Table of Contents - IIW White Paper

Table of Contents

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• Foreword

  5

• Executive Summary

  14

• Editors' Preface

  16

• Scope and objectives

  17

• Welding industry in the world

  19

• Significance of welding and joining

  25

• Needs and challenges in welding and joining sciences

  33

• Needs and challenges in welding and joining technologies

  51

• Needs and challenges in health, safety, education, training, qualifi cation and certifi cation

  69

• Needs and challenges in legal codes, rules and standardisation

  77

• Needs and challenges for global communication

  89

• Needs and challenges of major industry sectors for future applications

  97

• Short, medium and long-term strategic agendas of the world of welding and joining technology

  171

• Bibliography

  177