The 2019 SAIW Welder Challenge competition, which was held from 14-18 January 2019, went off with a bang with more than twenty participants from many parts of the country displaying a skill level unprecedented in this competition. “It once again proved to be the foremost skills test for young welders in South Africa,” says SAIW […]
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Welding Inspectors curriculum to again fully include the iconic SAIW Levels 1 and 2 In the last few years, following a decision to focus more on the internationally recognised International Institute of Welding’s (IIW) IWIP Basic, Standard and Comprehensive programmes,the SAIW removed the SAIW Inspectors Level 1 course from its curriculum while SAIW Inspectors Level
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Global leader in the development and manufacture of guided wave solutions Introduction There has been quite an interest in Guided Wave Technology of late and Fusion invited well-known supplier, Guided Ultrasonics, to explain the technology. Established in 1999, Guided Ultrasonics Ltd. (GUL) has been at the forefront of guided wave technology for pipe testing. Since
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Ultrasonic Examination Part 1 Ultrasonic examination uses the same principles as the sonar used for the detection of submarines – a sound wave is emitted from a transmitter, bounces off any objects in its path and is reflected back to a receiver, somewhat similar to shining the beam of a torch at a mirror. Knowing
The SAIW is continuously looking to provide the market with courses that are pertinent to the ever-changing conditions in the welding industry. The following two courses answer specific needs confronting our industry at the present moment. Piping Inspectors Course The South African Pressure Equipment Regulations (PER) requires that new and in-service pipelines are categorized and
The latest figures released by Statistic SA in July 2018, indicated that the current unemployment rate in South Africa is 27,2%, and the percentage of young persons aged 15–24 years who were not in employment, education or training is a staggering 31,6%. So, in these times of economic uncertainty, finding something that will almost certainly
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Institute Gold Medal Award for 2018 The Institute’s Gold Medal Award, introduced in 1966, is the SAIW’s highest Award and is made to a company or an individual in recognition of outstanding contributions to welding technology or to the Institute. The nominees for the SAIW Gold Medal Award were: Babcock Matla. The nomination was for
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The old adage ‘The future is not what it used to be’ is no more evident than at the SAIW with the introduction of its Future Welder Training Centre, which will use augmented or virtual welder training techniques. Augmented welder training, in essence, allows students to work with real 3D objects combined with virtual computer-generated
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17 May 2018 Looking back and thinking about our organization, the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW), I was struck by the fact that, amongst all the things that happened in the year 1948, it was the year that the SAIW was founded and the year the Nationalist Apartheid government came to power. What a
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Radiography Part 3 The previous two articles dealt with what may be termed conventional radiographic techniques employing either gamma- or X-ray sources and photographic film. The development of electronics, in particular the increase in computing power over the last 20 or 30 years, has enabled what were laboratory based radiographic methods – real time radiography
