African Fusion November 2018

SAIW: Sean's comment

SAIW and SAIW Certification

SAIW Governing Board President: Morris Maroga – Eskom S Blake – SAIW L Breckenridge – CEA G Joubert – SAISI A Koursaris – Metforensics DJ Olivier – Olivier Survey Group A Paterson – University of the Witwatersrand T Rice – Personal member J Tarboton – SASSDA JR Williamson – Wilconsult J Zinyana – New Age Welding Solutions SAIW Certification Governing Board Chairperson: G Joubert – ArcelorMittal B Beetge – Sentinel Inspection Services P Bruwer – Sasol Synfuels F Buys – TUV S Blake – SAIW G Buitenbos – Steinmüller G Joubert – SAISI A Koursaris – Metforensics D Olivier – Olivier Survey Group H Potgieter – SAIW Certification P Pistorius – University of Pretoria R Williamson – Wilconsult J Zinyana – New Age Welding Solutions M Maroga – Eskom S Moodley – SAPREF

O n reflecting on recent events, I think it appropriate to first pay tribute toPhilip Doubell, who died just over a year ago. Philip was this year’s recipient of our Gold Medal Award, in recognition of his dedication as a welding engineer.

On October 25, in association with Nelson Mandela University, we hosted the Philip Doubell Memorial Lecture at the Eskom Academy of Learning in Midrand. It was presented by Neil James, who was Philip’s friend and colleague and, with Philip and Danie Hattingh of eNtsa, an integral part of the development team for WeldCore®. According toNeil James,WeldCorewas a step change in the industry for creep monitoring of high-pressure, high-temperature equipment. What Philip, Danie and the eNtsa team came up with was a system to bore out a core shape from the wall of a pressure pipe, cut off the core for creep sampling and then to immediately weld up the hole using Hydro Pillar Processing. WeldCore has saved Eskom millions of rands, because accurate creepmonitoring enables the life of power plants tobe safely extended. And today, because of Philip’s vision, eNtsa and Eskomareworld lead- ers in the development and use of this unique technology, which is now ASME approved and deployable. As Neil James said, the leap of faith between industry and academic research & development is often huge in this country, but Philip was a visionary who loved locally innovated solutions. WeldCore is exactly that; aworld-leading technique developed right here via a partnership between industry and eNtsa, a university-based R&D group. A dedicated contributor to the welding industry who made many valuable technical contributions and provided inspiration and men- torship to many of his colleagues, Philip Doubell was a truly worthy winner of our SAIW Gold Medal. Also at this year’s annual dinner, we introduced two new awards: the Best IIW ISO 3834 Manufacturing Certification Company award, and the Best Responsible Welding Coordinator Award. The number of nominees for these awards speaks volumes about the progress SAIW and the South African welding industry have made with regard to implementing ISO 3834 and raising our weld quality standards. We have made significant strides in increasing the numbers of manufacturing companies certified to ISO3834 and there are nowover 160 companies onour approved list. Thenumbers of qualified IIWWeld- ing Coordinators, IIWWelding Engineers and IIW Inspection Personnel is another pleasing and significant indicator of our industry’s progress towards achieving international quality and qualification levels. Looking forward, I ampleasedwith the progress beingmade in our Future Welder Training Centre. We recently took delivery of a weld- ing robot donated to us by Yaskawa Southern Africa, which adds to the Lincoln Electric REALWELD and ClassMate Robotic welder trainer systems and two Soldamatic augmented-reality welding simulators. We will be using this centre to fast-track initial welder training and to enable us to add robotic welding courses to SAIW’s training offering. In early January 2019, we are hosting the SAIW Youth Challenge 2018/2019 here in Johannesburg. So anyone who knows of a promis- ing young welding talent, please encourage them to enter. There is a prize of R15 000 cash available to the winner. We see this competition as very important for promotingwelding as a challenging and reward- ing career. PhilipDoubell’s life teaches us that passion for welding and a vision for local innovation leads to success. We look forward to more of our young welding professionals following in his footsteps. Sean Blake

SAIW Foundation Board Chairperson: M Maroga - Eskom S Blake - SAIW P Pistorius - University of Pretoria P Venter – ArcelorMittal J Pieterse- Afrox

SAIW and SAIW Certification representatives

Executive director Sean Blake Tel: (011) 298 2101 sean.blake@saiw.co.za

Training services manager Shelton Zichawo Tel: (011) 298 2148 shelton.zichawo@saiw.co.za

SAIW Certification manager Herman Potgieter Tel: (011) 298 2149 herman.potgieter@saiw.co.za

NDT training manager Mark Digby Tel: (011) 298 2169 mark.digby@saiw.co.za

Executive secretary Dimitra Kreouzi

Technical services manager Riaan Loots Tel: (011) 298 2144 riaan.loots@saiw.co.za

Tel: (011) 298 2102 Fax: (011) 836 6014 dimitra.kreouzi@saiw.co.za Finance and administration manager Michelle Warmback Tel: (011) 298 2125 michelle.warmbank@saiw.co.za Cape Town branch manager Liz Berry Tel: (021) 555 2535 liz.berry@saiw.co.za SAIW regional representatives

KZN branch manager George Walker Tel: (087) 351 6568 george.walker@saiw.co.za

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