The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) is pleased to announce the appointment of industry veteran, John Tarboton, as the association’s Executive Director. Leveraging many years of experience in the stainless steel industry, Tarboton is responsible for driving the association’s vision of promoting world-class excellence in welding. In his new role, Tarboton is responsible for […]
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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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09 May 2019 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
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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 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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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
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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Visual Testing You see, but do you observe? Introduction Visual testing is the most common and essential of all Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods. Unlike other NDT methods which require either special equipment or consumables to reveal an indication, visual testing, in its most common form, only requires one to look at a surface and interpret
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