African Fusion March 2015

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TSASA seminar and thermal spray exhibition

• Engage with research and develop- ment organisations in South Africa. Promote andprovide education and training of all stakeholders. To develop a thermal spray compa- ny certification programme – “simi- lar to ISO 3834 for welding industry” – that enforces standardisation of approvals/standards for use in local and/or international markets. And to develop integrated technical advisory programmes for applica- tions within every industry sector. TSASA stakeholders include thermal spray contractors, OEMs, companies servicing the thermal spray industries, welding and other supply companies, engineering jobbing shops, gas and fume extraction suppliers, and robotic and automation specialists, “and we have a spread of these people here today” Blake says. “This makes me feel very positive about the future of TSASA and the thermal spray industry in South Africa,” he concludes before introducing Heidi Lovelock. Sponsors for the event included: Yas- kawa Motoman; MacKays Metal Spray- ing; Weartech; Praxair; Thermaspray; and P&S Engineering. • • •

AdamWintle, acting chairperson of the TSASA, Brandon Smith, Weartech Natal and Steve Maynard from Johannesburg photographed at the Weartech exhibition stand.

A t Emperors Palace on Jan 21, 2015, the Thermal Spray Association of South Africa (TSASA), a sub-committee within the SAIW, hosted a thermal spray seminar presented by Heidi Lovelock of TWI in the UK, along with a small exhibition. Says Sean Blake, SAIW GM, “TSASA, as part of the SAIW, is developing af- filiations with the International Thermal Spray Society from the US and the In- ternational Thermal Spray Association,

as well as GTS in Germany, which also operates in conjunction with the Ger- man Welding Society (DVS), our sister organisation.” Objectives of TSASA include: • To develop an organisation that will ensure that the southern African thermal spray offering and usage is on par with that of the rest of the world. Toensure that themembersof theor- ganisation receive tangible benefits. •

Students from Cameroon and Sudan at the SAIW T he Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) is currently hosting a group of non-destructive testing (NDT) students as part of the triangular regional development programme sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),

the relevant country and the SAIW. Four students fromHYDRAC inCameroon and five students from the Sudanese Atomic Energy Corporation (SAEC) in Sudan participated in this training and qualification programme. According to Harold Jansen, SAIW NDT manager, the programme aims at having the participants qualify in the four basic NDT methods: magnetic testing (MT), penetrant testing (PT), ultrasonic testing (UT) and radiographic testing (RT). “Not only will they receive training and examination up to and including Level 2 qualification, but they will also be exposed to the process of how the lecturing is handled as well as the handling of invigilation and examinations. The training programme started in January 2015 and is expected to last until the last week in May 2015. The objective of the regional development programme is to help es- tablish approved training bodies (ATB) and approved examination centres (ExC) within various African countries. The SAIW facilitates this programme in countries that are proficient in English with other languages, such as French and Portuguese, being facilitated via regional development centres catering for these languages in cooperation with the African Federation of NDT (AFNDT). Once the qualification programme has been completed, the nine stu- dents will return to their respective countries in order to gain the industrial experience required as part of their NDT certification process. Certification is based on the SAQCC NDT scheme, which is a third party personnel cer- tification scheme compliant with ISO 9712, the internationally recognised standard for qualification and certification of NDT personnel. We wish these students a long and successful career in NDT.

The Southern African Institute of Welding is currently hosting a group of NDT students as part of the triangular regional development programme.

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