WCA January 2010

Welding Machinery and equipment T he man-machine interface, so much discussed in the early days of computerised operation of machinery, has faded over the past few decades. That the huge machine on the plant floor will start and stop in response to a keystroke on a console is taken very much for granted. But the man-machine interface is still a vital concept in welding, a process that can be automated – but not readily, and never casually. The joining of metal to metal has always required a high degree of judgment and always will. But whether the job at hand is the simple fabrication of metal supports for concrete pillars or a project as complex as a boiler or a heat exchanger, no amount of judgment will produce a sound weld in the absence of the highest-quality equipment.

The suppliers reviewed in this section of Wire & Cable ASIA are very much aware of this, and of the importance of their own contribution to the equation.

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Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2010