IIW Technical Output Brochure

P R O M O T I N G E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T I I W T E C H N I C A L O U T P U T

VALUE TO MEMBER COUNTRIES

Efficiently transferring the technical output of IIW to industry, supporting its appropriate implementation, and training people to act as technology receptors and innovators in industry are significant global roles performed by IIW.

Power for People Currently 240 million people in India have no access to electricity and the Indian Government is actively pursuing an ambitious scheme to bring ‘Power to all’ by 2019. India has a flourishing and largely indigenous nuclear power programme and aims to supply 25% of electricity from nuclear power by 2050. Welding knowledge and expertise are critical to this development. Through IIW Member Society the Indian Institute of Welding, Indian researchers from organisations such as the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research are actively participating in IIW WUs for example C-IX Behaviour of Metals Subjected to Welding. This sharing of technology is contributing directly to the effective and safe delivery of power for industrial, commercial and domestic use and to the future of India's emerging economy. The real value that a Member can obtain from IIW is based on the added value that they can offer their own members, thus contributing positively to the development of their country’s industry and economy. IIW Member Societies and their nominated represen- tatives enjoy open access to all IIW technical output, and are encouraged to participate actively in Technical WU meetings and projects.

STANDARDISATION

The IIW is an international standardising body approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to develop standards in the field of welding and related processes. In this way, the body of knowledge evolved through IIW can be formalised and made available to industry to promote quality and harmony on a global basis. In particular, new and revised standards are developed to support the implementation of leading-edge welding and related technologies, for example friction stir and friction spot welding, and phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT). International standardisation helps to reduce expensive duplication of effort and to minimise technical standards acting as barriers to international trade. It promotes safe, reliable and quality products and services, produced efficiently and in an environmentally responsible way, in countries around the world at all stages of development. Tools for Industry ISO standard 2400 specifies requirements for the dimensions, material and manufacture of a steel block for calibrating ultrasonic test equipment used in manual testing. This blockwas developed in IIWC-VNon-Destructive Testing and Quality Assurance of Welded Products in the 1970s and has been the world-wide standard for ultrasonic calibration over many years. C-V’s expertise has enabled the development of a new ISO calibration block according to ISO 19675, which was presented at the 19 th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing WCNDT 2016.

TECHNICAL OUTPUT V1.1 October 2018 PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT