AFRICAN FUSION—MARCH2014
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FEATURES
4 Duplex stainless steel andwelding
TheSouthernAfricaStainlessSteelDevelopmentAs-
sociation (SASSDA) recentlyhostedaseriesof duplex
stainless steel seminars in Cape Town, Durban and
Johannesburg.
African Fusion
presents a summary
the opening sessions.
6 SA’s world class fabricator of structural steel
AfricanFusion
visitsGenrec, oneof the largest struc-
tural steel engineeringcompanies inAfrica, and talks
toMichael Mamotte, the company’smarketing and
new business development manager.
14 Sustainability through innovativeweldingprocesses
in automated applications
A Burt, C Fink and D Mündersbach present work
on surface overlay cladding using a dc TIG process
with ac hotwire, while their colleague, P Kuebler
fromRocklea, Queensland presents some examples
of sustainable, innovative and automated welding
and cutting applications from Australia.
20 Fixture-free GMA-welding and the application of
cooperating robots
This paper presents a holistic approach to fixture-
freewelding to enhance the versatility of automated
welding systems for smaller production quantities.
24 Rolling Stock’s new bogie fabrication facility
DCDRollingStock is in theprocessof re-establishing
the glory-days of rail manufacturing in South Africa
through a R240-million investment in a fabricated
bogie fabrication facility.
27 voestalpine BöhlerWelding repositions brands
To simplify its portfolio for the global and African
markets, voestalpine Böhler Welding is rebranding
its product offerings to reflect three distinct market
areas: BöhlerWelding; UTPMaintenance; andFon-
targen for brazingmetals.
32 Automation success for SA’s stage engineering
specialist
AfricanFusion
talks to JacoKruger of StagePlusEn-
gineering about the localmanufacture of aluminium
stage trusses for the entertainment industry.
34 Renttech’s zero downtimeweldingmodel
At anopendayat itsnewSpartan facilities,Renttech
showcased its new face for Gauteng, a 2 500 m
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customer-friendly centralised sales, marketing and
service facilitywithawalk in sales outlet and show-
room.
REGULARS
3 Jim’s comment
9 SAIW bulletin board
12 Front cover story: Metrode: Lincoln Electric’s high
integrity consumable
37Welding and cutting forum
40 Polysoude on the robotics road
Metrode Products Ltd, since
2006 a Lincoln Electric com-
pany, offers one of the largest
ranges of alloyed welding
consumables available from
any single source. As from
January 2014, the range is
now stocked and supported
from Lincoln Electric’s sub-
SaharanAfricaofficeandavail-
able through the company’s
distribution partners.
