Not only is there
news of its upgraded
Industrial Members’ showcase, of its contribution to breaking
the world land speed record and its
validation and verification services, but also information about its presence on
Facebook and
Twitter and the availability, for the first time electronically, of the
Welding Abstracts Journal. There’s also news of progress on
Mainline, a unique £4m project tailored to the needs of railway asset managers, as well as friction stir welding development in both
steel, for shipbuilding, and gold and silver for
jewellery manufacture.
TWI has started its own channel on
YouTube. To date 39 short programmes are in place and already they have attracted more than 10 000 hits. This is only the start of TWI's drive for greater public consumption of its moving image library. Its film and video archive includes thousands of cassettes of footage much of which is pioneering material. Access to the image archive is an Industrial Member service so please contact us if you need moving pictures of a joining related subject.
The inaugural winner of the TWI Award for Technology Engineering in International Markets was announced at the Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards ceremony. The accolade goes to Amino Technologies, which specialises in technology for internet television.
The TWI award recognises companies that have in the last 12 months successfully exploited or exported a technology, product or service into international or emerging markets.
Still on the subject of information dissemination Industrial Members will be interested to note that the Welding Abstracts Journal is now available electronically. To view an example of the journal click here.
For Industrial Members involved in the non- destructive examination of plastics pipes there’s news of the
TestPEP project devised two years ago to identify and test an automated non-destructive evaluation approach to testing welded joints and plastics pipes. 2012 is the third and final year of the project. Contact the
polymers section of TWI about the findings when they are available.
Another new service available to TWI’s Industrial Members involves TWI’s ability to independently validate a manufacturer’s claims about a new product. Such a service can often be a critical step in gaining acceptance by clients or regulators for safety critical systems. In the interests of commercial independence and impartiality TWI does not endorse the products and services of its Industrial Members.
To learn more about any aspect of TWI’s services to Industrial Members, please
contact us.
