IIW 2018 Annual Report

SHARING WITH PEERS Scientific and Technical Activities

GOAL: To identify, create, develop and transfer best practices for sustainable development in a suitable environment

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT BOARD 2018-2019 Mr Stephan Egerland (Austria), Chair Eur.-Ing. Christoph Gerritsen (Belgium) Prof. Dr Hee Seok Chang (Republic of Korea) Dr Eric Sjerve (Canada)

Prof. Zuheir Barsoun (Sweden) Prof. Dr Xiaoyan Li (P.R. China) Prof. Dr John C. Lippold (USA) Mr Mathias Lundin (Sweden) ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKING UNITS Prof. Manabu Tanaka (Japan) Prof. Dr Akio Hirose (Japan) Ms Teresa Melfi (USA) Prof. Kenneth A. Macdonald (Norway) Mr Carl Peters (USA)

2018…what an exciting year it was for IIW Technical Working Units (WUs) and the Technical Management Board (TMB). Looking back we see that – once again – a high number of interesting things took place. The 71st IIW Annual Assembly was held Mr Stephan Egerland (Austria) Technical Management Board Chair

The work, especially for the TMB in 2018, was influenced and encouraged by discussions and decisions in connection with the new IIW Strate- gic Plan detailed on the previous page. This on- going and fundamentally important project, in all its diverse aspects, will certainly allow the IIW to sustainably meet future requirements in a qui- ckly-changing world which, of course, also affects our common passion - welding and joining. Key future focus areas include ‘Additive Manufactu- ring’ and ‘Digitisation in Welding’ as well as coo- peration between the TMB and the IIW Internatio- nal Authorisation Board, as competent personnel and efficient welding management are central to our industry’s future success. Consequently WU chairs and the TMB are keen and committed to thoroughly deriving and contri- buting new ideas and approaches which will help to maintain IIW’s quality and the benefits derived by its Members through the production and sha- ring of applicable cutting-edge information. An ongoing goal of the WUs and the TMB is to make the IIW more attractive to industry, es- pecially those sectors that apply welding on a day-to-day basis to manufacture the numerous welded goods and structures surrounding us all. An ambitious task, but everything required is in place to achieve this goal: highly experienced and passionate people, an excellent organisational environment which stimulates open discussion between researchers and practitioners, and a global industry that implements the knowledge produced within the IIW.

in Bali, the beautiful ‘Island of the Gods’, and the feedback from the WU chairs on local sup- port and logistical arrangements at the venue was overwhelmingly positive throughout. It is no wonder that meeting in such an idyllic environ- ment, and under the inspiring guidance of the WU chairs, led to a remarkable output of technical knowledge and value to the international welding community - covering industry, research, and education.

HUMAN FACTORS Terminology / Health, Safety and Environment / Education and Training / Research, Strategy and Collaboration / Welding Management

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Pressure Vessels, Boilers and Pipelines / Automotive and Road Transport / Shipbuilding / Aircraft Engineering / Microjoining / Additive Manufacturing / Civil Engineering / Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals

JOINING PROCESSES Thermal Cutting and Surfacing /

STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY Quality Control and Quality Assurance / Behaviour of Materials Subjected to Welding / Fracture Avoidance / Fatigue of Components and Structures / Design, Analysis and Fabrication

Filler Materials / Resistance and Solid State Welding / Power Beam Processes / Arc Welding Processes / Polymer Joining and Adhesives / Brazing, Soldering and Diffusion Bonding / Physics of Welding / Microjoining and Nanojoining

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