Issue 2 (2013)
Issue Highlights:
Hydropower: Welding technology for the Blue Planet
The share of renewable energy in power generation worldwide is 19%; the majority of this (16%) is covered by hydropower – the regenerative energy source with the highest levels of efficiency and a positive ecobalance...
Welder training for the diving industry
The diving industry is unique in how it operates with its employees. Unlike an engineering employer, who takes on apprentices, obtains Government funding for day release or full/part-time education where an apprenti...
Modern seamless gas shielded flux cored arc welding (GSFCAW) & gas shielded metal cored arc welding (GSMCAW) wires for high productivity
The use of GSFCAW (gas shielded flux cored arc welding) wires is by no means new, the first wires arrived onto the fabrication scene in the 1950’s, but the real breakthrough in the design away from this original fol...
