Joining Forces Wales

e-bulletin - May 2006 		Part-financed by the Welsh Assembly Government
your materials joining problems solved Part-financed by the Welsh Assembly Government

In this e-bulletin:

How to improve arc welding productivity
More technical information at your fingertips
Business-boosting help from specialists

To update you on Joining Forces Wales activities and developments, this is the latest e-bulletin ( previous issues are available if you would like to see them).

Arc welding productivity: workshop event

  • Tuesday 6 June 2006 - starts with refreshments at 4.30pm
  • Presented by Oerlikon in association with Geartrodes (South Wales) Ltd
  • Venue: TWI Technology Centre (Wales) Ltd, Port Talbot

Consisting of technical presentations and live demonstrations, this action-packed workshop will be an enjoyable and efficient way of finding out about the latest in innovative welding consumables, equipment and welding & cutting automation systems. The event is free of charge but pre-registration is essential. Please enrol early to avoid disappointment.

More details plus an enrolment form are available in a printable leaflet on TWI's website. Alternatively, please contact -
Andrew Biscoe at Oerlikon: 07971 834 254 andrew.biscoe@AirLiquide.com
or
Richard Smith at TWI: 01223 899 000 richard.smith@twi.co.uk

Online technical information - FREE TO YOU

Your company is registered with Joining Forces Wales, and one of the many benefits is free, 24/7 access to a large volume of in-depth technical information on TWI's website.

You'll need your personal login for some items:

User ID ______ Password______

The links below will take you to a few examples of items on adhesive bonding and on brazing. These technologies may not be of direct interest to you: please note that TWI's website covers all joining processes and allied technologies, all engineering materials, and all industry sectors - click for an overview of technical information available.

Adhesive bonding (a small selection only: many more items available on this subject)

Brazing (a small selection only: many more items available on this subject)

Also, there's a best practice guide on design of joints in engineering materials, and you may like to see the latest edition of Connect, TWI's news magazine.

You can access all of these, and much more, as often as you like - and without charge.

Your adhesive bonding specialist at TWI is Ewen Kellar. His main technical interests include: adhesives; design and finite element analysis of adhesive joints; surface pre-treatments and coatings; composite materials; analytical techniques; failure investigation.

Your brazing specialist at TWI is John Fernie. John's main technical interests include: brazing and diffusion bonding; high temperature materials and processes, ceramics and ceramics joining; joint design and failure analysis.

To organise free expert assistance, contact Martin Bourton at TWI on 01223 891 162 martin.bourton@twi.co.uk

Consultancy work - FREE TO YOU

Good as it is, we wouldn't want you to rely on our web-based information alone: there's no substitute for face-to-face communication when it comes to exploring opportunities for exploiting the latest technologies or solving tricky problems.

Joining Forces Wales gives you up to 17 days' direct technical support free of charge. The way you use this is up to you; here's an example of what you could have:

FREE expert assistance at your premises to help you -

  • dentify areas with potential for productivity or quality improvement
  • uncover opportunities for reducing costs
  • optimise a production process
  • solve a specific technical problem

Then you could have . . .
FREE trials or development work by specialists in TWI's labs to -

  • enable or accelerate innovation in your products
  • investigate use of materials with enhanced properties
  • study a more effective design
  • develop a more efficient manufacturing technique
  • demonstrate the feasibility of an improved procedure

If you would like to benefit from this free technical support - or you need general information or access to a knowledgeable and experienced specialist for advice - contact Martin Bourton at TWI on 01223 891 162 martin.bourton@twi.co.uk

What is Joining Forces Wales?

Part-financed by the Welsh Assembly Government, Joining Forces Wales provides free, expert help to engineering manufacturing companies in the Objective 1 regions of Wales. It's helping companies increase their turnover and create or safeguard jobs.

Delivered under the 'de minimis' scheme, Joining Forces Wales is run by materials joining specialist TWI Ltd, which has a regional technology centre in Port Talbot (tel. 01639 864 700).

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