African Fusion August 2019

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August 2019

FEATURES 4 SAIW and EAIW partner to develop Kenyan welders The East African Institute of Welding (EAIW), with the support of SAIW, has launchedawelder trainingprogramme to make local skills available for the crude oil pipeline connecting the Lokichar oilfields and the Lamu seaport on Kenya’s East Coast. 6 FP Engineering: a quality focused and proudly South African local fabricator African Fusion talks to Mark Potter of FP Engineering about his company’s proudly SouthAfricanattitudeand increasing focus on raising service levels and quality standards. 8 Welder-driven fabrication quality African Fusion visits the fabrication facilities of engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, machining, welding and refurbishment specialist, Turnmill Proquip Engineering and talks to the company’s welding engineer, Renko Huisamen about current and recent fabrication successes. 12 Quality is safety In this paper from the Bali IIW International Conference of 2018, Louise Petrick of Weld Australia draws from some catastrophic weld failures to showhowethics, weld quality management and engineering interact to ensure weld safety. 16 The role of gas for laser and plasma cutting Air Products’ welding specialist for bulk and packaged gas, Sean Young, talks about laser andplasma cutting processes and the critical role of the gasmixture in achieving required cutting speeds and edge qualities. 18 Fronius expands TPS/i platform with Steel Edition Fronius is launching its TPS/i Steel Edition, which has been optimised for manual steel welding and impresses with an attractive price/performance ratio. Users benefit from different characteristics for standard and pulsewelding, as well as aWPS package containing procedure specifications certified to DIN EN 1090. 21 SE Steel chooses Arcal Speed Mwali Kawawa and Lebohang Molotsi of Air Liquide visit the fabrication facilities of SE Steel Fabrication to find out about the advantages of using of Arcal TM Speed shielding gas. 22 Easy OHS compliance Zero tolerance is being exercised by the Department of Labour towards companies that do not comply with the health and safety regulations stipulated in theOccupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act. Wim Dessing, sales executive of Apex Strip Curtains and Doors, says this is particularly with regard to welding environments. 23 SSP: an integral part of Afrox’s 360-degree solutions Afrox’s Business Manager for Manufacturing Industries, Johann Pieterse, describes howAfrox’s full Safety Solutions Programme (SSP) has been incorporated into its 360-degree Solutions offering. REGULARS 3 Morris Maroga’s message 10 Front cover story: Specialised welding consumables for the sugar industry 24 Welding and cutting forum 28 Today’s technology: LIBS analyser: a world-first for carbon content.

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UTP Maintenance, the voestalpine repair welding specialist, is a reliable supplier of welding consumables for the repair and arcing of cane crush- ing rollers used in the sugar industry. Kenneth Labuschagne of voestalpine Böhler Welding presents the com- pany’s purpose designed offering for the better protection of these rollers and production optimisation in the industry.

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