Welding engineering is a specialist area of engineering which focuses on the appropriate use of procedures and practises in the welded fabrication of components and structures to ensure their integrity, performance and safety in service. Welding engineering embraces many disciplines including design, materials selection, process technology, quality control and repair and maintenance.
Expertise and qualifications:
The welding engineers at TWI have wide knowledge drawn from experience in a number of industry sectors: direct experience of pressure vessel, boiler and heavy structural steelwork, pipelines fabrication/installation and experience in new build and repair for power generation, including nuclear. This is backed up by experience in dealing with welding issues with a wide range of processes and materials. The welding engineers at TWI have appropriate professional qualifications, such as Certified European Welding Engineer and CSWIP Welding Inspector, which enable them to offer practical advice on best practice in tackling fabrication and welding issues.
Track record
TWI's welding engineers have supported activities in all three typical cornerstone areas (see figure below) for the fabrication and welding engineering in a wide range of industry sectors: Oil and Gas, Power, Aerospace, Construction and Engineering and Automotive. Recent projects include: Repair in Oil and Gas (onshore and offshore facilities) and nuclear power plant, Procedure development and specialist training.
Benefits:
TWI's independent welding engineering judgement and experience can often save time and money particularly when organisations either do not have welding engineering competence or where there are very complex welding and fabrication issues to be addressed such as, safety cases and approvals. The welding engineers at TWI also independently evaluate options with various competing technologies for an application and shortlist candidate technologies.
For more information please contact: arcs@twi.co.uk