Connect: The Magazine of TWI

March - April 2008
Articles and reports on: composites research, new Member company, carbon footprinting, software, OMAE conference, joining plastics conference, 2nd technology awareness day, phased array training and the LEADOUT project

January - February 2008
Articles and reports on: Friction stir welding, cold spray technology, the metal matrix composites database, the ALTEX project, new wire bonding equipment, a materials technical group meeting, the advanced manufacturing technology event and the WorldSkills competition in Japan

November - December 2007
Articles and reports on: repair of historic speedboat, winning and NCN poster prize, assessment of a steel LNG tank, report on a joint automotive and electronics meeting, a new technology transfer programme in Wales, the successful defence of the Clearweld ^® patent and Vitolane, a new high performance coating

September - October 2007
Articles and reports on: joining dissimilar materials, World Skills, twin beam laser welding in China, upgraded RISKWISE software, appointment of Tim Jessop as President of EWF, involvement in IMechE event on 'Investing in Alternative Energy' and a Queen's Award for Enterprise for an Industrial Member company

July - August 2007
Articles and reports on: plastics joining, environmental seminar, intellectual property, Technology Fellows, friction stir welding seminar, FSW of thick section magnesium, Member company welding course and corrosion in a petrochemical plant

May - June 2007
Articles and reports on: EB vacuum chamber, fatigue life analysis in the medical field, equipment risk consulting, NDT facilities in Wales, NDE of coatings, SkillWELD update, the death of Dr Harry Taylor and TWI's new facility in the Middle East

March - April 2007
Articles and reports on: new arc viewing system, WJS event, high pressure hydrogen test service, automated PCB inspection system, adhesive bonding technology training, new pre-polymer, the first Official Representatives induction day and welding fume advice

January - February 2007
Articles and reports on: laser textile joining, laser DMD, offline programming of robots, SkillWELD, friction stir processing for nuclear plant, energy materials task group on alternative energy and fibre lasers

November - December 2006
Articles and reports on: stainless steel flange toughness testing, TWI Yorkshire on the Advanced Manufacturing Park, the EU Framework 7 programme, training course for Russian divers, aerospace seminar in India, inhouse design capability for LRU testing equipment, a new award for WJS younger members, advance notice of the 7th International FSW Symposium and development of an artificial digestive system plus part IV of the job knowledge series on welding consumables covering gas-shielded consumables

September - October 2006
Articles and reports on: Nuffield Science Bursary Award student at TWI, EMF exposure, Teletest Focus, crashworthiness of rail vehicles, stainless steel workshop, KTN event, National Welder Training Scheme Passport to Weld Also includes job knowledge on welding consumables, Part III

July - August 2006
Articles and reports on: micro friction stir welding, library catalogue, web-based Product and Service Guide, engineering critical assessment of welds in cryogenic conditions, report on Make it with Lasers technical seminar, laser welding of electro magnetic sensitive components, The Welding Institute AGM, discount scheme for Members from Woodhead Publishing, ECM/construction panel meeting, metal to composite

May - June 2006
Articles and reports on: New TWI office in Beijing; RISKWISE for power plants expanded to plant-wide applications; Automated inspection of mooring chains; Toolform forging project in Yorkshire; LRUT tool for small diameter pipework; Twin-stir friction stir welding; a new programme in phased array qualification under CSWIP; TWI Technical group meetings and new diver inspection facilities in Thailand run by TWI and Mermaid. Includes job knowledge on welding consumables

March - April 2006
Articles and reports on: NDT Validation Centre, crashworthiness of welded aluminium train carriages, CrackFirst sensor system, obituary for Dr Alan Wells, Knowledge Transfer Network new facility in Rotherham, WEEE directive and work on unmanned air vehicles. Includes job knowledge on creep and creep testing.

January - February 2006
Articles and reports on: friction stir welding, timber welding, protective coating for welding equipment, welds adjacent to a superduplex pipe assembly and cyclic pressure testing. Includes job knowledge on fatigue testing.