F: Tell us about your life in the steel industry PT: I have been involved in the steel industry for almost 31 years. Starting off in 1988 as a young Dorbyl structural engineering bursary student, I completed my BSc in civil engineering at WITS in 1990 and then in 1993 I did a Masters under

We have said numerous times in Fusion how important ISO 3834 accreditation is for any fabrication company. It is the “stamp of quality” and gives all end-users the assurance that they are dealing with a professional fabricator whose work is approved by the highest authority in the land. Herman Potgieter, MD of SAIW Certification, which

The group of Arcelor Mittal South Africa (AMSA) welders who are currently busy with the QCTO approved Registered Occupational Qualification (Welding) are going full steam ahead. While the SAIW Foundation is financing the programme, AMSA are supplying all the materials required for the course. AMSA, SAIW and the SAIW Foundation is in a three-way partnership

We’d like you to get to know the SAIW better so you can see what we do and how well we do it. There’s no better way than through the stories of our people. First up is Harold Jansen, SAIW’s Systems and Quality Manager. As the Systems and Quality Manager at the SAIW, Harold Jansen

The ISO 3834 certification of fabricators in South Africa has become one of the most successful initiatives of the SAIW, SAIW Certification and welding industry as a whole in South Africa. We are taking this opportunity to remind fabricators and construction companies what this is all about. SAIW Certification, the certification division of SAIW, is

  F: Tell us how your career began LC: Engineering captured my interest in high school and I went to Wits University to study Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. In 1991, after a year in Germany with my husband, on a bursary from Iscor Ltd (now Arcelor Mittal), my career as a metallurgical engineer started at

The previous article (127) explained the basic principles of ultrasonic examination. As to determine accurately the size and position of a feature it is necessary, with any measuring equipment, to calibrate the ultrasonic examination system. The type of calibration blocks (there are varying shapes and sizes to be used), depend on the application and the