SAIW’S New Member-Centric Approach Adds Value Every Step of the Way

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SAIW’S New Member-Centric Approach Adds Value Every Step of the Way

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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A Career in Welding

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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Excellent Response to Newly Launched Welding Inspectors Programme

13 August 2019 Shelton Zichawo, SAIW training services manager, says that there has been a very encouraging response to the revamped Welding Inspectors Programme recently launched by the SAIW. “After deep analysis and research, and taking into account the needs and desires of the local industry, we launched a new, improved Inspectors programme, which incorporates

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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

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NDT – A Very Viable Career Choice

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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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

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Focus on Standards

ISO 15614-1 Second edition 2017-06 – Part 2 in our series Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials – Welding procedure test – Part 1: Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys The new version of the standard was published during June 2017 as ISO 15614-1:2017

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