2008 Conferences

This roundup of advancements in the world of cutting will include such processes as oxyfuel cutting, plasma arc cutting, laser cutting, and water jet cutting. A great deal is happening in computerization. Cuts are far more precise, more repeatable, more accurate, and much faster than ever before. Accompanying the improvements in machines and controls are improvements in torches, consumables and cutting heads. A presentation will weigh the relative merits of the many fuel gases that can be put to work on oxyfuel cutting lines. This conference demonstrates that we have entered a new era in thermal cutting.

This conference has been developed specifically for welding and materials joining educators. The conference presentations will focus on topics that directly affect educators, the futures of their programs, and their students.

Among the technologies to be discussed are new versions of ultrasonic testing, including time of flight diffraction, alternating current field measurement, phased array inspection, and guided wave examination. Attendees will also hear about a new UT system that is being used to inspect austenitic welds in LNG storage tanks. Other presentations will include the use of acoustic emission to inspect the welds in bridge construction, and a talk on digital radiography, including a system for shipbuilding that uses computed radiography techniques.

If you and your company are just starting out with friction stir welding (FSW), or if you are interested in learning more about FSW, this is the conference for you. This conference will not be a gathering of academics talking about theory. The aim of this conference is to provide those interested in considering use of FSW with pertinent information on the process so they can evaluate its feasibility for their applications.