Welding inspections have surged 41% nationwide as aging industrial infrastructure raises safety risks across U.S. facilities. Inspections are rising as aging materials, tighter safety standards, and ...

Issuing body: international welding societies/schemes (e.g., Certified Welding Inspector; CSWIP 3.1/3.2). Validity: 3–5 years depending on scheme. Prerequisites: high school diploma; experience or ...

Welding creates problems for fleet managers because construction equipment does not fall into a neat category. A welder cannot qualify a hard-facing procedure to a structural steel welding code, for ...

This pole suffered a failure in the welded seam at an overlapping slip splice. A tubular steel transmission pole generally consists of a series of welded assemblies. The pole shafts and arms are ...