Topic : Augmented Reality can take your welding training to the next level Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2020 Time: 12PM Presenter: SAIW Business Development Manager Etienne Nell Students receive quicker and cheaper training while they practice, troubleshoot and master welding techniques, including welding plate, electrode or wire and shielding gas. With audio coaching and instructor […]
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Topic : How to ensure quality control through proven certification procedures Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2020 Time: 12PM Presenter: SAIW Certification CEO – Herman Potgieter For products to be free from serious problems in production and in service, it is necessary to provide controls, from the design phase, through to material selection, into manufacture and
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Following President Ramaphosa’s announcement of a total lockdown, we would like to inform our students and members that we will be closing on Thursday, 26 March. Most of our students have already opted to restart the courses they started at the beginning of this week and we are working on rescheduling the courses. This information
The South African industrial and manufacturing sector is grappling with one of the toughest economic eras in living memory, made even more challenging by the tension between rampant unemployment figures and a shortage of relevant world-class technical skills. The SAIW is bridging this gap with an exciting new vison for a renewed SAIW where members
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SAIW President’s Award for NDT The First training award of the night was the SAIW Presidents’ award for the best NDT student. Most people will not appreciate that SAIW has been training NDT personnel for more than 30 years – the same period of time in which SAIW has offered training in welding. NDT is
In recent decades welding has become a dominant process in the fabrication of industrial products and in the building of structures from steel. It is used in all phases of production and is needed not only nationally but also internationally in almost every industry ranging from micro-electronics to construction of petrochemical plants, power generation, buildings
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To confirm that a weld has been made to specification it is usually required to measure and often document the parameters that have been used. For arc welding the main parameters are as follows: Welding current Arc voltage Travel speed These parameters can be used to calculate the heat input, which is derived from the
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INTRODUCTION Welding standards are always being reviewed, updated and revised. The policies and timelines for new editions are unfortunately different between the main standards being utilised in South Africa, for example ISO standards will cover a full six step process that might run the course over a couple of years. ASME is currently publishing a
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The previous article dealt with the manual scanning method of ultrasonic examination stating that accurate determination of weld flaw size and position – to within ±2mm – was difficult, if not impossible, in most circumstances. Methods developed now enable flaw sizes to be determined with accuracy better than ±1mm. This article will look at two
SAIW’s Etienne Nell says that the programme to start providing specialist support in Kampala, Uganda, is on track. The original MOU that was recently signed between the company Solid Rock and Total Uganga agreed that the SAIW would provide specialist training and lecturing to welders in Uganda. Nell says that this is an excellent initiative
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