(cover pages) Teletest® Permamount – high temperature condition monitoring of nuclear boiler spine Keith Thornicroft The Eclipse 500, the world’s first fricition stir welded production aircraft.
Contents Governance and Business Overview International and Regional Development Corporate Social Responsibility News Highlights Research and Development Structural Integrity Research Foundation National Structural Integrity Research Centre Industrial Membership Industry Sectors Standards Development Training and Examination Services Plant Integrity The Test House Industrial Member Companies International Offices
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Governance
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Latest-generation cold spraying equipment in TWI’s new large-scale thermal spray coating facility Damian Whiteman
Augmented Image see page 1
Mission To provide Members and stakeholders with authoritative and impartial expert advice, knowhow and safety assurance through engineering, materials and joining technologies.
Direction To accelerate the generation of Member benefits by: increased rate of innovation and creative problem-solving focus on provision of world class technology synergy between technology development, knowledge transfer and certification customer service excellence
Vision To be the first-choice trusted advisor and technology provider for companies around the world.
Company structure Council
Professional Board
Certification Management Board
Research Board
TWI Certification Ltd
Executive Board TWI Group Companies
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Remuneration Committee
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Audit Committee
Council Council Members
Council is the governing body of TWI and consists of elected representatives from Industrial Member companies and Professional Members
Dr Stephen Beech CEng, FRSA, FIMMM, FWeldI
Professional Member
Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee
Tata Research, Development & Technology
Iain Boyd CEng, IWE/EWE, FWeldI
Professional Member
Professor Norman Cooper CEng, CSci, FIMMM, FWeldI
BAE Systems Marine Ltd
Eur Ing Alan Denney BSc, MSc, CEng, MIMMM, FWeldI
Professional Member
Mr Jeffrey Garner CEWE, CEng, FWeldI
Professional Member
Maxwell George CEng, FWeldI
Professional Member
Eur Ing David Howarth CEng, FIMMM, FWeldI
Professional Member
Professor John Irven, MA, CSci, CChem, FRSC
Consultant
Professor Richard Jones
Dstl
Eur Ing Paul Jordinson CEng, FWeldI
Professional Member
Eur Ing Nigel Knee
EDF Energy
Eur Ing Johann Krancioch BSc (Hons), CEng, MIMMM, FWeldI
Professional Member
Dr David Mallaburn CEng, CPhys
EDF Energy Generation
Eur Ing Crawford Lochhead CEng, FIMMM
Professional Member
Professor Scott Lockyear CEng, MIMMM, MWeldI
Uniper Technologies Ltd
Andrew MacDonald CEng, IWE, MIMMM, AWeldI
Lloyd’s Register Foundation
Eur Ing David Millar CEng, FWeldI
Professional Member
Dr Andrew Nowicki FWeldI
Professional Member
Dr John O’Brien CEng
Chevron Corporation
Dr Stephen Paterson CEng, MIMMM, SenMWeldI
Shell Projects & Technology
Dr Robert Rivett CEng
Emerson Electric Europe
Eur Ing Robert Sawdon FWeldI
Professional Member
Julio Toliani BSc (Hons), MSc, CEng, FWeldI
Alstom Power
Steve Webster CEng, FMMM, FWeldI
Professional Member
President: Bertil Pekkari MIMMM, HonFWeldI
Chairman: Grahame Nix OBE, FRAeS
Finance and General Purposes Committee Grahame Nix OBE,FRAeS - Chairman Paul Tooms - Vice Chairman Professor Norman Cooper CEng, CSci, FIMMM, FWeldI Professor John Irven, MA, PhD, CSci, CChem, FRSC Vice Chairman: Paul Tooms
Eur Ing Nigel Knee Professor Scott Lockyear CEng, MIMMM, MWeldI
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Executive Board
Message from the Chief Executive The year 2015 was one of mixed fortune for TWI. On the positive side, there were many very important achievements, as exemplified by the following:
Completion of a £50m investment and move into brand-new facilities at both Granta Park and in Kuala Lumpur. This includes 25,000m² of much-expanded and newly equipped laboratory and training facilities near Cambridge, UK, where we enjoyed a wonderful opening by The Princess Royal. And 4000m2 of generous, improved training and engineering space in TWI’s South East Asian headquarters in Malaysia, which features a large 10m × 10m × 6.5m deep diving tank. Record levels of bespoke technology development and welding engineering projects to address the needs of individual Industrial Member companies from the aerospace and defence sectors as well as troubleshooting and life extension services for Members from the energy sectors. Exceeding the target for publicly funded order intake thanks to effective collaboration with a number of UK higher education institutions and a Catapult Centre and a strong submission track record throughout the year to European and UK research and innovation programme funding agencies.
On the other hand, TWI had to adjust to more challenging market conditions, where a collapse in the price of oil had profound effects on many Industrial Member companies during the year. This has affected adversely the demand for some of our technology development and training businesses. The net result of these effects was that TWI Group turnover decreased slightly to £77¼m and profits at just over £5½m were below the record levels of last year. Looking forward, we do not expect the trading environment to improve markedly soon; the current oversupply in fossil fuels is likely to lead to sustained low prices and
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some oil and gas Member companies had to postpone or cancel capital expenditure projects in response. This is expected to cause a continued reduction in demand from this sector, especially for our global training and examination products and for joint industry technology development projects. However, these headwinds are at least partly offset by TWI’s stronger position with respect to collaborative research projects, mainly funded by the European Commission, despite ongoing uncertainty in the UK research funding landscape following the outcome of the EU Referendum and the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review. Furthermore, TWI will also build on the growing demand for its services from Industrial Members in the defence, aerospace, power generation and transport sectors for which several very significant projects have been, and continue to be, undertaken. And we will accelerate our significant investment into the development and roll-out of an entirely new training, examination, certification and e-learning business system which will offer muchimproved products and service levels. Our plans for 2016 and beyond are therefore aimed at consolidation, looking proactively for and responding to business prospects and market development opportunities, combined with disciplined cash flow management and cost control. We are grateful for the support from Middlesbrough Council, the European Regional Development Fund and Tees Valley Unlimited Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) for a £10m new 4000m2 training and technology facility in Middlesbrough, including a large new dive tank. And the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP has supported a £3m construction and improvement project for TWI’s hydrogen sulphide laboratory; a high-pressure
burst test facility; and additional high-bay advanced manufacturing and fabrication space at Granta Park. We also thank the Welsh Assembly Government for supporting a five-year, £12m expansion of TWI’s Port Talbot technology development facilities which starts in 2016. The technology business of TWI celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2016 and throughout our history we have responded successfully to periods of challenging market environment. This has been due to the effectiveness and agility of our people and I would like to thank all TWI staff for their significant efforts in this regard. We are also indebted to TWI’s governance bodies, boards and committees for their wise counsel, guidance and support.
Dr Christoph Wiesner Chief Executive
Bottom row left to right: Steven Yianni MBA, MA(Cantab), FREng, FIMechE - Non-executive Director Gillian Leech FAIA, MBCS Director, Finance and Services Dr Reza Razmjoo BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, CEng, MWeldI - Director, Business Development Professor Eur Ing Tat-Hean Gan BEng (Hons), MSc, MBA, CEng, CMgr, FIET, FCMI, MWeldI, FInstNDT, IntPE - Associate Director
Second row left to right: Dr Christoph Wiesner Dipl-Ing, Dr és sci tech, HonDEng, FREng, FIMMM, FWeldI Chief Executive Dr Paul Woollin MA, PhD, FREng , FIMMM, FWeldI, - Director, Research
Dr Mike Russell MEng, PhD, CEng, MWeldI Director, Operations Top row left to right: Professor Aamir Khalid BSc, MSc, PhD, MBA, CEng - Director, Technology
Keith White ACA Associate Director
Dr Robert Scudamore BEng, MSc(Eng), MBA, CEng, CMgr, FCMI, SenMWeldI Associate Director
Third row left to right: Paul Craddock BSc, MSc, CEng, MIMMM, FWeldI - Non-executive Director
Eur Ing Chris Eady BSc(Hons), MSc, CEng, MRAeS, FWeldI - Associate Director, Professional Affairs and Certification
Associate Directors Dr Richard Freeman BSc(Hons), PhD, CEng, FIMMM, FWeldI Peter Oakley BSc, MBA
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Business Overview
Asset acquisition 2010–2016
£9m £11.6m
£59.8m Project / gift plant and equipment Plant and equipment Land and buildings
Gillian Leech Director, Finance and Services
Product income 2010–2018
£80m £70m £60m £50m £40m £30m £20m
Teletest, licensing and other Training and examinations Collaborative research and development / knowledge transfer Single client and joint industry projects
£10m 0 2018F
2017F
2016B
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
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Membership
Business Overview
Group staff numbers 2009–2016
2016B 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
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Value of current membership by industry sector Electronics and sensors 5%
Medical 2%
Automotive 6% Oil and gas 35% Power 12%
ECM 12%
Construction 15% Aerospace 13%
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International and Regional Development
International impact TWI’s global performance in 2015 remained strong despite challenging trading conditions. The success of the expansion projects that came to fruition in the UK was mirrored overseas, with the opening of several new offices and considerable growth in the Membership base in a number of key markets. The North American business was bolstered with the acquisition of a dedicated new laboratory in Houston, primarily to support the failure investigation work TWI carries out for Members in the USA. Reza Razmjoo Director, Business Development
TWI established two new offices in the Middle East and Central Asia. Demand for support from energy companies looking to extend the life of their ageing assets led to the opening of new premises in Abu Dhabi, where TWI welcomed several new Members in 2015. In the Caspian region, a need for industry training prompted the opening of an underwater training centre in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. In India, the customer base was strengthened through the addition of new Industrial Members and, importantly, a growing trend of investment by global Members creating Indian manufacturing facilities – especially in aerospace. Training is at a healthy level and the government-driven ‘Make in India’ campaign has presented new opportunities for TWI to develop high-level medium-term strategic relationships with institutions such as the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Confederation of Indian Industry and UK-India CEO forum.
TWI South East Asia
Performance in China was particularly strong in 2015, with ten new Members joining the business. TWI developed strong relationships with companies in the aerospace and space sectors and became involved with the country’s high-speed rail programme. Much work was also carried out for businesses in Japan, where TWI worked with 19 Members on projects ranging from heavy fabrication and automotive to oil and gas and sensors. Success in South Korea primarily came from support given to the country’s leading heavy fabricators In May, TWI South East Asia moved into its new headquarters in Malaysia. The purpose-built centre in Kuala Lumpur features a diver training tank and modern welder training facilities, and provides an excellent base for TWI’s consultancy services in the region. Finally, 2015 also saw TWI open a new office in Indonesia. Situated in Jakarta, the new facility will allow TWI to deal directly with local companies in the oil and gas, construction and power industries, delivering technical and health and safety training as well as engineering support.
TWI Azerbaijan
Group companies The Welding Institute (holding company) TWI Ltd TWI Technology Centre (North East) TWI Technology Centre (Yorkshire) TWI Technology Centre (Wales TWI Aberdeen TWI Certification Ltd The Test House Ltd NSIRC Ltd SIRF Ltd Plant Integrity Ltd Granta Park Estates Ltd
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TWI Australia TWI Azerbaija TWI Canada TWI China TWI Gulf TWI India TWI Indonesia TWI Middle East TWI North America TWI Pakistan TW|I Persia TWI Services (SEA) TWI Technology (SE Asia) TWI Thailand TWI Turkey
International and Regional Development
TWI Ltd The year 2015 was an important period for the development of our Cambridge headquarters, with our new facilities officially opened and occupied and major refurbishment works commenced on our largest remaining original laboratory. The new buildings and state-of-the-art facilities have been occupied by a number of teams including The Test House, Training and Examination Services and several technology groups. The year also saw the completion of our dedicated new National Structural Integrity Research Centre. The creation of much-needed additional engineering space in our new buildings enabled the redevelopment of our existing engineering hall. This now houses a dedicated and muchenlarged thermal spraying technologies area; future plans include a new furnace and hightemperature processing laboratory, plus refurbishment and improvement of our coatings and chemical preparation areas.
Mike Russell Director, Operations
The year also saw the award of funding from the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership, enabling the commencement of a £3m programme of improvement. This will create new specialised sour testing laboratory space, a purpose-built, high-pressure testing pit and a high-bay manufacturing and fabrication facility, representing important enhancements to Member services.
TWI Technology Centre (North East) The year 2015 witnessed several important developments for TWI Middlesbrough, our largest and longest-established regional facility. TWI Technology Centre (North East) With the support of Middlesbrough Borough Council, the European Regional Development Fund and Tees Valley Unlimited Local Enterprise Partnership, TWI has been able to pursue the construction of a new £10m dedicated research facility, which will deliver across-the-board improvements for our Middlesbrough business when it opens in 2016. The centre will include state-of-the-art facilities for our training business (including specialist diver training), as well as an upgraded coatings and characterisation lab, electron beam welding research cell, advanced arc welding laboratory and dedicated plastics welding and training facilities. This is all complemented by modern office space, which will offer more room for our numerical modelling team, certification engineers and the combined engineering and training staff teams.
TWI Technology Centre (Wales) In 2015 TWI Wales submitted a proposal to the Welsh Government for the construction of the Advanced Engineering and Materials Research Institute (AEMRI). TWI Wales worked closely with the Welsh government to secure over £7.5m worth of ERDF funding towards a total project cost of £12m over a five-year period.
TWI Technology Centre (Wales)
AEMRI will be an expansion of the state-of-the-art engineering inspection and validation facility based at TWI Wales in Port Talbot. The part-funded project will be supported by investment from industry and will exploit TWI’s leading expertise and cutting-edge equipment in nondestructive testing applications through industries such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, and nuclear and renewable energy. After being greenlit by the government, the project launched in early 2016. Concept drawings have been drafted, dialogue continues with the developers and the business planning stage of the project is now under way.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Engineering solutions to global problems Corporate social responsibility is at the heart of TWI’s mission. We exist to help the engineering, materials and joining communities to work together to manufacture, operate and decommission high-integrity structures. We assist our Industrial Members to address the challenges of sustainability, meeting growing demands whilst minimising use of resources and environmental impact. The oil and gas industry faces increasing challenges to extract hydrocarbons from ever more difficult locations, whether in hot and corrosive fields deep below the sea or in the cold and remote fields of the Arctic. TWI works for its international oil and gas Member companies, to help access these resources safely and economically, through welding engineering, materials testing and integrity management technologies. For our transport systems Members, there is constant pressure to improve fuel efficiency and minimise environmental impact. TWI provides new joining, inspection, coating and manufacturing technologies to companies across the world, to support the manufacture of lightweight, fuel-efficient vehicles. Power generation is undergoing a vital transition from hydrocarbons to lowcarbon technologies. The need for plant to be affordable, whilst being reliable and long-lasting, has never been greater. TWI supports the sector through manufacturing technologies for wind turbines, nuclear waste canisters and the international prototype fusion reactor, advanced inspection methods to assist life extension of plant, and remote laser cutting for decommissioning. Whilst we all strive to avoid engineering failures, occasional instances do occur. TWI is an expert of resource in the understanding of structural failure, working with our Members to diagnose the causes of failure, find immediate solutions and develop underpinning technologies to minimise future risks.
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The world needs more competent people to rise to these challenges. TWI’s training schools operate worldwide and lead the world in certification of competence to fabricate and inspect engineering structures. TWI has furthermore established the Structural Integrity Research Foundation, with support from the UK Government, to train over 500 postgraduates over the next ten years at the National Structural Integrity Research Centre based in Cambridge.
TWI is involved with local and national charitable initiatives throughout the year and contributes to a number of community programmes. We encourage community networking and many staff work with fundraising groups or undertake voluntary work.
Community In 2015 TWI continued to develop its local and national outreach programmes in association with The Welding Institute’s Younger Members’ Committee. Volunteers worked with schools and colleges to promote the fun side of science, delivering handson workshops linked with real industry challenges, and talking about the different routes to a career in materials science and engineering. TWI has in place structured learning activities and annual programmes for learners at primary, secondary, further education, university and postgraduate levels. In the academic year 2014-15, it organised or helped with at least 40 external events. These included practical workshops at schools or local science fairs, raising of awareness about apprenticeship opportunities and supporting engineering apprenticeship awards, organising work experience and technical mentoring for students at our partner schools or through the Nuffield Foundation and Arkwright Scholarships Trust, and arranging undergraduate summer project placements on-site for The University of Cambridge. In 2015, we took part for the first time in the Cambridge Science Festival with Ewen Kellar’s ‘Why things stick’ workshop. In 2015 we were very pleased to support Sawston Village College with its whole-school design and engineering project to mark the centenary of World War I. The company also hosted 15 group visits to TWI headquarters and regional offices from schools, colleges and universities nationally.
Supporting a school project in science and the arts at Sawston Village College
Environment TWI’s existing certification of its ISO 14001 Environmental Management System was maintained during 2015 with no major nonconformances. As an employer of more than 250 people, TWI is required to comply with the requirements of the Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) and met the Environment Agency’s required reporting deadline of 5 December 2015. Improved monitoring in the new buildings at Abington is expected to provide opportunities for further reduction of energy usage. In addition, TWI’s ongoing monitoring shows a further improvement in the percentage of waste sent for recycling, which increased from 63 per cent in 2014 to 75 per cent in 2015.
Waste to recycling
Corporate Social Responsibility
Primary to postgraduate students Future apprentices and graduates Partnerships with teaching staff
Welding with chocolate demonstrated to HRH The Princess Royal by children from Great Abington Primary School
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Health and Safety TWI’s technology for high-integrity structures has a profound impact on the safety of staff within our Industrial Members. Within TWI, we set health and safety objectives in the corporate plan, to give direction to our efforts to continually improve performance, whilst responding to the needs of a business that evolves rapidly to meet the needs of industry. TWI Ltd’s health and safety management system is certificated to OHSAS 18001 across all UK offices and our health and safety systems are being integrated across the whole TWI Group.
EngDoc and PhD postgraduates
Staff training and development management leadership commercial health and safety communication
TWI plays an active role in the AIRTO Health and Safety Interest Group, with the benefit of benchmarking health and safety processes and performance with similar organisations. The Group provides an invaluable source of information and advice.
People At TWI we are committed to helping people reach their full potential through training and development. We deliver over 60 courses a year, including management and leadership development as well as business, commercial and soft skills. In 2015 we introduced new courses focusing on employee wellbeing. In addition to supporting employees in attaining further education and professional qualifications, we employ more than ten modern apprenticeship students. A further ten have recently successfully completed their apprenticeships and remained at TWI. A new HR system now not only allows employees to access their employment and personal details online at any time, but also to access copies of their appraisals, streamlining the staff review and development process.
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Apprentices
Corporate Social Responsibility
Acoustic emission testing of an aerospace wing section, Gary Bright
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News Highlights
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opens new buildings at TWI HRH The Princess Royal visited TWI’s Cambridge headquarters in September to open three new buildings dedicated to the advancement of engineering. The visit marked the completion of a large-scale construction programme supported by government which is allowing TWI to extend the scope and scale of work it carries out for its industry partners. Her Royal Highness spent over an hour and a half touring the laboratories and meeting some of the 600 engineers, apprentices and students that work on-site. TWI Chief Executive Christoph Wiesner presented The Princess Royal with the Royal Fellowship of The Welding Institute. The opening was also the official launch for TWI’s pioneering educational establishment, the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC), which provides postgraduate engineering students with the opportunity to qualify with direct industry experience.
TWI South East Asia commended for its work with young welders TWI’s work to support young welders in Malaysia has been recognised with the award of a Certificate of Appreciation from the Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources. Welding experts from TWI South East Asia’s main office in Shah Alam, Malaysia, played a leading role in selecting young welders to participate in national, regional and international skills competitions including the WorldSkills São Paulo 2015.
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News Highlights
TWI partners with London South Bank University to launch Innovation Centre TWI announced the creation of the London South Bank Innovation Centre – a pioneering initiative to bridge the gap between academia and industry, and a new platform for Industrial Member research. Located in TWI’s newly constructed facilities, the London South Bank Innovation Centre is focusing on the development of robotic and automated non-destructive testing (NDT) to provide effective, less costly inspection solutions where manually deployed NDT techniques are hazardous or impractical.
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Open day marks new era of research for TWI Over 90 Industrial Members and technical experts visited TWI for the company’s first open day in over eight years. It was a day to showcase new and existing expertise, capabilities and services at the culmination of a £60m build project. 3D printing (laser additive manufacture), linear friction welding, and X-ray microscopy were among the eye-catching technical demonstrations presented by TWI staff.
TWI wins NDA innovation award for remote laser cutting of nuclear skips TWI’s laser experts have been recognised by the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority with a prestigious award for the successful introduction of a new technology to decommission radioactive metal storage containers. The team developed a remote cutting system over a twoyear period, culminating in full trials at Hinkley Point A. The new approach is expected to bring savings to the UK of hundreds of millions of pounds.
New fracture toughness standard published A committee led by TWI’s Dr Philippa Moore has published a new British Standard providing guidance on the use of single-edge-notch tension (SENT) tests. BS 8571:2014 is of significant interest to the oil and gas industry, where SENT tests are used to qualify pipeline girth weld procedures. Areas covered by the standard include specimen design and preparation, testing procedures, instrumentation and analysis of data.
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Research and Development
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Selective laser melting system for additive manufacturing of complex metal components Tomaso Maccio
Research Board
Research Board is a committee of representatives from Industrial Member companies. It determines the content and guides the progress of the Core Research Programme.
Chairman Professor John Irven MA, PhD, CSci, CChem, FRSC Consultant
Chairman, Metals and Weldability Committee Dr Jan Przydatek BEng(Hons), ARSM, CEng, MIMMM Lloyd’s Register
Research Board Members Dr Abdulaziz Al-Meshari BSc, PgDip, MSc
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
Tarak Al-Sabti MSc
ARAMCO
Dr Rob Backhouse BEng, EngD, FIMMM
Rolls-Royce plc
Amir Bahrami
ExxonMobil Development Company
Julien Banchet BSc, MSc, MA(Hons)
AREVA
Adam Bannister BMet(Hons), CEng, MIMMM
Tata Steel
Dr Carl Boettcher
Rolls-Royce plc
Dr Marcel Buckley
GKN Aerospace
Eur Ing Richard Carroll BSc, MSc, CEng, FWeld
BG Group
Gary Coleman
The Boeing Company
Dr Christopher Dash BSChE(Hons), MS, PE
Conoco Phillips Company
Geoff Dunn BSc(Hons), MIMMM, CEng, MWeld
ExxonMobil Development Company
Fernando Fernandez BSc(Hons), MSc, MBA
Embraer
Heine Gerretsen
BP plc
Dr G Gross
The Boeing Company
Samuli Heikkinen DSc, AWeldI
F4E
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Research Board
Chairman, Joining and Fabrication Committee Ernst Miklos MSc, EWE The Linde Group
Chairman, Engineering Committee Professor Bob Ainsworth MA, DPhil, FRS, FIMechE, FREng University of Manchester
Chairman, Plastics, Adhesives and Electronics Committee Professor Paul T Curtis FREng, FRAeS, FIMMM DSTL Porton Down
Research Board Members Eur Ing Peter Hilton BSc(Hons), CEng
Shell NAM
Craig Hunt BSc(Hons)
Air Products plc
Professor John F Knott OBE, FRS, FREng, FIMechE, FIMMM, FWeldI
Consultant
Dr Eng. Shinji Koga
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Dr Bruno Leduey
Air Liquide
Professor Zhiqiang Li
AVIC BAMTRI
Jan Lundgren MSc
GKN Aerospace
Dr David Panni CEng
J C Bamford Excavators Ltd
Dr Holly Phillips MBE, BEng(Hons), DipMarSur, MBA, CEng, MRINA MCMI, MIIMS
RNLI
Dr Cheryll Pitt BSc(Hons), CEng, FIMMM
Ministry of Defence
Marcello Piza Paes MSc, DSc
Petrobras/CENPES/PDEP/TMEC
Brian Robb
Rolls-Royce plc
Andrew Schofield BSc(Hons), MIMMM, CEng
BAE Systems
Dr Christopher Thornton MA, CEng, MIMMM, SenMWeldI
BP Exploration Ltd
Elliott Turbeville BSc, MS
FMC Technologies Inc
Jitash Vaja BScEng(Hons)
AWE plc
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Innovation Activities
Core Research Programme
Joint Industry Projects
TWI’s Core Research Programme (CRP) value was £4.2m, nine per cent of our research and technology income, and there were over 50 projects active in 2015.
Joint industry projects (JIPs) involve medium-term R&D work conducted to meet the shared needs of a number of Member companies, often resulting in new or improved standards.
Thirteen Industrial Member reports were issued, including the following: Paul Woollin Director, Research
Aamir Khalid Director, Technology
Characterisation of a novel electron beam gun design with a radio frequency excited plasma cathode Development of titanium dioxide coating by suspension spraying for photocatalytic applications An initial investigation of microwelding of multiple-overlapped foils using continuous-wave lasers Novel specimen for investigating the interaction of primary and secondary stresses in fracture assessments Development of multi-pass fibre laser welding of thick-section steel
Initiatives in 2015 include aligning the activities of the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) to the CRP research themes. Fifty-five NSIRC research students were working on TWI’s research programmes in 2015, with over 20 partner universities.
Confidential Single Client Projects Single client projects are conducted for individual TWI Member Companies, are strictly confidential and typically include R&D, consultancy or bespoke welding, joining, coating, cutting, inspection or testing. These accounted for 60 per cent of our research and technology income.
The JIP portfolio comprised 18 projects in 2015, with a further 56 concepts in various stages of launch at the end of the year. JIPs provided five per cent of TWI’s Technology Group income. Of the existing projects, 14 were conducted with the aim of improving safety and reliability of structures, and four dealt with the development of novel or improved joining and surfacing technology. Proposals launched in 2015 include the following:
Effective welding of thick-section aluminium alloys Certification of laser powder additive manufactured components for industrial adoption in the energy and offshore sectors Full matrix capture ultrasonic inspection of girth welds in carbon pipe and corrosion resistant alloy-clad pipe Investigation of high-frequency mechanical impact treatment for welded joints under fatigue loading
Intellectual property protection TWI protects intellectual property where appropriate to ensure Industrial Members are all given equal access to a significant new process invention that could provide a competitive manufacturing advantage. This prevents others from patenting and restricting access to a TWI technology. Licence income generated supports further investment into new technology development on behalf of the Industrial Membership. During 2015, TWI filed one new patent application relating to functionalised particulates: the next-generation developments from our sol-gel activities.
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Innovation Activities
Paul Woollin, TWI and Dr Shinji Koga, Kawasaki, discuss the installation of a friction stir spot welding machine in the engineering hall
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Innovation Activities
Jan Lundgren, GKN and Jon Blackburn, TWI, discuss laser welding of high-performance materials
UK and European government-funded collaborative projects Publicly funded collaborative projects involve participation in medium- and long-term R&D, together with industrial partners and other R&D providers. Initiatives are being introduced to align collaborative projects with Industrial Member interests via the CRP both at the proposal stage and during delivery and dissemination of projects. TWI was involved in 103 collaborative projects in 2015 with a further 11 approved and in ‘grant preparation’ (contract negotiation) at the end of the year. Horizon2020 replaced the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7 (FP7). Collaborative research projects started in 2015 include the following: LaserPipe - remote in-bore laser welding of nuclear pipelines (Innovate UK) FoFAM - industrial and regional valorization
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of Factories of the Future (FoF) additive manufacturing projects (H2020) Radical - real-time dynamic control system for laser welding (H2020) AMANAC - Advanced Material and Nanotechnology Cluster (H2020) INFINITY - indium-free transparent conductive oxides for glass and plastic substrates (H2020) ISOBIO - development and demonstration of highly insulating construction materials from bio-derived aggregates (H2020) SocketMaster - development of a master socket for optimised design of prosthetic sockets for lower limb amputees (H2020) FoF Impact - enhanced impact of the Factories of the Future PPP through technology transfer and expanded community (H2020) Pilemonitor - development of a new integrated approach for structural health monitoring and life cycle management
of offshore wind turbine foundations and transition pieces (Innovate UK) UNION - ultrasonic nuclear inspection (Innovate UK) CERAMOTOR - design of a novel permanent magnet motor for downhole (Innovate UK) InertStrain - long-term creep strain measurement at high temperature using inert gas (Innovate UK) TiWear - wear-resistant titanium surfacing (Innovate UK) EBMPerform - high-quality and high-speed EBM 3D printing by the integration of highperformance electron sources (SMEi) ELSOHA - development of new design and manufacturing methods for excavator in off-road vehicles (Innovate UK) SIMUTOOL - integrated design and novel tooling and process optimisation of microwave processing of composite (H2020)
Commissioning of a narrow gap TIG integrated weld cell, Nigel Allison
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Top Technical Achievements
Ian Cooper, TWI in discussion with Holly Phillips, RNLI ,on the inspection of a bonded joint of a new vessel type at TWI Wales
Full-scale sour pipe bend test at elevated temperature and pressure A new facility was commissioned and used to perform four-point bend testing of a full-scale welded stainless steel pipe containing a sour solution at elevated temperature and pressure. This advanced previous full-scale pipe bend testing at TWI, as the elevated temperature and pressure required a redesign of sealing systems in order to contain the hot, pressurised sour environment. The testing enabled comparison of full-scale data with previously generated smallscale data. This facility was developed as part of a joint industry project that provided guidance on the recommended approach to determine safe engineering limits for avoiding environmentally assisted cracking of strained, welded corrosion-resistant alloys. Briony Holmes
High-pressure flow loop for conditioning while monitoring polymer-metal and composite pipe
Specialists at TWI have designed and commissioned a high-pressure flow loop able to conduct experiments under realistic field conditions in terms of flow and mass transport. This unique facility allows the circulation of ISO 23936-1:2009 sour fluids containing heptane, cyclohexane, toluene, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, methane and water at pressures up to 89barg and temperatures up to 130°C. Currently the rig is being used to test polymer-lined steel section for a joint industry project. TWI’s Members will have the opportunity to use this facility for other applications, such as permeation measurements through fibre-reinforced composites and exposure testing of electronic components. TWI’s established facilities for permeation monitoring of gas and liquid phases, along with rapid gas decompression and fluid sampling facilities, can be used to enhance these experiments. Bernadette Craster
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Top Technical Achievements
New process for laser AM repair of tool steels As a result of a European-funded FP7 project (AMCOR), TWI has developed laser metal deposition procedures for the repair of broken teeth on broaching tools. Until now no commercially viable solution had been found. The approach was non-trivial for several reasons, including the requirement to deposit a tool steel powder onto a tool steel substrate, maintain a baseline hardness of 64–67HRC (taking into account the need to preheat the substrate to prevent cracking and delamination during deposition) and the fact that access to the deposition site was hindered by neighbouring teeth. If the substrate softened during pre-heating or by laser irradiation, a necessary post-heat treatment step would not be commercially viable. Deposited teeth have been successfully machined to shape and several broaching trial iterations have been successfully performed. Carl Hauser
Cable joining: a new solid state welding techique TWI has developed a novel solid-state welding technique, based on friction stir welding, for joining stranded aluminium alloy power cables. The use of aluminium alloy conductor power cables is increasing, and for applications such as deep subsea umbilicals and wind farm cable where the service of spliced joints is critical, finding a reliable joining technique is proving difficult. TWI’s technique is reliable even when welding through moisture-blocking compound. The welding tool is plunged into a consumable connector block holding the ends of the two separate cables, heating, softening and mixing them together to give a fully consolidated joint. As a solid-state technique, no melting takes place, eliminating the possibility of hot cracking and porosity defects and also the need for complete oxide removal from the stranded cables prior to welding. Jonathan Martin
New risk-based, fitness-for-service assessment methodology for offshore To assess the integrity of well conductors for a major offshore oil and gas operator, TWI developed a fitness-for-service assessment methodology considering all possible loading scenarios. The results were provided then in terms of risk, as a combination of probability and consequence of failure. Remnant life of conductor sections with risk ranking output was provided. The assessment provided the operator with inspection recommendations based on the strength response of the corroded conductors, and those mitigation actions determined the acceptability of the conductor remaining in service within the acceptable risk. Payam Jamshidi
Virtual source aperture imaging As the result of a core research project, TWI has developed an ultrasonic technique comparable to full matrix capture (FMC), but capable of significantly higher inspection speeds. By utilising a fire on all and receive on each acquisition strategy, sufficient time domain signals may be obtained for the generation of full-focused imagery at rapid speeds. An example is given in the image, where the FMC image was shown to acquire and process an image at a rate of 7Hz while the VSA equivalent is capable of 45Hz. This offers great potential where high-speed, highquality inspections are required. Mark Sutcliffe
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Technology Fellows
Technology Fellows TWI grants the title and role of Technology Fellow to recognised expert staff who epitomise TWI’s commitment to the development of world-class technology to solve industrial problems. Technology Fellows are leading authorities in their technical fields and have international reputations. As well as having made a significant impact on TWI’s technology, and consequently the business of our Industrial Members, their day-to-day role includes the development and mentoring of the next generation of experts in their technical field.
Opposite page, top, left to right: Professor Steve Maddox BSc, PhD Fatigue of welded structures Professor John Wintle MA, MSc, CEng, FIMechE, FWeldI, FInstP Integrity management Eur Ing Mike Gittos BSc, MSc, CEng, MIMMM, SenMWeldI Metallurgy and failure analysis Professor Peter Mudge CEng, FIMMM, HonFInstNDT, FWeldI Non-destructive testing Opposite page, bottom, left to right:
This page, left to right: Professor Ian Cooper BSc, MSc, CEng, MInstNDT, ASNT Advanced non-destructive testing Dr Alan Taylor BSc, MSc, PhD Ceramics, coatings and nanomaterials Dr Mike Troughton BSc, PhD, CEng, CPhys, MInstP, FWeldI Polymers Dr Henryk Pisarski BSc, PhD, SenMWeldI Fracture toughness testing and fracture mechanics Dr Paul Hilton BA, MSc, PhD, FLIA Laser material processing
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Eur Ing Charles Schneider MA, CEng, MWeldI, FInstNDT, MIAQP Non-destructive testing - reliability Richard Pargeter MA, CEng, EWE, MIMMM, FWeldI Sour service and ferritic steel Dr David Howse BEng, EngD, CEng, EWE, MIMMM, FWeldI Arc processes, fabrication and welding engineering Eur Ing Dr Isabel Hadley MA, PhD, FWeldI Fracture mechanics and BS7910
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Structural Integrity Research Foundation
Structural Integrity Research Foundation
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Chiraz Ennaceur SIRF Programme Manager
The SIRF Council met every two months throughout 2015, enabling sponsors to discuss plans for SIRF activities and collaborate on how to overcome key challenges. The year also saw SIRF founder sponsors (TWI, the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and BP) agree on the foundation’s strategy for the next ten years. SIRF’s medium-term objectives as it moves towards this long-term vision are as follows:
SIRF founder sponsors
TWI Ltd BP plc Lloyd’s Register Foundation
Establish an internationally recognised UK research centre in structural integrity. Stimulate industry- and public sectorcoordinated investment. Develop clear exploitation pathways for the outcomes of early-stage research, from proof of concept and prototyping to fullscale adoption by industry and regulators. Focus research, development and training efforts on issues affecting both the safe operation of legacy infrastructure and the risk-informed exploitation of new concepts in design, materials and manufacture.
SIRF will fulfil its mission and deliver its vision via four long-term strategic elements: safety, innovation, skills and influence. The SIRF strategy document was launched at the TWI technical open day on 21 October 2015, which was attended by more than 100 Industrial Members. TWI has communicated the strategy to all its Industrial Member representatives and SIRF Chairman Dr Bob John has also disseminated it to UK government bodies such as the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership. The SIRF Council has also identified areas of synergy and the technical challenges of common interest to sponsors. This close collaboration brings benefits to the industrial sponsors, whose funding and resources can be shared to more effectively address technical areas of common interest.
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The council identified three synergy topics: 1. Manufacturing and joining performance 2. Inspection and monitoring 3. Materials and structures performance
Founder sponsor deliverables TWI is aiming through its SIRF sponsorship to benefit its Industrial Member companies by generating new knowledge to support the development and understanding of new technologies. Forty-three TWI-sponsored students have begun their studies with NSIRC, and 2016 will see the first TWI PhD students graduate. BP is using NSIRC PhD students to undertake fundamental research to underpin and support its research programmes. So far, seven PhD topics have been identified for 2016 and 2017. The first BP student started in January 2016. The Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s funding will create up to 83 PhD and EngD studentships. In 2014/15, it funded 13 NSIRC PhD students. Ten topics have been agreed for research degrees in 2015/16.
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NSIRC PhD student supports research in Sweden NSIRC PhD student, Wendy Wen, recently travelled to Sweden to carry out research work at the country’s most modern production technological laboratory and collaborate with the world’s largest manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment and consumables. Wendy spent time with both organisations to conduct research using the state-of-the-art equipment available at their facilities and learn new experimental techniques.
out and collaborating with international institutions.
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Wendy referred to her visit as an ‘amazing experience to work at two prestigious institutes’, and said her collaboration with top experts in low transformation temperature alloys provided an opportunity to refine her research and increase her understanding of requirements from both an academic and an industrial perspective. Wendy’s research and travels are an example of NSIRC students reaching
Richard Clegg, MD Lloyd’s Register Foundation and Borislava Yordanova, NSIRC PhD student, discuss the use of the ultrasonic immersion tank
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National Structural Integrity Research Centre
National Structural Integrity Research Centre
Tat-Hean Gan Director of Technology, NSIRC
The National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) outperformed its objectives in 2015. The centre, established in 2012, is on course to meet its target of training 500 postgraduate qualified engineers and employing 61 professionals in its first ten years. Major achievements from the year are summarised below:
NSIRC academic partners UK Universities Brunel University London (lead) Coventry University Leicester University London South Bank University Loughborough University University of Aberdeen University of Birmingham University of Cambridge University of Cranfield University of Edinburgh University of Leeds University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Sheffield Hallam University of Southampton University of Strathclyde University of Surrey
European Universities Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania
International Universities Pusan University, South Korea Tianjin University, China University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Provision of 55 postgraduate and research students with the opportunity to work at a state-of-the-art facility to enhance their knowledge and make scientific breakthroughs. Successful launch of the first LRF open call for PhD proposal from universities worldwide. Internationalisation through partnerships with three international universities in Malaysia, Lithuania and South Korea. Promotion of underrepresented communities in engineering (eg 36 per cent of students are women against a UK engineering workforce representation of only six per cent). Increased network of academic partners (21 universities to date). Graduation of first cohort of 22 MSc in Structural Integrity students, at a memorable ceremony held in December at Brunel University, London.
Internationalisation is at the core of NSIRC, which partners with world-leading academic and industrial institutions to deliver excellent research. NSIRC continues to transform from a national research centre into the international research centre of choice for structural integrity. Students conduct their research in an industrial environment, which supports a smooth transition into a rewarding and challenging career in industry. The programme structure and placement at TWI Cambridge offers students the opportunity to work in partnership with fellow NSIRC researchers and capitalise on TWI’s 70 years of industrial research.
NSIRC alumni have already gained employment at leading research and consultancy organisations, not only in the UK, but all over the world. Every student graduates with valuable experience in the application of structural integrity and can look forward to a challenging career. TWI recruited three of NSIRC’s first cohort – Nikolaos Panagopoulos, Warren Bath and Andreea Crintea – who are now working with cutting-edge technologies to ensure the safe operation of engineered structures. In 2015 the new NSIRC buildings were completed and occupied. Her Royal Highness The Princes Royal was guest of honour at the official opening of the new buildings at TWI’s headquarters at Granta Park, Cambridge on 16 September. Opening the new facility, Princess Anne met with NSIRC students as well as representatives from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, BP and TWI.
National Structural Integrity Research Centre
NSIRC’s first postgraduates in structural integrity, Andreea Crintea, Warren Bath and Nikolaos Panagopoulos
NSIRC PhD student supports research in Sweden In 2015 NSIRC PhD student, Wendy Wen, travelled to Sweden to carry out research work at the country’s most modern production technological laboratory and collaborate with the world’s largest manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment and consumables. Wendy spent time with both organisations to conduct research using the state-of-theart equipment available at their facilities and learn new experimental techniques. Wendy referred to her visit as an ‘amazing experience to work at two prestigious institutes’, and said her collaboration with top experts in low transformation temperature alloys provided an opportunity to refine her research and increase her understanding of requirements from both an academic and an industrial perspective. Wendy’s research and travels are an example of NSIRC students reaching out and collaborating with international institutions.
Wendy Wen
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Industrial Membership
Industrial Membership Despite the ongoing economic and political pressures around the world TWI continued to successfully recruit new Industrial Members throughout 2015. A total of 88 companies joined membership with the UK, mainland Europe, USA, China and Japan providing the strongest markets. Although lower oil prices reduced the demand for support to capital projects within the oil and gas sector, TWI was able to respond to an increased requirement for operational support to existing facilities. This enabled the recruitment of 40 new Members from within the oil and gas sector and the associated supply chains. Significant recruitment was also achieved in the engineering, aerospace, welding equipment and materials supply sectors.
Colin Walters Head, Industrial Membership Services
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Middle East
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China Japan UK
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Small company 1-50 employees 21%
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Numerical modelling to examine stresses in mooring chain links, Sabrina Blackwell and PhD student Imanol Martinez
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Industry Sectors
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TWI’s advanced ‘Flexifab’ robotic friction sitr welding system Jeroen De Backer
Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas achievements 2015 Fatigue and fracture testing in a hydrofluoric acid environment Commissioning of 1100°C/50 bar cold spray system for metal and alloy deposition Life extension assessment methodology for pressure vessels Development of new joint designs for dissimilar metal joints for large-diameter subsea components Fatigue test facility for four-point orbital bending for pipes and components under pressure and temperature Test loops for testing for gas separation and permeation through polymer-lined pipes with toluene, water, H2S and CH4 circulating mixtures
David Galbraith - Industry Sector Manager and Steve Shi - Business Group Manager, Materials
Analysis, modelling and inspection of crack acuity (AMICA) TWI has been working to refine the industry standard fracture analysis method, to reduce conservatism and avoid unnecessary repair or replacement of welded components. Engineering critical assessments (ECAs) are widely used in the oil and gas and power industries to assess whether a flaw detected in a weld – such as lack of penetration, inclusion or corrosion – may lead to a fracture, and warrants remedial action. However, a current limitation of ECA methods is that all defects must be treated as infinitely sharp cracks, which may be too conservative in cases such as fabrication flaws or corrosion, where the crack tip radius may be as large as several millimetres. For such non-sharp flaws, the crack tip load tolerable before fracture may be larger than determined by an ECA, requiring a more refined assessment procedure.
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Through AMICA, a multidisciplinary research project, TWI has been investigating the assessment and reliable detection of non-sharp defects. The project developed fracture assessment methods to account for the effect of a non-sharp notch tip on the apparent fracture toughness, while also developing non-destructive testing technology capable of distinguishing sharp and non-sharp defects. TWI applied the approach to a high-strength structural steel, addressing the fracture behaviour of both the parent metal and the weld metal. Using phased array ultrasonic testing in tandem with finite element modelling, as well as mechanical testing methods, TWI was able to establish the relationship between crack tip radius and measured toughness. The project used an advanced local approach
model to predict the effect of the non-sharp notch on the probability of fracture, which was compared to other methods available. The next steps include the proposal of an engineering approach to implement this effect into the ECA technique within BS 7910 for the assessment of flaws in welded structures, to reduce conservatism on nonsharp flaws.
SENB specimen with sharp notch
SENB specimen with 0.3mm radius notch
The maximum principle stress distribution predicted close to fracture load
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Design rules for hydrogen-induced stress cracking of superduplex stainless steels TWI’s Materials and Integrity Management groups partnered with a Member company from the oil and gas sector to gain insight into the relationship between tensile stress and hydrogen-induced stress cracking of stainless steels used in oil and gas production. In oilfield environments, cathodic electrochemical reactions generate hydrogen which can be absorbed by and interact with metals, reducing their mechanical properties – in particular, their toughness. For hydrogen-assisted cracking or hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms to cause failure, a certain level of tensile stress is required. Some high-profile failures of this nature have led to the establishment of design rules for duplex and superduplex stainless steels. However, these rules are not always very specific, leaving room for misinterpretation. Hydrogen-induced stress cracking (HISC) of superduplex stainless steels (SDSSs) can be mitigated by ensuring that both global and local stresses remain below a certain
threshold (a critical stress); rules pertaining to these stresses are presented in offshore codes, such as DNV RP F112. These codes are critical to both safety and economics, as a high number of SDSS subsea components exposed to cathodic protection are installed worldwide, with more being designed for implementation in other fields. Building on previous TWI joint industry projects on this topic, TWI carried out an investigation to study the properties of the materials involved and develop a quantified insight into the resistance to HISC of two welded SDSS subsea components with complex geometries, which had been retrieved from a subsea installation after around a decade of operation.
Test setup for full-scale testing of SDSS subsea swan-neck spool critical stress required for HISC, generating data that could inform the next revision of relevant offshore codes such as DNV RP F112.
The project determined the critical stress required for HISC in the SDSS components using a range of samples, both small and full-scale specimens, investigating the effects of varying local geometries and residual stresses associated with welding. It led to a quantified understanding into the effects of microstructure and stress raisers on the
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Oil and Gas
Providing essential data on the fatigue strength of threaded connectors TWI has worked with threaded connector manufacturer, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC), to generate essential data on the fatigue strength of its threaded connectors.
The threaded connectors are the potential weak point in terms of fatigue, so NSSMC wanted to generate fatigue test data on them to gain a full understanding of the capabilities of its product.
Threaded connectors are used in ‘drilling with casing’ applications, where the wellbore is drilled and cased simultaneously. Combining the bore drilling and casing operations reduces the number of runs needed and results in significant cost savings. In this application, the connectors rotate during the drilling process and so when they are downhole and transition from the vertical to horizontal orientation, the connectors are subjected to cyclic bending stress.
NSSMC approached TWI because it had heard about TWI’s capabilities in resonance fatigue testing and wanted to use this expertise to determine the fatigue performance of its threaded connectors. TWI launched a project involving full-scale resonance fatigue tests of a number of threaded connectors, using the results to produce S-N data.
A specimen on test in TWI’s resonance testing facility
The project provided NSSMC with essential information on its connectors’ fatigue behaviour. The company has now been able to provide this information to its customers, providing them with confidence in the operating envelope of its connectors.
Carol Johnston, TWI, Yosuke Oku and Yoshinori Ando, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation witness ultrasonic inspection during resonance fatigue test of connector by Grzegorz Ptaszek and Alan Day, TWI
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Oil and Gas
Roger Barnett, TWI and Abdulaziz Al-Meshari, SABIC discuss issues relating to high-temperature corrosion testing
Efficient evaluation of fatigue for continued service of ageing pressure vessels TWI is working with an Industrial Member from the oil and gas sector to provide a costeffective method of evaluating the fatigue life of in-service pressure vessels. The company has many similar pressure vessels installed on platforms in the North Sea, which are reaching or have reached the end of their design lives and yet continue in service. The vessels were designed to BS 1515, which did not require fatigue assessment, so an evaluation of the remaining fatigue life is an important part of the life extension process. Detailed fatigue life assessments for many vessels would be costly and time consuming, leading the operator to seek a low-cost methodology for justifying life extension of several vessels designed to older codes through fatigue analysis and a campaign of risk-based inspection. TWI is supporting this by developing a process that uses a benchmark vessel to justify life extension of
other similar vessels remaining in service. The Member company removed one of the vessels from service after processing was diverted to a different platform. TWI carried out detailed examinations and testing on this vessel to investigate the in-service degradation, manufacturing quality and material properties. Both non-destructive and destructive examinations were conducted at fatigue-critical locations and areas of high corrosion. The examinations revealed an overall good manufacturing quality, with low levels of in-service degradation and no evidence of fatigue cracking. The results of this work will be used as evidence to support the life extension of the other vessels that remain in service. The final stage of the work will determine the commonality between the benchmark vessel and similar vessels remaining.
TWI will also develop criteria for selecting the vessels with the highest fatigue usage for more detailed fatigue analysis and inspection, based on the benchmark vessel findings. This will enable justification of life extension of a number of vessels, for a fraction of the cost required to perform a full life extension assessment on each vessel individually.
Benchmark vessel used for detailed examinations and testing
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Power
Power achievements 2015
Demonstration and qualification of local vacuum electron beam welding for nuclear pressure vessels On-site size reduction of active radioactively contaminated fuel skips using remote, robotic laser cutting Thermally sprayed aluminium coatings with corrosion and biofouling resistance for tidal, wave and wind power generators FE modelling for local heat treatment of pressure vessels NDT techniques for electrical generation equipment Development and qualification of methodology for reclamation of gas turbine shafts by laser metal deposition Vacuum brazing of prototype vacuum interrupters
Tat-Hean Gan - Business Group Manager, Integrity Management and Chris Punshon - Industry Sector Manager
Review of systems and procedures supports life extension of ageing assets TWI worked with Scottish Power (SP) to assess compliance with the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) 2000, for a range of ageing fossil-fired and renewable energy facilities, in addition to a control of major accident hazards (COMAH) gas storage site. The project covered a coal-fired station, two hydroelectric schemes, a pump storage station, combined heat and power, and waste-derived processing sites. TWI delivered a full review of, and comprehensive recommendations for, technical and management aspects of pressure systems safety practices in the ageing structures. The work involved a thorough review of written schemes of examination, inspection records, equipment data, and plant operating regimes. Scottish Power also wanted TWI to review the quality of information in examination
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reports, and how these are used to inform future inspection. This would inform the development of reference material for its internal guidance on pressure systems management. TWI inspected the state of integrity and maintenance at the sites. Its engineers were able to determine whether written schemes of examination would be suitable in the light of operating experience, evolving technical knowledge about degradation mechanisms and failure modes, and examination results. The TWI team also considered integrity management practices in general, and the treatment of reported defects. The project saw SP capitalise on TWI’s crossdisciplinary expertise in non-destructive testing, materials and welding engineering to ensure compliance with statutory PSSR requirements. TWI worked closely with SP
to carry out a detailed review of the energy company’s inspection practices and offer advice on modern inspection techniques and good practice in PSSR management. As a result of this collaboration, SP is in a better position to make informed decisions to extend the life of aged mechanical equipment.
Longannet Power Station
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New coating resists corrosion and biofouling TWI is among a group of seven organisations collaborating on a project that has developed a new coating technology to protect offshore steel structures from corrosion and biofouling. Pioneered by the oil and gas sector, thermally sprayed aluminium (TSA) has an excellent track record in providing long-term corrosion protection for steel. It corrodes at a slow (<10µm/yr) and predictable rate in seawater and, unlike organic paints, also provides local sacrificial protection. Thermally sprayed aluminium not only preferentially corrodes in regions of damage, hence preventing the steel itself from corroding, but it also ‘seals’ exposed areas of steel by promoting the precipitation of insoluble deposits from the seawater. Now research carried out under the EUfunded ACORN project has combined TSA with eco-friendly, low-release-rate biocides, capable of preventing barnacles from settling on surfaces. Barnacle settlement causes huge amounts of damage, cutting through paints, blocking key access points and making structural inspection problematic as well as promoting further settlement of other marine species, further compounding the problem of bio-accumulation.
Developed at TWI, this new coating technology has now been extensively tested in simulated offshore conditions and shown to corrode at a steady rate of ~2µm per year. Two sets of field trials were undertaken in 2015, one off the coast of Sweden and the other off the north coast of Spain. Despite an anomalously low year for barnacle settlement, the results show promise in preventing biofouling. This research has been carried out primarily to benefit the emerging offshore renewable energy market, where static structures need to be moored offshore for prolonged periods of time. In these cases, periodic dry docking is often impossible and in-situ maintenance is difficult and very costly. When total lifecycle costs are considered, application of a highly robust, long-lasting coating that provides protection from both corrosion and biofouling has the potential for significant through-life cost savings and reduced maintenance budgets.
Corrosion and fouling test facility near Santander, Spain
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Power
Real-time monitoring for wind turbines brings cost and reliability benefits TWI played a key role in an EU project that has developed an advanced condition monitoring system (CMS) and methods of continuously monitoring rotating parts in wind turbines. The CMSWind project used vibration analysis (VA), motor current signature analysis (MCSA) and acoustic emission (AE) in combination to monitor the condition of in-service wind turbines. A prototype was developed, installed and subsequently validated in a wind turbine in Bandirma Wind Energy Power Plant in Turkey. Using these three techniques in combination, each specifically designed for wind turbines and their components, the system improves wind turbine machinery reliability by up to 50%. This estimation is based on the fact that the system allows unnecessary maintenance and time out of service for wind
turbines to be reduced or even eliminated, leading to improved reliability and operation. Vibration analysis, AE and MCSA techniques are respectively used to monitor the condition of the gearbox, rotary components and generator (which together account for 53% of wind turbine downtime). In this way, the CMSWind system monitors continuously the health of all the important rotating machinery within the turbine.
The technology developed for this project, and the incorporated alert strategy, effectively informs machine operators of potential damage to the wind turbine machinery as soon as it occurs. These developments could bring substantial improvements to the reliability and cost of wind power.
The project also developed an alert system to notify the wind turbine operator if certain criteria are met. A warning is created if the parameters go beyond set limits. When a certain number of warnings is exceeded, an alert is generated, indicating potential damage to the wind turbine. The developed algorithm is universal and can be applied to other types of wind turbine. Bandirma Wind Energy Power Plant
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High/low-temperature, high strain rate materials testing machine, Phillip Cossey
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Aerospace
Aerospace achievements 2015
Development of friction stir welding of titanium for future propellant tanks for the European Space Agency Electron beam welding of safety-critical valves for the European Space Agency Completion of joint industry project on highspeed ultrasonic inspection of composites, and development of next phase of work to increase the inspection speed even further Further project development work for our defence customers in the List X facility Development of laser and electron beam powder bed audit checklist with major aerospace OEMs for Nadcap
Robert Scudamore - Business Group Manager, Joining Technology and Richard Freeman - Industry Sector Manager
Investigation into performance of laser metal deposited aerospace alloy TWI carried out an extensive investigation into the performance of laser metal deposited (LMD) alloy 718, to optimise process parameters and support its wider adoption by the aerospace industry. Alloy 718 is a well-established material with applications in many areas of modern aeroengine designs. However, alloy 718 components can be very large and expensive to manufacture and repair, presenting opportunities for considerable savings through the use of LMD. Laser metal deposition is an additive manufacturing process in which metal powder is fed into a melt pool created by a laser beam on a metallic substrate. The powder fusion-bonds with the substrate and, through manipulation of the laser and powder-feeding nozzle, a structure is built up layer by layer.
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TWI undertook a programme of work to address industry’s need for performance data of LMD alloy 718, and to optimise process parameters prioritising performance over metallurgical quality. Two parameters were developed for investigation: high energy input (HEI) and low energy input (LEI). Rectangular blocks of alloy 718 were deposited on 316L stainless steel plates before being subjected to a direct two-stage heat treatment. Wrought alloy 718 subjected to the same treatment provided a benchmark for comparison. Tensile testing found that the LEI samples gave higher proof strength than the HEI samples under both ambient and elevated temperature conditions. Compared to wrought at elevated temperature they had reduced proof stress by a factor of 1.17 and 1.21 respectively. Fatigue tests found the wrought material to have the highest
fatigue strength at 720MPa, followed by LEI (525MPa) and HEI (435MPa). The difference in performance may be attributable to over-ageing in the deposits due to multiple thermal cycles during deposition, prior to the double ageing post-weld heat treatment. These findings provide valuable empirical data to support the growing uptake of additive manufacturing technology by the industry. .
Test samples produced using HEI parameters
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Alternative bonding pre-treatment avoids use of chemicals TWI has carried out research to reduce the dependence on wet chemical processes as a pre-treatment to adhesive bonding of metals, by replacing the etching chemicals with cold atmospheric plasma (CAP). When metals are bonded using current methods, they are often pre-treated using wet chemicals and energyintensive processes. There are significant disadvantages to these processes, such as high energy demands, potentially hazardous waste generation, and associated health and safety concerns. A further issue is that each metal generally requires a different etch solution. This can limit design choices or increase the cost of manufacture considerably, requiring several chemical baths. Cold atmospheric plasma has the ability to treat different materials, with only a modest change in plasma chemistry required between each. The plasma has also the potential to be monitored to ensure that it meets specification during the treatment.
Initial testing performed using 316 stainless steel as a substrate increased bond strength of single-lap shear (SLS) specimens while maintaining durability (wedge testing at 99% R/H, 45°C, 1000hrs). Initial analysis of titanium-6Al-4V is underway, with initial results showing CAP is able to produce SLS joints with strengths approaching those produced with chemical etching; this data will be refined during the remainder of the project, which is due to end in September 2017. Chemical analysis of the plasma plume and how it affects the surface is also ongoing.
Helium:nitrogen plasma plume
Ultimately, this project will improve the efficiency of the CAP treatment and optimise its parameters, establishing the plasma composition which produces an adhesion interface equal to or better than current wet processes for key engineering metals.
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Aerospace
TWIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mike Russell discusses the transition of new technologies into production use with Kevin Slattery, The Boeing Company
Quality assurance for additive manufacture TWI has developed a quality assurance device for electron beam melting (EBM) additive manufacture to support its wider adoption in the aerospace industry. This device measures the electron beam over the powder bed to provide a quality report on the suitability of the machine settings for manufacture. Electron beam melting is a powder bed additive layer manufacturing process. An electron beam is deflected across a powder bed (up to 400mm diameter) to build a part, melting powder to form one layer at a time. The process is attracting a great deal of interest from the aerospace industry. This is because the sector requires highquality parts made of expensive material, with complex structures. These parts are expensive to machine or cast and could potentially be manufactured more costeffectively using EBM.
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However, the aerospace industry has stringent quality assurance requirements for the manufacture of parts. In addition, transferring manufacture from one machine to another is an essential industry requirement prior to adopting the process for production.
the beam X and Y widths at the power used for manufacture. TWI anticipates that quality assurance of EBM machines will be an important enabler for wider adoption of additive manufacture in the aerospace industry.
Using TWIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specially developed array probe to measure the beam across the powder bed gives manufacturers the ability to quantify the beam quality and optimise machine settings, and the data to compare one machine with another. It also allows correlation of integrity of manufactured parts with equipment status, or the setting of thresholds for beam quality prior to commencing part builds. The array probe measures the beam using 81 sensors accurately positioned on a test plate which is placed in the machine prior to starting a part build. Each sensor measures
Array probe used to measure the beam
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Manufacture of cylinder for pressure testing using selective laser melting
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Transport
Transport achievements 2015
Award of Innovate UK project on advanced manufacturing technology for next-generation lightweight tailor-welded blanks Development of inspection techniques for major automotive OEM Further development of plastics welding training for JLR and its Tier 1 supply chain Development of British Standard (WEE-3) on welding of thermoplastic moulded components with major automotive companies
Sullivan Smith - Programme Manager
Effective friction stir welding of thick-section aluminium alloys
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Friction stir welding (FSW) has transformed the way industry approaches the joining of aluminium, but there are limits to the maximum thickness of parts that can be joined. A research project at TWI has been investigating ways to overcome these limitations.
productivity. The resulting welds are prone to porosity and cracking, and the heat imparted during the welding process can cause the component to distort. Finally, there are aluminium alloys used in the aerospace industry that are either very difficult or practically impossible to fusion weld.
There are many applications which require joining of thick-section aluminium components. These include aircraft wing spars, liquid natural gas tanks, armour plate and railway headstocks. Using conventional fusion welding techniques for these applications presents a number of challenges.
Now TWI, using the unique twin-headed capabilities of the Powerstir FSW machine, has demonstrated several techniques which have the potential to increase the thickness of parts that can be joined and minimise production cycle times, making joining of thick-section aluminium alloys both technically and commercially advantageous.
Component edge preparation and shielding gases are necessary, as is preheat. Fusion processes can be difficult to control, and thick sections usually require a multipass technique, taking time and affecting
The techniques that have been investigated are double-sided simultaneous FSW, supported bobbin FSW and supported FSW. Each method brings numerous benefits over the conventional weld-flip-weld approach
taken to thick-section joining. These include reduced component processing times through shorter welding times and minimal part handling; improved weld quality through use of reduced, uniform heat input; increased tool life and correspondingly reduced tooling cost; and reduced distortion.
Simultaneous double-sided FSW weld in 50mm thickness AA7050-T6
Transport
TWI delivers improved welding performance for Chinese rail manufacturer CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd (CSRZ) in China contacted TWI to commission a friction stir welding (FSW) procedure development study for rail carriage panels. When using the process in the past, the company had encountered the ‘lazy S’ issue in the weld zone and ‘hook’ defects in the interface of some of the joints. CSRZ approached TWI in the hope of improving its processes and eliminating these problems. The project began with a procedure development study at TWI’s UK headquarters using aluminium alloy AA6005-T6 for four different panel designs. The work included the design and manufacture of FSW tools, the development of optimum welding parameters, mechanical assessment of weld quality through metallography, tensile, bend and fatigue tests, and production of evaluation panels as project deliverables. The targeted welding speed was 500–600mm/min.
This initial phase of the project successfully optimised weld parameters for all four panel designs, eliminated hooking, and, in welds in which a residual ‘lazy S’ was visible, showed that the residual ‘lazy S’ had no influence on weld failure locations. Two TWI FSW engineers then spent five days at a CSRZ site in China, deploying the developed FSW procedures and training CSRZ staff. After assessing the on-site FSW equipment, TWI supervised CSRZ engineers implementing the new processes, providing direction where necessary. During this stage of the project, CSRZ requested a higher welding traverse speed to be tested, of up to 1400mm/min. In production, 500mm/min is considered to be low – especially for high-volume manufacturing. TWI accordingly raised welding speeds to 1400mm/min, but at this speed the FSW machine started to vibrate while traversing.
Improving the effectiveness of FSW at CSR Zhuzhou’s factory The speed was reduced to 1200mm/min, which was found to be the ‘sweet spot’ for the machine. The project concluded with CSRZ satisfied with both the welding speed and the mechanical properties of the resulting welds.
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Construction and Engineering
Construction and Engineering achievements 2015
Development of inspection programme for major defence customer on armoured vehicles Friction stir welding project work for large rail vehicle manufacturers in China Continuing support on modelling and testing of road tankers for the UK transport industry Delivery of bespoke Welding Diploma courses for Rolls-Royce Submarines
Paul Burling - Programme Manager
Monitoring technology reduces the risk for crane operators TWI worked with partners from across Europe on a project using structural health monitoring technology to improve safety for crane operators. Crane operators work with a high risk of being fatally injured, spending much of their working lives at great height, where a structural failure is likely to have catastrophic consequences. Through the publicly funded CRANESInspect project, TWI applied condition monitoring technology to create a system that would forewarn of such failure and potentially prevent loss of life. The initial stages of the project saw tests being performed on a crane in collaboration with the project’s end user, Cargotec. This involved identifying the crane’s critical areas. Its reinforcing plates were found to experience the highest equivalent level of stress compared to the crane’s other
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components, so much of the effort was directed into covering this area. The project consortium developed a dualcapability transmission-reception algorithm using acoustic emission (AE) and guided wave testing (GWT) techniques. These techniques were able to monitor, localise and focus on defects. Acoustic emission, as a passive method, detected and localised defects. Once a defect was detected, GWT assessed its size. The project also involved the development of control software for acquisition and processing, to analyse the monitoring data collected. The complete prototype system was assessed both in the laboratory and the field as part of the capability validation process. Several AE signals were simulated in different locations and the source was localised with minimal errors.
Finally, as part of the validation process, experiments were performed on an inservice crane in Rotterdam. No defects were detected. The CRANESInspect system represents an excellent application of structural health monitoring technology, which has genuine potential to save lives.
CRANESInspect technology installed on a working crane in the Netherlands
Construction and Engineering
TWI doubles welding speed for Olympic Stadium seating decking supplier TWI worked with Member company and aluminium specialist Sapa to support its work to provide seating decks as part of the redevelopment of one of the venues for 2015’s Rugby World Cup: London’s Olympic Stadium. Sapa Extrusions, based in Harderwijk in the Netherlands, had a contract to deliver 3500 retractable decks for the stadium, which provided an 80,000-seat venue for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, but will begin the 2016/17 football season as the 54,000-seat home ground of West Ham United Football Club. The seating decks were to be made from extruded aluminium, incorporating joints made using friction stir welding (FSW). To meet its production targets, Sapa approached TWI for assistance increasing the speed at which it was able to FSW the aluminium panels, aiming to double the 1000mm/min rate it was limited to at the start of the project.
Having identified a suitable FSW tool and configuration, TWI conducted extensive welding trials to identify the optimised welding conditions for this particular extrusion design. Engineers then travelled to Sapa’s Dutch facility to provide two days of on-site support, applying the parameters to the company’s own FSW equipment. Following the visit, TWI provided Sapa with suggestions on how to improve its existing clamping system, and Sapa continued to conduct welding trials of its own. This enabled Sapa technicians to find a ‘sweet spot’ on its machine, allowing panels to be welded at a speed of 2450mm/min.
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The Olympic Stadium undergoing its 2015 refit
The combined efforts of TWI and Sapa meant the entire 3500 quota of panels were produced and delivered on time for installation at the Olympic Stadium well before the project deadline, and in time for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
The panels were 6063-T6 aluminium alloy extrusions with 3.5mm skin thickness. TWI was able to select an FSW tool design for the task based on its past experience working with similar alloys.
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Electronics, Photonics, Sensors and Nanotechnology
Electronics and Sensors achievements 2015
Identification of defects in silicon chips on PCB through-layer vias and BGA solder interconnects, using a 3D X-ray microscope Development of dissimilar material battery interconnect joining technology for consumer product companies Design and development of a prototype eight-channel ultrasound front end for a new prototype phased array NDT system Failure analysis of lead-free solder cracking in aircraft electronic control systems
Abbas Mohimi- Industry Sector Manager
Development of a sensor-integrated support and interconnect system The University of the West of England (UWE) contacted TWI for assistance when seeking to develop a sensor that needed to be suspended in a package via its interconnect wires. The sensor is on a ceramic substrate, with metallised patterns on both sides which terminate in pads with a thick gold top layer. The university required 127µm diameter gold wire connections from the two metallisation pads on both sides of the substrate to be joined to the gold metallised pins of a small standard ‘TO’ style miniature can header. TWI considered two key issues when selecting the most appropriate welding process: minimum mechanical and thermal impact on the metallisation and sensor body, and the need to place wires on both sides of the sensor (flying leads) before connecting them to the gold pins. As only a few examples were required for initial testing, the most cost-effective approach was to create
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them manually. TWI identified parallel gap resistance welding as the most appropriate process, as it only necessitated electrical access to the top surface of the wire and enabled very small welds to be produced with minimum thermal and mechanical impact. It also only required relatively simple jigging for welding to both sides of the sensor.
On completion of these trials, TWI provided samples to UWE for operational assessment. Positive early results have led UWE to request a further 100 sensors to be assembled for testing.
With TWI’s input, UWE then established a metallisation that was appropriate for the joining process and sufficiently robust for the operational requirements. TWI conducted wire welding trials and developed a methodology for manipulating and clamping the parts, cutting the wire and welding the sensor to the pins in a repeatable way. Shear and pull testing verified the joint quality and consistency.
The sensor developed for the UWE project
3D X-ray microscope image of a PCB component, Eleanor Brug
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Tantalum trabecular structure for orthopaedic applications produced using additive manufacture, Rashmi Raju
Medical
Medical achievements 2015
Prototype medical multi-sensor device for the acceleration of the design and manufacture of comfortable prosthetic sockets Laser micro-welding of 0.5mm-diameter Nitinol wires for cardiovascular implants Rapid fixation technology for bone fractures which bear no load A phototherapy blanket for the treatment of infant jaundice
Roger Wise - Industry Sector Manager
Additively manufacturing orthopaedic implants from tantalum TWI has been working with Member company Metalysis to show that tantalum is an excellent choice of material for orthopaedic implants produced using additive manufacturing technology. Every year, an estimated 500,000 people are admitted to hospital in the EU for surgery on bone injuries which require a customised metallic implant. To minimise the costly recovery time for patients undergoing these procedures, it is crucial that the implants fit their recipients as exactly as possible. It is also important for the material from which the implants are made to mimic the mechanical properties of bone as closely as possible, especially its stiffness. This is because bone grows preferentially in areas where mechanical stress is concentrated, and any discontinuity in material stiffness in a limb, such as that
caused by a metallic implant, can cause the bone to subside and reduce the time before the implant may have to be replaced.
structure will allow bone cells to grow within the implants, resulting in strong bonds between bone and metal.
Tantalum is an ideal material for use in orthopaedic implants because its mechanical properties are very well matched to those of bone. It is also biocompatible, so not rejected by the body’s immune system.
This is shown in the picture on the opposite page.
Metalysis has a patented process for the manufacture of tantalum powder and other metallic powders whose particles exhibit a uniform spherical geometry – ideal for use in the selective laser melting (SLM) method of additive manufacturing. TWI has demonstrated the material’s suitability by manufacturing samples of lattice structures using SLM, which show how an implant might be designed for use with these materials. The open lattice
Specimen forofpitting/crevice Selectiveassemblies laser melting tantalum in and SCC corrosion testing progress
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Equipment, Consumables and Materials
Equipment, Consumables and Materials achievements 2015
EMFWELD – development of a software toolkit to measure welders’ exposure to electromagnetic fields in alignment with EU legislation CLAMPIT – development of distortion assessment software to assist fabricators with designing clamping systems to hold components in position and minimise distortion during arc welding processes Assessment of arc welding fume emission rate and composition, and emission rates for nitrous oxides, carbon monoxide and ozone
Chris Wiseman - Programme Manager
Embracing digital manufacturing: robotics and autonomous welding systems In 2015 TWI created a new team to develop and implement a vision of applying digital manufacturing principles to joining and associated technologies for the benefit of its Members. Digital manufacturing is a fundamental aspect of Industry 4.0 – the fourth industrial revolution. Closely linked to the Internet of Things and virtualisation, digital manufacturing exploits cyber-physical systems to create production strategies that are more efficient and more effective than their current-generation equivalents. TWI has established itself as a leader in the application of Industry 4.0 concepts and technology to industrial welding solutions, exploring the opportunities presented by digital manufacturing and developing innovative and potentially disruptive solutions. In 2015 it formalised its activities
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in this area with the establishment of a new Welding Systems Integration (WSI) section. The section’s main objective is to support TWI’s technology teams as they develop and provide smart digital manufacturing solutions on behalf of TWI Members. This involves everything from market analysis and production support to full welding systems automation and integration. Examples of specific projects for Members include implementation of laser metal deposition (LMD) capability and adaptive arc welding systems, optimised to exploit the enhancements to quality, efficiency and productivity made possible through digital manufacturing. The WSI section’s efforts went on to gain external recognition in 2016, when it formed and led a team that developed a new approach towards factory floor connectivity
that fully realised the principles of Industry 4.0. Its ‘Smart Industrial Manufacturing: Robots-as-a-Service’ demonstration was judged the ‘Best New Catalyst’ at TMForum Live! 2016. The catalyst team, led by TWI, featured international participants TMForum (USA), Infosim (Germany) and EnterpriseWeb (USA).
The team at TMForum Live!, including TWI’s Darren Williams (centre)
Chris Birch, Linde Group discusses the effect of shielding gases on metal transfer in MIG/MAG welding with Geoff Melton, TWI
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Standards Development
Left to right: Marcello Consonni, Capucine Carpentier, Isabel Hadley, Geoff Melton, Philippa Moore
Technology progression into standards
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TWI actively disseminates safety-related IP via standardisation, to support both industry and wider society. It is currently active in over 100 UK, American, French and international standards committees including BSI, AFCEN, API, ASME, NACE, CEN and ISO, as well as influential technical industry forums, such as IIW, TAGSI and FESI, that help develop consensus on the best approaches to resolving industrial challenges. To coordinate these efforts and facilitate communication between staff and Members, TWI has appointed a standards programme manager.
the short term, TWI’s knowledge of standards is beneficial to Members in the management of their day-to-day activities, such as when an informed opinion on the application of specific standard requirements is needed or when knowledge of the rationale behind current requirements or future changes proves valuable. TWI’s involvement is also useful to the SDOs, as our contribution is shaped by our constant interaction with Members and consequently represents the opinions of a wide range of organisations from all major industry sectors.
TWI’s participation in standardisation activities provides an effective communication channel between industry and the standard development organisations (SDOs). This has long-term benefits, as it allows industry to put forward its needs and match them with new technology developments in international standards. In
Since the 1990s TWI has chaired a joint working group between IEC and ISO to produce the first comprehensive international standard for arc welding equipment (IEC 60974-1). This standard ensures that the equipment is safe to use and meets the required performance characteristics for the welding process. TWI has also led the development of the
electromagnetic compatibility standard for welding equipment, liaising with CISPR and other IEC committees, and also the European standard and related software for validation of arc welding equipment. Today, TWI is chairing a joint working group preparing a standard and has recently released related software for carrying out assessments of workers’ exposure to electromagnetic fields, to support the introduction of a European directive in 2016. Highlights from TWI’s participation in standardisation work in 2015 include input of new procedures to API 581 (risk-based inspection), ensuring that ISO/WD TS 18166 ‘Numerical welding simulation – execution and documentation’ reflects industrial rather than academic needs, and acting as the UK’s designated expert for review of ISO standards for welding coordination and the qualification of welders and welding procedures.
Ian Cummins and Simon Webster, BP discussing fatigue testing of large steel plates with Jenny Crump, TWI
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Training and Examinations
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TWI Virtual Academy NDT eLearning platform
Training and Examinations
Training and Examinations Chris Peters – Global Manager Operational Support
Overall performance Despite difficult industry conditions, the Training and Examinations Services (TES) group achieved revenue within 98 per cent of the previous year. Profitability was reduced but measures were taken to reduce costs, and strengthen the business going forward. The reduction in income was primarily due to difficulties in the oil and gas industry, which was devastated by the steep decline of the price of oil. In 2015 this averaged $53, approximately half the budgeted forecast. Oil prices dropped throughout the year, reaching $36 in December 2015 – an 11-year low.
in time, and findings were used to improve performance.
Innovation and improvement Responding to the difficult trading conditions a strategy for a new business norm was developed, including activities to address the sustained low oil price environment. Innovation, improvements and enhanced client service were the themes for 2015. There were a number of successes in these areas.
TWI Virtual Academy
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20,000 people worldwide
Towards the end of 2015 the TES group launched an online learning academy to support and enhance classroom training. The main objectives of the Virtual Academy are as follows:
The safety performance of the TES group worldwide was good, with no serious injuries, and no serious environmental or pollution issues recorded in the year. The group’s quality management systems were audited in all regions by a number of bodies and all audits were passed. All audit non-conformances were closed out
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Improve knowledge and competence of TWI students. Give students the flexibility to study in their own time and at their own pace outside the classroom. Reduce the cost impacts of travel, accommodation and disruption at work.
TWI’s online learning modules include welding processes, metallurgy, materials testing and welding defects to support welding inspection and advanced phased array non-destructive testing (NDT) training. The Virtual Academy has received positive results and responses from students. With
Jim Kerins – Regional Manager India, Middle East and Africa this new online offering and its established classroom provision, TWI training has cemented its clear leadership position among all its direct competitors.
New products Input from TWI’s Members and their representatives on the specialist training committees has helped TES to prioritise the development of new courses in 2015. Several new training products were developed over the year, with a focus on complementing and extending existing TWI training and qualifications. This work included the launch of a new course to give an understanding of how to construct procedures and welder qualifications according to the ASME IX code. Also, in response to the market’s increased focus on maintaining existing plant, a new in-service degradation mechanisms detection course was launched to give NDT technicians the vital skills in conventional and advanced NDT to accurately detect and measure mechanisms such as corrosion. Finally, a new cathodic protection course was developed and tested during the year.
Training and Examinations
Ernie Moskini â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Regional Manager South East Asia
Operational improvements Considerable time and effort was put into establishing a large database of examination questions. This was rewarded towards the end of 2015 when TES introduced a new electronic examination system, using it to deliver its BGAS and welding inspection examinations. As well as enhancing examination security the system is proving popular with students as a teaching aid during classroom studies. A huge exercise of improving and enhancing course materials including notes, PowerPoint presentation and other materials was worked on continuously through the year. This labourintensive activity will continue into 2016.
Farshid Alizadeh â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Regional Manager Central Asia The Central Asia office had to operate with exceptional caution in 2015, as more than half the countries in the region were either in conflict or at substantial risk of terrorist attack. Despite this, Central Asia established a new training centre in Azerbaijan, which includes an underwater facility. Students from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the Middle East were among the first to study at the new centre in the capital Baku, the largest city on the shore of the Caspian Sea. The underwater facility, which opened in December, is a joint venture with local diving and underwater specialist company Dalgidj. As well as the 10m2, 7.5m-deep pool, the training centre features modern equipment, classrooms and a restaurant. Training is delivered in English, Russian and Azeri.
Regions In the UK, TWI training was able to move into its excellent new purpose-built facilities in Abington, which include new classrooms, examination rooms and NDT labs as well as new audio-visual equipment. Other UK successes include the aforementioned launch of the TWI Virtual Academy and introduction of several new courses. TWI Azerbaijan The UK operation has also been exploring strategic expansion into other countries in the European region. Activities in the Netherlands and Italy have grown, and a multilingual team is being assembled to exploit courses in other countries in the region, with a particular focus on Portugal, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Belgium, and Denmark.
During the year the South East Asia operation moved into its purpose-built new 4000m2 building in Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur headquarters features a diver training tank, where underwater courses have already taken place. There were several other notable successes in the region in 2015, including
Marcus Jones â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Global Manager Strategy and Development its achievement of ISO certifications for its management systems, and its commendation by the Malaysian government for the training opportunities it provides for young welders.
Diver training tank in TWI South East Asia
Managerial responsibility for the Africa and Middle East region and India region were merged in 2015, which now share one regional manager. The India, Middle East, and Africa region is consolidating its expansive business. The operation has also achieved ISO certifications for its management systems and is exploring new, more efficient methods of resourcing training across the region. Reduced reliance on expensive expatriates in Dubai has helped to reduce operating costs. Overall, despite the global economic decline in 2015, the TES group achieved a number of commendable successes. With 2016 likely to be another difficult year, the strongly bonded TES management team is anticipating the challenges that lie ahead.
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Training and Examinations
TWI successfully completes its first blended eLearning and class-based phased array training course
First non-destructive testing blended learning course a huge success TWI used eLearning for the first time in 2015 with a part-online, part-classroom-delivered blended approach to CSWIP phased array ultrasonic testing (Level 2) training. The first week of the three-week course was offered as an eLearning option. Students taking up the blended route were given up to 60 days to study the online material before joining the regular classroom-based course at the beginning of the second week. This approach reduces the impact and costs associated with time spent away from the workplace while still providing a valid route to the CSWIP non-destructive testing (NDT) qualification in accordance with BS EN ISO 9712. The first blended course was held in late 2015 with great success, demonstrating the effectiveness of studying NDT methods using blended learning. The approach is set to be
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more widely introduced as an option across TWI’s other courses in 2016.
I was able to progress through it as and when I had spare time.
Paul Chapman, from NDT systems specialist Phoenix Inspection Systems Ltd, was among the first students. ‘For me, cutting down on time away from the office was key,’ he explained. ‘As I had access to the eLearning several weeks before the start of the course,
‘The modules were easy to navigate, with concise information sections and section tests to verify your understanding before moving on. Interactive exercises allow you to get a feel for instrument setup without having to have one in front of you.’
Example screen shot from eLearning course
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Plant Integrity
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Guided wave ultrasonic inspection of storage tanks
Plant Integrity
Preventing tank leaks using ultrasonic guided wave monitoring Plant Integrity is exploring using its guided wave ultrasonic flaw detection technology to protect against costly leaks from atmospheric storage tanks. Above-ground storage tanks are often used to contain environmentally harmful chemicals and pollutants, so a leak can have severe consequences. Maintaining the integrity of such tanks is critically important to operators seeking to avoid contaminating land and incurring substantial fines. Plant Integrity has developed a new method of storage tank monitoring using its award-winning guided wave ultrasonic inspection technology. The method uses low-frequency guided waves to examine the whole of the tank floor from a number of permanently attached sensors fixed around the perimeter of the tank. Using combinations of ultrasonic transmitter and receiver sensors, it is possible to extract information from different ray paths that together cover the whole floor area. Each ray path contains information about the ultrasonic propagation along its length, including the presence of welds and any other tank features.
The technology has been deployed on several active tanks in the UK and North America. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated on a 4m-diameter tank owned by TWI, on which several defects were introduced to the tank floor. The system successfully picked up through-wall defects of 20–70mm, as well as partial wall loss defects. TWI has now launched a joint industry project to further validate the technique, which could potentially transform the maintenance of large storage tanks. The project is open to partners; contact Plant Integrity to find out more.
Paul Jackson Manager, Plant Integrity Plant Integrity is a subsidiary of TWI that specialises in the provision of guided wave ultrasonic technology to detect flaws in structures – primarily pipelines and other tubulars. In 2015 the company continued to build on the success it has achieved in recent years, exploiting its Teletest® guided wave technology through further development of its products and the delivery of inspection services, training and bespoke solutions to a variety of industries all over the world. Main successes were as follows:
Scans are performed regularly over time and compared to the baseline result. By reconstructing the signals and using advanced statistical processing techniques it is possible to generate a topographical representation of the condition of the tank floor, which can highlight the locations of any changes. This method allows early detection of any defects.
Record sales revenue for Teletest products and services. Teletest data logging system designed for monitoring nuclear boilers achieved 80,000 hours of operation without an incidence of failure. Simplified Teletest data collection software developed to easily and frequently collect Teletest data. Teletest tank integrity monitoring system installed on Member company sites and data collected across a 30m-diameter tank. Excellent success rate in collaborative proposals leading to projects starting on tank monitoring, inspecting buried pipelines and permanent monitoring of pipes. Implementation and achievement of ISO 9001 accreditation.
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Training the next generation The Test House apprentices The Test House has pledged its support to train the next generation of technicians and engineers by taking on four apprentices from a Cambridge further education college.
Edward Watts Manager, The Test House The Test House is a TWI-owned company that offers testing and machining services to companies around the world from its large facility within TWI. In 2015 The Test House celebrated 25 years of providing independent, confidential testing services to industry. The year also saw its move into a purpose-built facility and the acquisition of a range of new testing and machining equipment. This new equipment extended The Test House’s capability in areas including digital radiography; CNC milling, turning and wire cutting; and a range of advanced mechanical testing methods including tensile, impact and hardness. A large-capacity saw, capable of cutting components measuring 1.2m by 1.1m, complements the testing equipment. The Test House completed many projects in 2015 ranging from machining of parts for testing equipment to providing services for the defence and aerospace sectors.
Hailing from Cambridge Regional College (CRC), the four young men are learning vital knowledge and skills from The Test House’s experienced personnel and getting the opportunity to work on projects from across industry. The oldest, 23-year-old Dominic Sebastiani, had already completed a Level 2 qualification in engineering. ‘Since joining I’ve been on training courses to help with my progression as a machine engineer, in which I’ve learned how to use and run most machines in The Test House, from CNC mills to wire eroders,’ Dominic explained. ‘I feel like I’m progressing and am enjoying learning new skills and furthering my prospects. Once my apprenticeship is complete I plan to stay on, continually improving my skills as a machine engineer.’ Like Dominic, 17-year-old Jarrod Greenwood hopes to continue working at The Test House after he has finished his studies. Mainly working with lathes and mills to manufacture one-off parts for customers, in the future Jarrod plans to enter higher education through the company.
on projects for major aerospace and defence clients, as well as Formula One teams. ‘I am finding my time here extremely rewarding and beneficial; I am gaining professional qualifications and hands-on experience.’ That drive to succeed is shared by 22-year-old Daniel Goulden, an apprentice metallurgist from Manchester who moved to Cambridge for the opportunity at The Test House. Affiliated with both CRC and Hyde Clarendon Sixth Form College just outside Manchester, Daniel is enjoying his time at the company and life in Cambridge. ‘I am enjoying my time here. Cambridge is a lovely place to live and TWI is the best company I have worked for in terms of how they look after their staff and approach situations. Working for one of the most prestigious companies in the world in their field of expertise also makes me feel proud, which makes me want to work harder to prove that I deserve to be here.’ he explained.
Jackson Housden-Vasquez is focusing on non-destructive testing for his apprenticeship. Studying mechanical engineering at CRC, Jackson has already qualified in basic radiation safety and is set to build on this by attending courses on magnetic particle, penetrant and radiographic testing. ‘I came to The Test House after a friend who also worked here told me about the opportunities that are available’ Jackson said. The 19-year-old has already worked
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Apprentices at The Test House: from left to right, Dominic Sebastiani, Jackson Housden-Vasquez, Daniel Goulden and Jarrod Greenwood
Shimadzu 100kN tensile testing machine, Martin Gilder
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Industrial Member Companies
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Advanced X-ray diffraction Science Without Borders (SWB) PhD student Nataly CĂŠ
Industrial Member Companies
Algeria BP Amoco Exploration (In Amenas) Ltd ConocoPhillips Algeria Ltd JGC Algeria SpA
Angola Angoflex Limitada Cameron Valves & Measurement West Africa Ltd Esso Exploration Angola Ltd Maersk Oil Angola AS MODEC Angola Lta Total E&P Angola Transocean Angola
Argentina Air Liquide Argentina SA Conarco Alambres y Soldaduras SA ESAB Argentina SA Socotherm Americas TenarisSiderca
Australia AACE Pty Ltd Air Liquide Australia Ltd Aspec Engineering Pty Ltd Asset Integrity and Reliability Services Ltd Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) BAE SYSTEMS Australia BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd BP Refinery (Bulwer Island) Ltd BP Refinery (Kwinana) Pty Ltd Bureau Veritas Asset Integrity and Reliability Services Callidus Welding Solutions Pty Ltd Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd Caterpillar of Australia Ltd Chevron Asiatic Ltd Chevron Energy Technology Pty Ltd DST Group Ensitech Pty Ltd ESAB Australia Pty Ltd Esso Australia Ltd Gauge Industrial & Environmental Gladstone LNG Gorgon Upstream Joint Venture Hitachi Australia Ltd INPEX Browse Ltd INTECSEA Pty Ltd Joy Global Inc Linde Gas Pty Ltd MCA Australia Group MCA Australia Pty Ltd Nippon Steel Australia Pty Ltd QGC Pty Repsol Australasis Richard Eager Pty Ltd Saipem Australia (Pty) Ltd Santos Ltd Shaw Pipeline Services Australia Shell Refining (Australia) Pty Ltd Technip Oceania Pty Ltd Total Australia Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd
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Christmas Island
Shanghai BSW Petro-Pipe Co Ltd
Austria Austria GmbH Borealis AG Borealis GmbH Borealis Polyolefine GmbH DAU GmbH & Co KG EBG & DAU Kühlerentwicklung GmbH Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH ESAB GesmbH IGM Robotersysteme AG MED-EL Medical Electronics PLANSEE SE
Azerbaijan AMEC Foster Wheeler Azerbaijan BP Azerbaijan International Operating Co
Bangladesh Chevron Bangladesh Shell Bangladesh Exploration & Development BV
Belgium Air Liquide Belge SA Air Products NV/SA Aleris Aluminium Duffel B V B A Aleris Rolled Products German GmbH Allnex Belgium SA ArcelorMittal Belgium NV ArcelorMittal Ghent ArcelorMittal Research Industry Gent/OCAS Borealis Kallo NV Borealis Polymers NV BP Chembel NV Caterpillar Belgium SA DEME NV (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering) Fina Antwerp Olefins NV Fina Chemical Antwerpen NV Fina Feluy FMC Europe NV Laborelec c.v.b.a SA ESAB NV Sapa RC Profiles NV/SA Shell Louvain-la-Neuve Shell Research SA Tailor Steel NV Tata Steel - Belgium Total Raffinaderij Antwerpen NV Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Bolivia Total E&P Bolivia
Brazil Air Liquide Brasil Arcos Solda Electrica Autogena SA BG Brazil Bureau Veritas do Brasil - Oil & Gas Div Cameron (Brazil) Caterpillar Brazil SA Confab Industrial SA Confab Tubos SA Electro Aco Altona SA
Embraer ESAB SA Industria e Comerciosileietrleo Ltda Flexibrás Tubos Flexíveis Ltda Fluke Engenharia Ltda FMC Technologies do Brasil Ltda INTECSEA do Brasil Ltda Maersk Oil Brasil Ltda Serviços de Petróleo PETROBRAS PETROBRAS - SEQUI PETROBRAS / Refinania de Paulinia PETROBRAS E & P PETROBRAS TRANSPORTE SA PETROBRAS/AB-RE/ES/TEE PETROBRAS/CENPES PETROBRAS/CENPES/PDEP/TMEC PETROBRAS/CENPES/PDEP/TS Petroleo Brasileiro SA - PETROBRAS SBM do Brasil Shell Brasil Statoil do Brasil Ltda Subsea7 Brazil SA TBG Technip Brazil Technip Brazil - Engenharia, Instalacoes e Apoio Maritimo Transocean Brazil Vallourec Tubos do Brasil SA
Brunei Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd
Cameroon Total E&P Cameroon
Canada Air Liquide Canada BP Canada Energy Company CanmetMATERIALS Natural Resources Canada Canusa CPS Caterpillar of Canada Ltd Chevron Canada Resources Ltd DSG - Canusa Eclipse Scientific Elliott Turbomachinery Canada Inc ESAB Group Canada Inc Esso Resources Canada Ltd Evraz Inc NA ExxonMobil Canada Flexpipe Systems GKN Walterscheid Canada Inc Hitachi Canadian Industries Ltd Imperial Oil Engineering Services Co NOVA Chemicals Corporation Repsol SA Rolls-Royce (Canada) Ltd Servo Robot Shaw Pipe Protection Ltd ShawCor CSI Services ShawCor Ltd Shawflex Shell Canada Ltd Soudures JM Tremblay (1987) Inc Subsea7 Canada Inc. Technip Canada Ltd TenarisAlgomaTubes TransCanada PipeLines Ltd Williams Energy Canada Inc
China, People’s Republic of ABS Greater China Division Autoliv (China) Inflator Co Ltd Avic Aviation Foundation Technology Establishment AVIC Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials AVIC Composite Corporation Ltd Baoji Kelamayi Pipes Co Ltd Baoji Land Pipe Mill Baoji OCTG Company of BSG Group Baoji Petroleum Steel Pipe Company Baoji Sumitomot Metal Petroleum Steel Pipe Co Ltd# Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd Baosteel Industry Inspection Ltd Beijing Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology Research Institute BOC Gases China Changchun Railway Vehicles Co Ltd China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology China FSW Center China Offshore Oil Engineering Corp COMRI Dalian Sunlight Machinery Co Ltd Danfoss Refrigeration Equipments Tianjin Co. Ltd ESAB Representative Office F.tech Wuhan Inc F.tech Zhongshan Inc General Research Institute for Non Ferrous Metals Hefei General Machinery Research Inst Liaoyang Pipe Mill M-Tech Research Institute for Special Structure of Aeronautical Composite Sapa Technology (Shanghai) Shanghai Aerospace Equipment Mfr Shanghai ESAB Cutting Co Shanghai Institute of Special Equipment Inspection and Technical Research Shanghai Oriental Maritime Engineering Technology Ltd (SOMET) Shanghai Spaceflight Precision Machinery Institute (SSPMI) Shipbuilding Technology Research Institute of CSSC Southwest Institute of Technique and Engineering (SITE) Suzhou DSG-Canusa, Polymer Technologies Co Ltd Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute Co Ltd Wuhan Iron & Steel (Group) Corporation Zhongyou BSS(Qinhuangdao) Petropipe Co Ltd Ziyang Pipe Mill
Hong Kong MTR Corporation Ltd
Taiwan Air Liquide Taiwan China American Petrochemical Co Ltd
Industrial Member Companies
Colombia Repsol Colombia Tecnicontrol Tubos del Caribe SA - TuboCaribe
Croatia Saipem Mediterranean Services LLC
Czech Republic Brush SEM sro ESAB VAMBERK as
Denmark Danfoss Industrial Automation Danfoss Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Controls Danfoss Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Division Dansk Shell A/S Raffinaderiet ESAB A/S Grundfos A/S Grundfos Management Hede Nielsen LICengineering A/S Maersk Oil & Gas A/S National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S Ramboll Denmark - Bridges Division Sapa Mass Transportation
Egypt BP Egypt Hitachi Plant for Steel Construction
Finland Borealis Polymers Oy ESAB OY Oy Hardy Spicer AB
France 3P Performance Plastics Products ACB AEROLIA AEROLIA MÉAULTE Air Liquide Air Liquide - CEPIA Air Liquide Welding Air Liquide/CTAS Air Products Airbus Operations SAS Airbus SAS AREVA AREVA NC AREVA NC BU Assainissement AREVA NP Thermonuclear Fusion Projects AREVA NP SAS AREVA TA Bureau Veritas Group Cameron France SA
Caterpillar France SA CERCA CNIM Danfoss Commercial Compressors DCNS Propulsion EDDYFI EUROPE SAS EDF CIDEN EDF CIT EDF Nuclear Engineering Div- SEPTEN EDF R&D EDF SA EDF UNIE EDF UTO ESAB France SA ESAB SA ESSO-SAF Eurocopter Flexi France SA FMC Europe SA FMC Technologies Company (US) FRESA GE Oil & Gas Thermodyn SAS GKN Driveline SA Honeywell Turbo Technologies ITER Organization ITER Organization - Magnet Division Jehier SA Leroy-Somer Livbag SAS Maia Eolis Metrode France SARL NCS (Survelliers) Oerlikon - CTAS Oerlikon-Soudure France SARL Polysoude SAS SAF SAFMATIC Saibos Construcoes Maritimas Lda Saipem SA Sapa Profiles Albi snc SCS Serimax SETVAL - CEV Sitia Snecma (Chatellerault and Vernon) Sofresid Engineering Soudure Autogene Francaise - SAF Subsea7 France SA SunPower France SAS Tata - Rail Products Tata Steel France Tata Steel France Rail Techlam SA Technip France TN International Total Total E&P France Total Fina Elf-CERT Total Petrochemicals France Total SA Vallourec Drilling France SAS Vallourec Oil & Gas France Vallourec Umbilicals Winoa
Georgia MQS Representation in Georgia
Germany Air Liquide GmbH A|irbus Group NV Airbus Operations GmbH Aleris Rolled Products Germany GmbH Arc Machines GmbH AREVA NP GmbH Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH
Borealis Polymers GmbH Branson Ultraschall ConocoPhillips - Wilhelmshaven Emerson Climate Technologies GmbH ESAB Cutting System GmbH ESAB GmbH Fusion for Energy GKN Driveline International GmbH GKN Walterscheid GmbH H Butting GmbH & Co KG Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Hitachi Europe GmbH Hoganas GmbH IHI Charging Systems International GmbH ITW Welding GmbH Kawasaki Robotics GmbH Deutschland Linde AG, Linde Gas Division Linde Group Lurgi GmbH MENCK GmbH MT Aerospace AG MTU Aero Engines GmbH MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenberg GmbH MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co KG Oerlikon Schweisstechnik GmbH Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH Siemens AG Corporate Technology Siemens AG Mobility Division SunPower GmbH Tata Steel Germany Tognum AG Total Mitteldeutsche Erdoel Raffinerie GmbH
Ghana Shell Ghana Ltd
Greece Air Liquide Hellas SA Consolidated Contractors Group S.A.L (Offshore) (CCC) Corinth Pipeworks SA SunPower Solar Energiaki Hellas
Greenland Maersk Oil Kalaallit Numaat A/S
Hungary ESAB Kft
India Air Liquide India Holdings Pvt Ltd BG Exploration and Production India Ltd Bharat Forge Ltd - India ESAB India Ltd ETA Technology PVT Ltd GKN Aerospace India Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd (Industrial Product Group) Godrej Precision Engineering Godrej Precision Systems Godrej Process Equipment
Höganäs India ISRO (LPSC Unit at Valiamala) JCB India Ltd L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd Larsen & Toubro Ltd - Engineering & Construction Projects (E&C) Divn Larsen & Toubro Ltd - Heavy Engineering Independent Company Linde India Ltd MTI-Nash Friction Welding PVT Ltd Rolls Royce India Saipem India Project Service Ltd Seamec Ltd Shell Technology India Pvt Ltd Sievert India Pvt Ltd Supermax Personal Care PvT Ltd Engineering Division TATA Steel Ltd - Growth Shop Technip KT India Ltd Thermax Cooling & Heating Division TVS Motor Company
Indonesia Air Liquide Indonesie BP Berau Ltd BP Indonesia BP South East Asia BP Tangguh Development Chevron Pacific Indonesia ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia FMC Santana Petroleum Equipment PT McDermott Indonesia PT Esabindo Pratama PT JGC Indonesia PT Karya Yasantara Cakti PT Komaritim PT Nippon Steel Batam Offshore Service PT Nippon Steel Construction Indonesia PT Saipem Indonesia Repsol Asia Saipem Indonesia Talisman (Asia) Ltd Total E&P Indonesie (DKP/INS) Total Esp Indonesia Total Indonesia Total Indonesie PT
Ireland, Republic of Abbott Diagnostics Division Aughinish Alumina Ltd BS&B Safety Systems Ltd ESB Power Generation ESBI Engineering & Facility Management Ltd Hibernian Wind Power Kostal Ireland GmbH Medtronic Vascular Galway Ltd MSD Ireland (Ballydine) PSE Kinsale Energy Ltd Stryker Instruments Ltd Timoney Technology Group
Italy AGIP SpA Serv Nost Air Liquide Italia Service Srl Air Liquide Welding Italy Alfa Laval Olmi SpA Ariston Thermo Group Cameron Italy Srl
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Industrial Member Companies Centro Sviluppo Formazione COOLTECH Srl Elliott Turbomachinery SA ENI SpA - Exploration & Production Div ESAB Saldatura SpA ETC Elettrotermochimica ExxonMobil Oil Italiana SpA FMC Technologies Italia SpA Foroni SpA GE Oil & Gas - Nuovo Pignone Srl Neuron Guard Nooter/Eriksen Srl Officine Nicola Galperti E Figlio SpA Raffineria di Roma Saipem Group Saipem SpA Sirai Elettromecchanica Srl Socotherm SpA Spirax Sarco Srl Sunpower Italia Srl Technip Italy SpA Tecnomare SpA Tenaris TenarisDalmine
Jamaica Shell Co (West Indies) Ltd
Japan Air Liquide Japan Aisin Takaoka Co Ltd Autoliv Japan Ltd, Aichi Facility Caterpillar Japan Inc. ClassNK Composites Company, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Daido Steel Co Ltd Elliott Group Japan F.tech Inc Futaba Industrial Co Ltd GE Oil & Gas Flow and Process Technologies Hitachi Air Conditioning Systems Co Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd Hitachi Engineering Consulting Co Ltd Hitachi High Technologies Co Hitachi Koki Co Ltd Hitachi Ltd Hitachi Ltd, Power & Industrial Systems Hitachi Ltd Rail Systems Company Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd Hitachi Setsubi Engineering Co Ltd Hitachi Via Engineering Ltd Hitachi Zosen Corporation Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd Honda Engineering Co Ltd Honda Research & Dev Co Ltd IHI Corporation IHI Infrastructure Systems Co Ltd INPEX Corporation ISEL Co Ltd JFE Steel Corporation JGC Corp JGC Maintenance Services Co Ltd JGC Plantech Co Ltd Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd Kawasaki Plant Systems Ltd Kawasaki Precision Machinery Ltd Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation KCM Co Ltd Kobe Steel Ltd Kobe Steel Ltd - Materials Research Laboratory Kobe Steel Takasago Kurashiki Boring Kiko Co Ltd
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Kyoei Manufacturing Co Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Space System Division Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd Kure Works MODEC Inc Nippon Light Metal Co Ltd Nippon Sharyo Ltd Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co. Ltd Nippon Steel & Sumikin Welding Co Ltd Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Nissan Motor Co Sanoh Industrial Co Ltd Shinko Research Co Ltd ShinMaywa Industries Ltd Showa Denko KK Sky Techno Co Ltd TADA Electric Co, Industrial Apparatus Works TenarisNKKTubes The Japan Research and Development Center for Metals Time Corporation TLV Co Ltd Tokyo Gas Co Ltd TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK Toyo Kanetsu KK UACJ Corporation WELCON Inc Yamaha Marine Co Ltd Yamaha Motor Co Ltd Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd Yanmar Co Ltd
Kazakhstan Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV (KPO) Maersk Oil Kazakhstan GmbH Saipem SpA - Kazakhstan Branch Tengizchevroil
Kenya Kenya Shell Ltd
Libya BP Exploration Libya Ltd ENI North Africa BV Total Libya
Luxembourg
Tideway (Luxembourg) SA
Malaysia BP Chemicals Malaysia Sdn Bhd BP Petronas Acetyls Sdn Bhd Bredero Shaw (M) Sdn Bhd Bureau Veritas (M) Sdn Bhd Cameron (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Contraves Advanced Devices Sdn Bhd CRC-Evans Pipeline International Sdn Bhd Det Norske Veritas As Sdn Bhd DNV/KKA ESAB (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Esso Production Malaysia Inc ExxonMobil Production Malaysia Inc INTEC Engineering (SEA) Sdn Bhd INTECSEA Malaysia Lloydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Register Technical Services Sdn Bhd MFE Formwork Technology Sdn Bhd Parker Hannifin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Petrofac E & C Malaysia Pipeline Technique Sdn Bhd Repsol Malaysia Sabah Shell Petroleum Co Ltd Saipem Asia Snd Bhd SapuraAcergy Sdn Bhd Sarawak Shell Berhad SBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd Serimax Welding Services (M) Shell Global Solutions (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Shell Refining Company (FOM) Berhad Technip Malaysia
Korea, Republic of ANSCO Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd ESAB SeAH Corp Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd - Shipbuilding Divn
Kuwait BP Kuwait Ltd FTV Proclad (Kuwait) Ltd John Pickle Middle East (JPME) Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Co (KSC) Kuwait National Petroleum Co Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait Pipe Industries & Oil Services Co KSC Petrochemical Industries Co KSC
Mexico Cantarall FSO, Inc. SA de CV ESAB Mexico SA Frisa Technip Mexico TenarisTamsa
Myanmar Total E&P Myanmar TotalFinaElf Myanmar E & P
Netherlands, The Air Products Nederland BV AIRBUS Defence and Space Netherlands Allseas Engineering BV Bayards Aluminium Constructies BV Brush HMA bv CRC-Evans Automatic Welding - Sales, Service & Rental DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability ESAB Nederland BV Esso Nederland BV ESTEC European Space Agency, Materials & Processes Divn - ESTEC Fokker Fusite BV Gusto BV Heerema Engineering Service BV Heerema Group Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland BV Heerema Vlissingen BV Heerema Zwijndrecht BV Huisman Equipment BV Huisman-Itrec INTECSEA BV ITW Welding Products BV Kobelco Welding of Europe BV Lincoln Electric Europe SL Lincoln Smitweld BV Marine Structure Consultants (MSC) BV Metrode Eurolas BV Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV NN Netherlands BV Rolls-Royce Marine Benelux BV SABIC Europe Sapa Aluminium BV Sapa RC System BV Shell Global Solutions International BV Shell International Chemicals BV Shell International Exploration & Production BV Shell International Oil Products BV Shell Internationale Petroleum Mij BV Shell Nederland Raffinaderij BV Shell Research and Technology Centre Shell Research BV Shell Solar Shell WindEnergy BV SIF Group BV Sonion Nederland BV Tata Steel - The Netherlands Total E&P Nederland BV Total Raffinaderij Nederland NV WRS Marine
Monaco Imodco Services SA - Operating Office Imodco Terminals SA - Operating Office
Morocco Shell Morocco
New Zealand BOC Gases New Zealand Ltd Buckley Systems Ltd Optimech International Ltd Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd
Nigeria Cameron Offshore Systems Nigeria Ltd Chevron Nigeria Ltd
Industrial Member Companies
DNV Nigeria Ltd Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd ExxonMobil Development Company Nigeria ExxonMobil Producing Nigeria Ltd Globestar Engineering Company Nigeria Ltd Nationale d’Operations Petrolieres de Cote d’Ivoire (NOPCI) Nigerian Agip Oil Company Ltd Saipem Contracting Nigeria Ltd Shell Nigeria Shell Petroleum Development Co of Nigeria Ltd Technip Offshore Nigeria Ltd Total E&P Nigeria Ltd
Technip Saudi Arabia Yanbu National Petrochemical Company
Peru Repsol Peru Ltd
Singapore Philippines Air Liquide Philippines Chevron Geothermal Holdings Inc Philipinas Shell Petroleum Corp Technoserve International Co Inc
Poland Norway AGA AS AS ESAB Borealis Group Services AS BP Norge AS ConocoPhillips Norge Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS Det Norske Veritas Classification AS Det Norske Veritas Research AS DNV GL DNV Veritec Esso Norge AS ExxonMobil Exploration Norway Inc FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS GasSecure AS GE Oil & Gas Sandvika GE Presens Kvaerner Verdal AS Maersk Oil Norway AS Marine Aluminium AS Metalock Industrier AS Navion ASA Norsk Chevron AS Norsk Titanium NUTEC AS OneSubsea Processing AS Petroleum Safety Authority Norway Repsol Energy Norge AS Rolls-Royce Marine AS Roxar Flow Measurement Saint Jean Wheels AS Seaflex AS Siemens AS SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing AS Sonsub AS Statoil ASA Subsea7 Norway AS Technip Norge AS Total Norway Volvo Aero Norge AS
Danfoss Poland Sp.z o.o. ESAB Sp.z o.o. Fersab Sp.z o.o. Ozas Sp.z o.o. Sonion - European Operations Sonion Polska Sp. z o.o.
Portugal Air Liquide Portugal Air Liquido Bosch Thermotecnologia SA Embraer Estruturas Compósitos SA ESAB Lda SONACERGY Serviços e Construçoes Petroliferas Lda
Qatar Dolphin Energy Ltd EADS CCQ QSTP LLC Maersk Oil Qatar AS Qatar Liquefied Gas Co Ltd Qatar Shell GTL Ltd RAF (A) Water & Power Station RasGas Co Ltd Saipem - Doha
Pakistan BP Pakistan Exploration & Production Inc
Slovakia Branson Ultrasonics - Slovakia ESAB Slovakia sro
South Africa Romania Autoliv Inflator Romania TenarisSilcotub
Russia
Oman L&T MFY LLC L&T Modular Fabrication Yard LLC Petroleum Development Oman LLC RAY Skills Development LLC Rusayl Institute LLC Saipem SpA Oman
ABS Pacific Division BP Singapore Pte Ltd Bredero Shaw (Singapore) Pte Ltd Cameron (Singapore) Pte Ltd CAPE Group Chevron Oronite Pte Ltd Cladtek Holdings Pte Ltd Det Norske Veritas Industry Pte Ltd ESAB Asia Pacific Pte Ltd ESAB Singapore Pte Ltd Esso Singapore Pte Ltd ExxonMobil Singapore Pte Ltd FMC Southeast Asia Pte Ltd FMC Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd FTV Proclad (Singapore) Pte Ltd Hitachi Zosen Singapore Ltd INTECSEA Singapore ITW Welding Singapore Pte Ltd JGC Singapore Pte Ltd Keppel FELS Ltd Kobe Welding (Singapore) Pte Ltd McDermott Asia Pacific Pte Ltd MODEC Management Services Pte Ltd MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd OOOGTK Libra GmbH & Co KG Proclad International Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Professional Testing Services Pte Ltd Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Ltd Shaw Pipeline Services Singapore Shell Chemical Seraya Pte Ltd Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd Soxal Subsea7 Singapore Pte Ltd Transocean Eastern Pte Ltd
OOO ‘ESAB’
Saudi Arabia Arabian Industrial Fibers Company Eastern Petrochemical Co (SHARQ) Hitachi Plant Technologies (HPT) JGC Arabia Ltd PEMREF SABIC Sabic Petrokemya Saipem SAL KSA Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company Technip Arabia Co Ltd
Air Liquide (Pty) Ltd Air Products South Africa Pty Ltd Arnot Power Station Chevron South Africa (Pty) Ltd DB Thermal DB Thermal - Division of DBT Technologies (Pty) Ltd Drakensberg Power Station Duvha Power Station Element Six (Pty) Ltd ESKOM - Megawatt Park ESKOM Enterprises ESKOM Group Technology Division ESKOM Holdings SOC Ltd Eskom Properties Gariep Power Station Hendrina Power Station Hitachi Power Africa Joy Global (Africa) (Pty) Ltd Kendal Power Station Koeberg Power Station Kriel Power Station Lethabo Power Station Majuba Power Station Matimba Power Station
Matla Power Station Oerlikon Electrodes (SA) (Pty) Ltd Palmiet Power Station Peaking Generation PetroSA (Mossel Bay) Rotek Engineering (Pty) Ltd Sasol Chemical Industries Ltd Sasol Infrachem Sasol South Africa Proprietary Ltd Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd Shell South Africa Energy (Pty) Ltd Tutuka Power Station
Spain Air Liquide Espana SA Airbus Operations SL Al Air Liquide SA Alstom Renovables Espana SL AMEC Foster Wheeler Energia SA Boeing Research & Technology Europe SL BP Oil Espana SA BP Oil Refineria de Castellon SA Carburos Metálicos SA Equipos Nucleares SA ESAB Iberica SA Gamesa Corporation - Tower Competence Centre Industria de Turbo Propulsores SA Ingenieria y Diseno Europeo SA INITEC Tecnologia - Plantas Industriales Navantia SA - Cartagena Shipyard SunPower Energy Systems Tecnicas Reunidas SA
Sweden AGA Gas AB Air Liquide Gas AB Autoflator AB Autoliv Inc Borealis AB DNV Inspection AB Eberspächer Exhaust Technology AB ECAPS (Ecological Advanced Propulsion Systems) Element Six AB ESAB AB ESAB AB, Welding Equipment ESAB International AB ESAB Sverige AB GKN Aerospace Engine Systems Sweden Global Application Development Höganäs AB L-TEC Deutschland GmbH Oerlikon Sverige AB Rolls-Royce AB Sapa AB Sapa AB (Sapa Technology) Sapa Heat Transfer AB Sapa Manufaktur Sapa Profiler AB Sapa Technology Shiloh Industries - Europe WesDyne TRC AB Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB
Switzerland Allseas Group SA CARBAGAS CBMM Technology Suisse SA
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Industrial Member Companies ESAB AG Georg Fischer Piping Systems Ltd Global Petroprojects Services AG Hydro Exploitation SA MEGGITT SA Nagra Oerlikon Schweisstechnik AG Rapid Technic AG SBM Offshore Inc Solitaire Marine Contractors SA SunPower Systems Sarl
Thailand Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production (CTEP) CUEL Ltd CUEL Ltd - Construction Yard Technip Asia Pacific Technip Engineering (Thailand) Co Ltd Thai Yamaha Motor Co Ltd
Trinidad and Tobago BG Trinidad & Tobago BP AMOCO Trinidad & Tobago BP Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia BG Tunisia
Turkey BP Türkiye Saipem SPA Shell & Turcas Petrol AS Total Oil Turkiye AS
UnitedArab Emirates Abu Dhabi Co for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co (ADMA-OPCO) Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co (TAKREER) Abu Dhabi Polymers Co Ltd (Borouge) Adyard Abu Dhabi LLC Air Products (Middle East) FZE Al Hosn Gas (Abu-Dhabi Gas Dev Co) Amoco Sharjah Oil Co ESAB Middle East LLC. FTV Proclad (Dubai) LLC FTV Proclad (UAE) LLC ITW Welding Products Group (FZE) Maersk Oil Middle East AS McDermott International Middle East Inc Petrofac Emirates LLC Petrofac Engineering & Construction International Ltd Pipeline Induction Heat (PIH) Ltd Proclad Academy (Dubai) Proclad Group Proclad Pipe Ltd Saipem Dubai Shaw Pipeline Services - Abu Dhabi Shell Iran Offshore Ltd Technip Abu Dhabi Total Abu Al Bukhoosh Oil Co
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Zakum Development Company
United Kingdom 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd 3 Shires Welding Supplies Ltd AAF Ltd ABB Automation Ltd, Water & Industrial Business Unit ABRO ABS Europe Division Acteon Group Ltd Advanced Fusion Processes Ltd Agip (UK) Air BP Ltd Air Liquide UK Ltd Air Liquide Welding Ltd Air Products plc Airbags International Ltd Airbus Filton Airbus Group Innovations UK Airbus Operations Ltd AIXTRON Ltd Aker Subsea Ltd - Subsea Field Development Allen Gears Allen Power Engineering Allen Steam Turbines Ltd Allpoints Allseas UK Ltd Alstom Power Thermal Services Ltd Alstom Power TTM Ferrous Alloys ALTEK Group Alusalt Ltd AMEC Foster Wheeler (Teesside) Ltd AMEC Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd AMEC Foster Wheeler Group Ltd AMEC Foster Wheeler plc AMEC Foster Wheeler Power & Process Europe AMEC Foster Wheeler Power & Process Nuclear AMEC Foster Wheeler Warrington Andrew Palmer & Associates Apache North Sea Ltd Apache North Sea Production Ltd API Microelectronics Ltd API Microwave Ltd Applied Graphine Materials UK Ltd Applied Materials UK Ltd Applus RTD UK Ltd Aquasium Technology Ltd Aquaterra Energy Aquatic Engineering & Construction Limited Arc Energy Resources Ltd Arc Machines UK Ltd Army Technical Support Agency Arup ASCO Numatics Aspen Electronics Ltd Astrium Ltd Astrium Satellites ATB Morley Ltd Atkins Energy Autoliv Airbags International Ltd Avingtrans UK AWE Aldermaston AWE Burghfield AWE Cardiff AWE plc Babcock Integrated Technology Babcock Marine Rosyth BAE Systems - RO Defence BAE Systems (Commercial Aircraft) BAE Systems (Dynamics) BAE Systems (Military Aircraft & Aerostructures) BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd BAE Systems Aerostructures
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence PARC BAE Systems Astute Class Ltd BAE Systems Avionics Systems BAE Systems Combat Vehicles UK BAE Systems Defence BAE Systems Electronic Systems Ltd BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Ltd BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions Ltd BAE Systems Govan BAE Systems Land Systems (Bridging) Ltd BAE Systems Land Systems UK BAE Systems Ltd BAE Systems Marine Ltd BAE Systems Plc BAE Systems Power & Control Ltd BAE Systems RO Defence BAE Systems RO Weapons BAE Systems Shared Services PAG BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd BAE Systems Surface Ships Support Ltd BAE Systems Underwater Systems Balltec Ltd Barrett Steel Energy Products - Forge & Machine Shop Bechtel Ltd BEKO plc Cambridge BEL Valves Ltd bf1 Systems Ltd BG Group BG International Downstream BHP Billiton Petroleum Ltd Biomet UK Healthcare Ltd Blacks Equipment Ltd Bladon Jets Ltd Blanson Ltd BOC Gases BOC Gases Europe BOC Gases Immingham BOC Health Care BOC Ltd BOC Process Plants BOC Tradequip Bodycote - Joining Division Bombardier Aerospace Shorts Bombardier Transportation (Derby) Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd Boustead International Heaters Ltd BP Alternative Energy BP Angola BU BP Chemicals Ltd BP Exploration & Production Technology Group BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd BP Exploration OP Co Ltd BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd BP International Centre for Business & Technology BP International Ltd BP Llandarcy BP Oil UK Ltd BP plc BP Refining and Marketing BP Shipping BP Solar Ltd BP/AIOC ACG Project Braemar Technical Services (Engg) Ltd Branson Ultrasonics Brecknell Willis & Co Ltd Bredero Shaw Ltd Bruel & Kjaer VTS Ltd Brush Electrical Machines Ltd Brush Turbogenerators BSP International Foundations Ltd Bureau Veritas UK Ltd BWI UK Ltd C4 Carbides Ltd Camcon Flow Control Technology Ltd Cameron Ltd Canusa Systems
Caparo Testing Technologies UK Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd Castrol Technology Services Caterpillar (UK) Ltd Caterpillar Peterlee Ltd Caterpillar Shrewsbury Ltd Caterpillar Stockton Ltd Caunton Engineering Ltd CAV Advanced Technologies Cavendish Nuclear Cavendish Nuclear Manufacturing CB&I UK Ltd Ceres Power Ltd Charles Taylor Energy Chassis Systems Ltd Chevron Chevron North Sea Ltd Chevron UK Ltd Claxton Engineering Services Ltd Clayton Engineering Ltd Clyde Submarine Base CMP Products Ltd CNIM Escalators UK Ltd CNR International (UK) Ltd Code-A-Weld (Great Yarmouth) Ltd Cokebusters Ltd Comau UK Ltd Combined Workshops HMS Defiance PC1007 Conductor Installation Services (CIS) Ltd Connect Plus M25 Ltd ConocoPhillips (UK) Ltd ConocoPhillips Ltd ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company UK Ltd ConocoPhillips Power Operations Ltd Control Techniques Dynamics Ltd Control Techniques plc Controls and Data Services (CDS) Copeland Ltd Corewire Ltd Costain Oil, Gas & Process Ltd CRC-Evans Automatic Welding (UK) CRC-Evans Offshore CRC-Evans Offshore Ltd Cross Manufacturing Co (1938) Ltd Crossley Engines Crown International CT Aerocomp Engineering UK CTAL - Composite Technology & Application Ltd Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) Cummins Generator Technologies CWT Ltd D C White & Partners Ltd Dage Precision Industries Ltd Daniel Europe Darchem Engineering Ltd Datapaq Ltd Daventry Metal Products Ltd Dawson Downie Lamont Deeside Power Ltd Defence Aviation Repair Agency Defence Clothing & Textiles Agency Defence Equipment & Support (DE & S) Denso Marston Ltd DePuy International Ltd Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd Diamond Detectors Ltd Diverless Connections DNV GL UK Ltd Domino UK Ltd Doncasters Bramah Doosan Babcock Ltd Dow Corning Ltd Dragon LNG Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd DSTL DUCO Ltd Dunlop Oil & Marine Ltd Dyson Technology Ltd e2v Technologies Plc EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd
Industrial Member Companies
EDF Energy/EDF R&D EDO MBM Technology Ltd Electron Beam Processes Ltd Elekta Ltd Element Six Group Elliott Turbomachinery Ltd Emerson AMC Europe Emerson Electric - Europe Emerson Electric UK Ltd Emerson Industrial Automation Emerson Process Management (Europe) Emerson Solutions UK Encocam Ltd Energy Power Resources Ltd English Institute of Sport Enovate Systems Ltd EPR Ely Power Ltd EPR Eye Ltd EPR Glanford Ltd EPR Scotland Ltd EPR Thetford Ltd Erlson Precision Ltd ESAB Automation Ltd ESAB Group (UK) Ltd ESAB Holdings Ltd Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd Esterline Advanced Sensors Eversholt Rail (UK) Ltd EXHEAT Ltd Explore Manufacturing Express Engineering Ltd Express Industrial & Welding Supplies Ltd Expro Group Expro North Sea Ltd ExxonMobil International Ltd ExxonMobil Services Co Ltd F G Wilson (Engineering) Ltd Fairlead Maritime FAUN Trackway Ltd Fibrogen Ltd Fibrophos Fibropower Ltd First Hydro Company Flint & Neill Partnership FMC Technologies Ltd Forum Subsea Technologies FPT Industries Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd Freight Technical Services Fronius UK Ltd FTV Proclad (UK) Ltd FTV Proclad International Ltd Futaba Industrial UK Ltd Futaba-Tenneco UK Ltd G4S Monitoring Technologies Ltd Gatherer Systems Ltd Gatwick Technologies Ltd GE Energy Power Conversion Ltd GE Oil & Gas - Measurement and Control GE Oil & Gas UK (Aberdeen) GE Oil & Gas UK (Nailsea) GE Oil & Gas UK Ltd (Wellstream) Gems Sensors Ltd Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd Gestamp Tallent Ltd GHD Cambridge GKN Aerospace GKN Aerospace Services Ltd GKN Aerospace Structures Yeovil GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems (Luton) Ltd GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, Kings Norton GKN AutoStructures Ltd GKN Axles Ltd GKN Cab Systems GKN Driveline Ltd GKN Driveline Walsall Ltd GKN Hybrid Power GKN OffHighway Systems Ltd
GKN plc GKN Powder Metallurgy Div GKN Sankey Ltd GKN Sinter Metals Ltd GKN Technology Ltd GKN Westland Ind Products Ltd GKN Wheels Telford GL Noble Denton Goodrich Actuation Systems CTG Ltd Goodrich Actuation Systems Ltd Goodrich Control Systems Ltd Goodwin Steel Castings Ltd Graham Engineering Ltd Granherne Ltd Grayton Engineering GSI Group, Westwind Air Bearings Division GT Project Engineering Ltd GTS Maintenance Ltd Guardian Gyrus Medical Ltd Halco Rock Tools Hamlin Electronics Europe Ltd Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd Harris Pye UK Ltd Hayter Ltd Hayward Tyler Ltd Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) Heaton Power Ltd Heatric Ltd Heerema Hartlepool Ltd Heerema Marine Contractors UK Ltd Henderson Engineering (NE) Ltd Hess Services UK Ltd Highways England Company Ltd Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory Hitachi Europe Ltd Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd HMD Kontro Seal/less Pumps Ltd HMGCC HMS Drake (CFM) HMS Neptune HMS Osprey HMS Sultan Hoganas (Great Britain) Ltd Honda Engineering Europe Ltd Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd Honda R&D Europe (UK) Ltd Honeywell Aerospace Luton Honeywell Aerospace Yeovil Honeywell Control Systems Ltd Honeywell Hymatic Houlder Ltd Howden Technology HS Marston Aerospace Hudson Swann Ltd Humber Bridge Board Hyde Group Tooling Ltd Hyder Consulting UK Ltd IHC Engineering Business Ltd IMRA Group SAS IMRA Group SAS - UK Research Centre In Salah Gas Indian Queens Power Ltd Inductelec Ltd Innovative Tooling Solutions Ltd INTECSEA (UK) Limited InterAct Activity Management Ltd Intercontrole International Diamond Services Inc International Nuclear Services Ltd International Oilfield Drilling Supplies Ltd International Power - UK Power Generation Operations International Valves Ltd Interserve Industrial Services Ltd - Mechanical Division IODS Oil Tool Division IODS Pipe Clad Ltd ITW Welding Products UK
J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Jacobs UK James Fisher Nuclear Ltd JCB Cab Systems JCB Compact Products Ltd JCB Earthmovers Ltd JCB Excavators Rocester JCB Heavy Products Ltd JCB Hydrapower Cab Division Ltd JCB Landpower Ltd JCB Research JCB Transmissions JDR Cable Systems Ltd Johnson Matthey Battery Systems Ltd Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Ltd Joint Replacement Instrumentation Ltd Jost UK Joy Global (UK) Underground Ltd Kawasaki Heavy Industries (UK) Ltd Kawasaki Precision Machinery (UK) Ltd Kawasaki Robotics (UK) Ltd Kazakh Projects Joint Venture Ltd KBR Greenford Kellogg Brown & Root (UK) Ltd Kidde-Graviner Ltd Kingspan Access Floors Kone Escalators Krohne Ltd Kuka Systems Friction Stir Welding Division Kuka Systems UK Ltd KW Ltd Laing O’Rourke plc Laker-Vent Engineering Ltd Lander Automotive Ltd Large Diameter Drilling Ltd Lasermet Ltd Leengate Welding Group Ltd LICenergy UK Ltd Lincoln Electric (UK) Ltd Lion Engineering Services Ltd Lloyd’s Register Lloyd’s Register EMEA Lloyd’s Register Foundation Lloyd’s Register Industry Divn Lloyd’s Register Inspection Ltd Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd Lloyd’s Register Rail (RS) Ltd Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill Ltd London Underground Ltd London Underground Nominee BCV Ltd Longs Steel UK Ltd LPA Channel Electric LPA Group Haswell Engineering LPA Niphan Systems LTi Metaltech Ltd Luvata Welwyn Garden Ltd Luxfer Gas Cylinders Luxfer Group Ltd Luxfer UK Ltd M.S.C.M. Ltd MAATS Tech Ltd Mabey Bridge Ltd Mabey Engineering Group MACAW Engineering Ltd MacGregor Welding Systems Ltd MacTaggart Scott & Co Ltd Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd Magnesium Elektron Ltd Marine Systems Technology Ltd Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Ltd Marshall Land Systems Ltd Marshall Solutions Martin Baker Aircraft Company Ltd MatthewsDaniel MBDA UK Ltd MCAAA Ltd McDermott Marine Construction Ltd McDermott Subsea Systems Ltd McElroy Manufacturing Inc Mech-Tool Engineering Ltd Medical Director General (Naval) Meggitt Sensing Systems
Meggitt UK Ltd MEL Chemicals Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Ltd Mercedes Benz Grand Prix Ltd Meta Vision Systems Ltd Metaldyne International (UK) Ltd Metalysis Metrode Products Ltd Michell Bearings Micromass UK Ltd Ministry of Defence Mirage Machines Ltd Mobrey Measurement Division MoD (PE) Molecular Oxygen Ltd Molecular Products Ltd MTCe Ltd MTI Welding Technologies Ltd National Grid GLNG - Isle of Grain NCOC NV NCS Survey Ltd NEI Nuclear Systems Ltd NEI Power Projects Ltd NEI Thompson Ltd NeoNickel (Blackburn) Ltd Neptune Offshore Services Network Rail NG Bailey Offsite Manufacture NMB Minebea UK Ltd Norma Products Ltd Oaksmere Ocean Kinetics Ltd Office for Nuclear Regulation Offshore Installation Services (OIS) Oil States Industries (UK) Ltd Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd Olympus Keymed Ltd Ove Arup & Partners Ltd Oxford Instruments Nanoscience Oxford Technologies Ltd Padarn Power Company Limited Pall Manufacturing UK Ltd Pankl Racing Systems UK Ltd Paradigm Precision - Burnley Ltd PE Composites Ltd Peebles Electric Ltd Peerless Europe Ltd Penspen Ltd Perenco UK Ltd Perkins Engine Technology Ltd Perkins Engines Company Ltd Petreco International Ltd Petrobras Europe Ltd Petrofac Engineering & Construction - UK Philips AVENT Photocentric Ltd PII Pipeline Solutions Pipeline Engineering & Supply Co Ltd Pipeline Technique Ltd Polysoude UK Portsmouth Aviation Ltd Powerfield Specialist Engines Limited Premier Oil plc Prima Dental Group Primetals Technologies Ltd Proclad Heat Treatment Ltd Proclad Induction Bending Ltd Proclad International Forging Ltd Procon Engineering (a division of NOV UK Ltd) Progress Rail Services UK Ltd Prolec Ltd Proserv Offshore Abandonment & Decommissioning PSI (Phoenix Scientific Industries) Ltd PTG Heavy Industries Pulse Structural Monitoring Ltd Pure Fishing (UK) Ltd Pyroban Group Ltd Qualfab Ltd Quartzelec Ltd R & A Kay Inspection Services Ltd Radioactive Waste Management Ltd
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Industrial Member Companies RAF Brize Norton RAF Cottesmore RAF Honington RAF Innsworth RAF Marham RAF Sealand RAF St Athan RAF Waddington RAF Wittering RAF Wyton Ram Power Ltd Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Reaction Engines Ltd Red Bull Technology Ltd Redman Controls & Electronics Ltd Repsol Sinopec Energy UK Ltd Research Acquisition Organisation Research Sites Restoration Ltd Responsive Engineering Ltd, Fabrication & Welding Division Rhyal Engineering Ltd Ricardo Cambridge Technical Centre RNH Haslar Rolls Royce Platform Maintenance Rolls-Laval Heat Exchangers Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Services Ltd Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Ltd Rolls-Royce Industrial & Marine Gas Turbines Ltd Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd Rolls-Royce Naval Marine Rolls-Royce plc Rolls-Royce plc (Aircraft Services) Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc Rolls-Royce Primary Components - HPV Royal Air Force Royal and Sun Alliance Engineering Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal School of Military Engineering (Chatham) RR Industrial Controls Ltd RTN Ltd RTS - International Rugeley Power Ltd Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - ISIS SABIC UK Petrochemicals SAFRAN Labinal Power Systems Saipem Ltd Saltend Cogeneration Company Ltd Sapa Profiles Ltd SC Group-Global Ltd - Supacat Schindler Ltd Scottish & Southern Energy (Generation Div) Scottish Hydro Electric Scottish Power - Generation Division Scurrah Nassau Seatronics Ltd Select Plant Hire Company Ltd Sellafield Ltd Selman Marine Design Ltd SEM Ltd Sepura Ltd Serimax Ltd Serious Engineering Ltd. Shaw Inspection Systems Limited Shaw Pipeline Services UK Ltd Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Ltd Shell Chemicals UK Ltd Shell Distribution Shell Exploration & Production Lab Shell Global Solutions (UK) Shell International Chemical Co Ltd Shell International Renewables Ltd Shell International Trading & Shipping Co Ltd Shell Marine Personnel (IOM) Ltd Shell Research Ltd Shell Services International Ltd Shell Shipping Technology Shell UK Downstream Oil Shell UK Exploration
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Shell UK Exploration & Production Shell UK Ltd Shell UK Oil Shell Upstream International Europe Shotton Power Station Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd Siemens Magnet Technology Sigma Composites Ltd Silverwell Energy Ltd Skycraft Services Ltd Smith & Nephew plc - Trauma Division Smith & Nephew plc - Wound Management Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd Somers Forge Ltd Sonsub Ltd Spectus Window Systems Spiral Weld Ltd Springfields Fuels Ltd SPTS Technologies Ltd Stainless Metalcraft (Chatteris) Ltd Stannah Stairlifts Ltd STATS Group Steel Propeller Ltd Stork Technical Services (RBG) Ltd Stothert & Pitt plc Strainstall UK Ltd Subsea 7 Subsea 7 Pipeline Production Ltd Subsea Components Subsea Riser Products Subsea7 MS Ltd Subsea7 UK Ltd SunPower Corporation UK Ltd Swagelining Ltd TAQA Bratani Ltd Taragenyx Ltd Tata Steel UK Ltd Team Energy Resources Ltd Tecforce Ltd Technip E&C UK Ltd Technip UK Ltd Technip Umbilicals Ltd Teesside Cast Products Teesside Power Station TEi Ltd TEi Metallurgical Services TEi-Yimpact Teledyne Cormon Tenaris Global Services (UK) Ltd TenCate Advanced Composites Ltd Terex GB Ltd. Dungannon Terex Materials Processing - Coalville Terex Materials Processing - Omagh Tesla Engineering Ltd Textron Golf Turf Care & Speciality Products Thales UK (Maritime Mission Systems) The Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) The Power Industrial Group Ltd The Wall Engineering Co Ltd Thermal Engineering Ltd Thomas Broadbent & Sons Ltd Thompson Friction Welding Ltd Thos. Storey Fabrications Ltd Titan Steel Wheels Ltd Total - HDS3 Project - ISBL Total E&P UK Limited Total UK Ltd TPS Technology Centre TPS Weldtech Ltd Trackwork Transocean (UK) Transocean Ltd Transvac Systems Ltd TRB Lightweight Structures Ltd Trelleborg Offshore UK Ltd tremco-illbruck Coatings Ltd Trident Offshore Triton Electronics Ltd TS Metals Tube Lines Tullow Oil plc Turner PowerTrain Systems Ltd
Ultra Electronics - Nuclear Control Systems, Wimborne Ultra Electronics Controls Division Underwater Cutting Solutions Uniper Engineering Uniper Technologies Ltd Uniper UK Power Engineering Services United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority UNOCAL UK Ltd UTAS UWG Ltd Valen Fittings Ltd Valtek Engineering Vantrunk Ltd Vectura Delivery Devices Ltd Victor Technologies Victrex plc Voith Paper Fabrics Stubbins Ltd WallJAM Ltd Warren Services Ltd Weir Engineering Services Ltd - Turbomachinery Engineering Weir Valves & Controls UK Ltd Welder Equipment Services Ltd Welding Units Wentgate Dynaweld Ltd WFEL Ltd Whessoe Engineering Ltd Whittaker Engineering William Cook Cast Products - Leeds Wind Towers Ltd Woodfield Systems Ltd Worcester Heat Systems Ltd WSP UK Ltd Wykes Engineering Co (Rushden) Ltd Xaar plc Xaarjet Ltd Xian OCTG Company of BSG Group ZF Lemforder UK Ltd Zytek Automotive Ltd
United States of America AAR Mobility Systems ABS Americas ABS World Headquarters Advanced Joining Technologies Inc Advanced Metal Products Inc Aera Energy LLC AF Global Corporation AF Global Corproation Flange Products AGA Gas Inc Air Liquide America Corp Alcoa Inc Alcotec Wire Company Allseas USA Inc Alyeska Pipeline Service Co AMEC Foster Wheeler E&I American Engineering & Mfg Inc Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Applied Drilling Technology Inc. Applied Materials Arc Machines Inc ARCO International Oil & Gas Co ARCO Pipe Line Company Inc AREVA NDE Solutions AREVA NP INC ASTECH Engineered Products Inc Autoliv Brigham City, Autoliv ASP Inc Autoliv Tremonton, Autoliv ASP Inc AZZ WSI BAE Systems (USA) BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards BAE Systems, Ground Systems BG Americas & Global LNG BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas) Inc Big Three Industries Inc BOC Gases Americas Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Company, The
BP America Inc BP America Production Co BP Americas BP AMOCO Exploration BP Carson Refinery BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc BP Refining & Logistics Technology BP West Coast Products LLC - Carson Refinery Bureau Veritas North America Cameron International Corp Cameron Valves & Measurement Carpenter Technology Corporation Caterpillar Belcan Caterpillar Inc CC Technologies Chevron Corporation Chevron Energy Technology Company Chevron Exploration & Production Technology Co Chevron Oil Field Research Co Chevron Petroleum Technology Co Chevron Pipe Line Co Chevron Research & Technnolgy Co. Chevron Shipping Company LLC Chevron USA Inc Chevron USA Products Co Concurrent Technologies Corp ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc ConocoPhillips Company ConocoPhillips Fibers Corp CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc. Cuming Corporation CVE Inc Cyril Bath DAU Thermal Solutions North America Delphi Automotive Systems LLC Delphi Electronics & Safety Det Norske Veritas (USA) Inc Det Norske Veritas Industry EBTEC Corporation Eclipse Aerospace Inc Electro-Motive Diesel Inc Elliott Company Elliott Turbomachinery Co Inc Emerson Electric Company Emerson Process Management Rosemount Sensors Emerson Process Management (Brenham) ESAB Welding & Cutting Products Esso Exploration Inc ExxonMobil Co USA ExxonMobil Development Company - Upstream only ExxonMobil Exploration & Production ExxonMobil Oil Corp ExxonMobil Pipeline Co ExxonMobil Production Company ExxonMobil Production Research Co ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co ExxonMobil Technology Company ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co FMC Gold Co FMC Technologies Inc Fontaine Trailer Company Fred L Hartley Research Center Frigoscandia Equipment FVC GE Oil & Gas GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics Inc GKN Aerospace North America Inc GKN Driveline US GKN Technology Inc GKN Westland Aerospace Inc Gloenco GM Component Holdings GMC Inc. Goodrich Aerostructures GustoMSC Inc. Hess Corporation HF Webster Hitachi America Ltd
Industrial Member Companies
Hitachi Automotive Products (USA) Inc Hitachi Global Storage Technologies HM Naval Base Hobart Brothers Honda Engineering North America Inc Honda R&D Americas Inc Honeywell Aerospace Honeywell Aerospace Phoenix Houston Offshore Engineering LLC INTECSEA INTECSEA Inc InterAct InterMoor Inc. Kashiv Pharma, LLC Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc Kiefner & Associates Inc. Kobelco Welding of America Inc Liquid Air Corp Loomis Engineering Lorelay Marine Contractors SA LPI, Inc. Luxfer Inc Luxfer USA Ltd Maersk Oil Houston Inc Magnesium Elektron North America Inc Manufacturing Technology Inc Mattson Technology Inc McDermott Engineering LLC McDermott International Inc. McDermott S.A. Medtronic Cardiovascular Santa Rosa Megastir Technologies Microalloyed Steel Institute LP Microalloying International, Inc. Miller Electric / Hobart Miller Electric Mfg Co MODEC Group MODEC International LLC Monterey Pipeline Co Nippon Steel USA Inc North American Technical Center NRG Oerlikon Metco (US) Inc OneSubsea Parker Hannifin Corporation - Gas Turbine Fuel Systems Phillips Driscopipe Inc Plexco Polar Tankers Inc Praxair Metal Fabrications Group Repsol USA ROHR Inc (Goodrich Aerostructures) Rolls-Royce Allison Rolls-Royce Corp Rolls-Royce Energy Systems Inc Rolls-Royce North America Saipem America, Inc. SBM Atlantia Sciaky Inc Shaw Pipeline Services a division of Shawcor UK Ltd ShawCor Pipe Protection LLC Shell Deepwater Development Inc Shell Deepwater Development Systems Inc Shell Deer Park Refining Co Shell Development Co Shell Downstream Inc Shell E&P Technology Co Shell Exploration & Production Co Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc Shell International Exploration and Production Inc Shell Offshore Inc Shell Oil Products Co Shell Projects & Technology Shell Services Integration Group Shiloh Industries Inc Sii Megadiamond Socotherm USA SOFEC Inc Solar Turbines Inc Space Exploration Technologies Steel Industries Inc
Subsea7 US Inc Taper-Lok Connections Tara Technologies (AST Inc) Team Red Bull Technetics Group Technip Energy and Chemicasl Group Technip North America Technip USA Inc Tenaris Coiled Tubes LLC Tenaris Global Services (USA) Corp Tesla Motors Inc. Texas City Refinery The Boeing Company Total E&P USA Inc. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling United Technologies Research Center UNOCAL Corporation UNOCAL Cypress Corp. UNOCAL North American Oil & Gas Div Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes Corp Williams Companies Inc Williams Corp
Uruguay AGA SA
Venezuela TenarisTavsa
Vietnam BP BP Southeast Asia Ltd Castrol BP Petco Co Ltd Det Norske Veritas Vietnam Repsol Vietnam Shell Gas Vietnam Ltd Shell Vietnam Ltd
Every effort is made by TWI to publish Member details in their most recent and definitive form. The information is, however, continually changing and being updated but was correct at the time of going to press.
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