Issue 5 (2013)
Issue Highlights:
Meta leads the way in friction stir welding
Laser tracking equipment manufactured by Meta Vision Systems, Eynsham/ UK is being integrated into the latest generation of friction stir welding (FSW) machines built by PTG Heavy Industries at its Elland factory in...
Putting a test case for integrity management
Widely-publicised catastrophic failures of forged materials in deepwater applications have called into question the structural integrity of such products and focused industry attention on the need for carefullymanage...
"LaserSnake" enters its second phase
As part of a substantial boost of £31 million government funding for technology development in the nuclear sector, the “Laser- Snake” project is entering its second phase to develop high-powered laser cutting systems...
