcock International Group, has succeeded in qualifying a repeatable and robust procedure for welding high pressure piping using the Miller PipeWorx welding system with RMD and ProPulse technology coupled with metal-cored wire and a CO2-rich shielding gas. African Fusion meets the team.

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Our SAIW Member profile for this month comes from the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) Nuclear Manufacturing, which is the only nuclear-accredited facility in sub-Saharan Africa. African Fusion visits its workshops in Pelindaba and meets the company’s ASME III-, ASME VIII-, ISO 9001- and ISO 3834-accredited fabrication team.

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With sponsorship from Afrox, ESAB and Wits University’s School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering (CHEMET), the SAIW held its 71st Annual Dinner and Awards ceremony at Emperors Place in Gauteng on October 25, 2019. African Fusion reports.

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Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, said: “Change is the only constant in life”, a sentiment that has recently rung true not only for me on a personal level but also for the Institute. Although I am not new to the SAIW, having been on the board for several years, I am new to its inner workings. I am therefore thankful to Jim Guild for steadying the ship through turbulent waters and especially grateful for Jim’s guidance, patience and willingness to help me in any and every way he could to ensure that the transition was as seamless as possible.

First Cut is developing an exciting new profile in the Lowveld at Mbombela (formerly Nelspruit). The company’s presence builds on the foundation of an existing company, Bremsaw, which is a well-known local saw doctor business, explains director of First Cut, Gary Willis.

Z-series hand-held, laser-based analysers from SciAps now include the new Z-200C+, which is also able to identify the carbon content in steels, cast irons and stainless steels – including the L-grades.

Safety is at the heart of Afrox’s 360-degree Solutions initiative, particularly when it comes to welding and cutting in difficult to reach places on site and at height. Afrox’s Business Manager for Manufacturing Industries, Johann Pieterse describes how Afrox’s full Safety Solutions Programme (SSP) has been incorporated into its 360-degree Solutions offering.

Zero tolerance is being exercised by the Department of Labour towards companies that do not comply with the health and safety regulations stipulated in the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act. Wim Dessing, sales executive of Apex Strip Curtains and Doors, says this is particularly with regard to welding environments.

Mwali Kawawa and Lebohang Molotsi of Air Liquide visit the fabrication facilities of SE Steel Fabrication to find out about the advantages of using of Arcal^TM Speed shielding gas.

Fronius is launching a new version of its current power source platform, called the TPS/i Steel Edition. The Steel Edition has been optimised for manual steel welding and impresses with an attractive price/performance ratio. Users benefit from different characteristics for standard and pulse welding, as well as a WPS package containing procedure specifications that are certified in accordance with DIN EN 1090.

Air Products’ welding specialist for bulk and packaged gas, Sean Young, talks about laser and plasma cutting processes and the critical role of the gas mixture in achieving required cutting speeds and edge qualities.

UTP Maintenance, the voestalpine repair welding specialist, is a reliable supplier of welding consumables used for the repair and arcing of cane crushing rollers used in the sugar industry. Kenneth Labuschagne of voestalpine Böhler Welding presents the company’s purpose designed offering for the better protection of these rollers and production optimisation in the industry.

African Fusion visits the fabrication facilities of engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, machining, welding and refurbishment specialist, Turnmill Proquip Engineering and talks to the company’s welding engineer, Renko Huisamen about current and recent fabrication successes.

For our SAIW Member Profile this month, African Fusion talks to Mark Potter of FP Engineering about his company’s proudly South African attitude and increasing focus on raising service levels and quality standards.