SAIW supports the LIV Welding Academy… … all in the name of community upliftment

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SAIW supports the LIV Welding Academy… … all in the name of community upliftment

The SAIW is right behind the LIV Welding Academy (LWA) initiative says SAIW executive director, Sean Blake. “We are excited about the possibilities of providing skills to young people who may otherwise never have had a chance to get employment. We know that qualified welders have an excellent chance of getting a job and we’ll […]

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Annual Dinner Awards -2017

The 2017 Annual Dinner was a glittering, entertaining and often moving affair. It was, as usual, well organised and it was obvious that all were having fun celebrating the SAIW and its people, who make this such a successful organisation. THE GOLD MEDAL AWARD The 2017 SAIW Gold Medal Award went to industry stalwart, Willie

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Jim Guild Honoured

08 August 2017 The position of IAB Chair and the associated IIW BoD Directors’ position, which Jim Guild recently vacated, is the final achievement in his long and outstanding career with the IIW. Jim strengthened the position and participation of South Africa in IIW since his first participation in 2001. Then he became actively involved

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Focus on Standards

08 August 2017 TECHNICAL REPORT ISO/TR 17844 Welding — Comparison of standardised methods for the avoidance of cold cracks The purpose of this document is to compare currently available methods for determining welding procedures for avoiding hydrogen induced cold cracking during fabrication. This subject has been extensively studied in recent years and many methods of

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Job Knowledge 124

08 August 2017 Radiography The previous two Connect articles dealt with the defect detection techniques of MPI, LPI and eddy current testing. These methods are capable of detecting surface or very near surface imperfections and some process is therefore required to enable buried imperfections to be reliably detected – a so-called volumetric detection method. The

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