Welding and joining: Organisations, academia, publishers

See also - Welding companies and equipment & consumables suppliers

• Adhesives and sealants.com is for adhesive and composite technologists and scientists. It includes commercial and technical news of the industry, product and suppliers' information, events calendar and discussion forums. [last looked at on 19 July 2007]
  
  
• Adhesives Design Toolkit is a DTI-funded web-based project, part of the Measurements for Materials Systems Programme (MMS7), to assist in all aspects of adhesive bonding from material selection and pre-treatments through joint design and assembly issues to the locating of adhesives and equipment suppliers. Includes a forum area for registered users. [last looked at on 19 July 2007]
  
  
• American Welding Society. As well as information on benefits of membership of AWS, details are given on certification activities, publications including Standards (some can be ordered online), information on the AWS show, a list of AWS Sections, information on welding as a career, a searchable online buyer's guide to welding equipment and consumables, and contact details for AWS staff. A calendar of events relevant to welding is presented. Includes a searchable index to Welding Journal from 1922 with online ordering of reprints. Bulletin boards and chat-rooms cover education, technical queries, certification, equipment and jobs. Details of the latest issues of Welding Journal, American Welder and Inspections Trends are available. Offers AWS WeldAcademy and AWS JobFind service.
  Information is offered on the Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee (Wemco). [last looked at on 19 July 2007]
  
  
• Asociación Española de Soldadura y Tecnologías de Unión describes their activities, including the projects they are involved in, services available, training activities, certification of personnel and factories, software and publications. In Spanish. Does not display correctly on older browsers. [last looked at on 19 July 2007]
  
  
• Australasian Welding Journal outlines the journal's coverage and provides a form for online subscription. [last looked at on 19 July 2007]
  
  
• The Association of Welding Distributors describes the organisation and offers industry news, jobs listings and product reviews. Much more is available to members. [last looked at on 19 July 2007]
  
  
• The Belgian Welding Institute (Belgisch Instituut voor Lastechniek). In Flemish (French and English introductions available). [last looked at on 19 July 2007]
  
  
• British Compressed Gases Association promotes safe practice in the manufacture, distribution, storage and use of compressed and liquefied gases. [last looked at on 21 August 2007]
  
  
• Canadian Welding Association offers information on the organisation, minutes of meetings, and newsletters. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Czech Welding Society. Mostly in Czech with some English and German. [last looked at on 3 October 2007]
• China Weldnet gives information on welding companies in China and the China Welding Association. In Chinese with some pages in English (N.B. some English navigation links lead to blank pages). [last looked at on 3 October 2007]
  
  
• Cranfield University, UK, has a Welding Engineering Research Centre. Research interests, facilities and degree options are described. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Cooperative Research Centre for Welded Structures carries out research, technology transfer and training activities in Australia. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• The CWB Group includes the Canadian Welding Bureau, responsible for certification. The site describes the organisation and its activities. [last looked at on 3 October 2007]
  
  
• DVS (Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren, German Welding Society) describes the organisation and its activities and offers information on publications. Includes the Virtual Museum of Joining Technology. In German and English. [last looked at on 3 October 2007]
  
  
• DVS-Verlag GmbH (Verlag für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren DVS-Verlag GmbH) offer information on the journals, software, videos, guidelines, standards and books that they publish. Includes information on several magazines: Welding and Cutting (in English); der praktiker - with contents listings and archive (in German only); Der Schweisser (in German); Schweißen & Schneiden - with contents listing and abstract archive (in German); and Joining Plastics (In German and English). Site mostly in German. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Edison Welding Institute describes its products and services and the joining technology areas it is involved in. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• European Association for Brazing and Soldering describes the aims of the organisation, benefits of membership and training opportunities available. Technical articles may be requested by email. Site requires registration. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• European Welding Federation describes the organisation, activities (including training and certification) and publications. Includes a database of companies certified to EN 729. A newsletter is offered in PDF format. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Force Institute offers news and information on its products and services in consultancy, certification and accreditation. In Danish and English. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• The Fraunhofer Center for Laser Technology in Plymouth, Michigan, USA, outlines research activities aimed to enhance manufacturing technologies. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology in Dresden (Institut Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik) and Fraunhofer Institut Lasertechnik in Aachen, Germany describe their research activities. In German and English. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Gowelding is the website of an individual welding engineer offering technical information on weld failure, calculations, weld procedures, the Pressure Equipment Directive, fatigue, fracture, preheat, metallurgy and weld symbols. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• GSI - Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH describes its activities which include training, certification and research on joining processes. In German and English [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• A History of Thermal Joining covers the history of welding and the history of brazing. The welding pages list the chronology of welding in note form, and present lists of significant patents and other publications, biographical notes on some people who played an important role in the development of welding, and video clips from old films on welding. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Hobart Institute of Welding Technology emphasize their training and certification services. They run a 'job bank' where employers can post vacancies for free. They have an online Quarterly Newsletter The World of Welding and a welding quiz. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Indian Institute of Welding, Chennai branch, describes their activities. [last looked at on 7 November 2008]
• Institut de Soudure The French Welding Institute offers information about its activities, services, publications and membership, and provides details on the applications of welding. In French with a little English. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Institut für Schweißtechnische Fertigungsverfahren RWTH-Aachen (Welding Institute, Aachen University, Germany), gives details of their areas of research, staff, courses, publications and events. In German and English. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Institute of Rail Welding is a focal point for good rail welding practice, development and competance and aims to raise awareness of rail welding throughout the industry. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade describes the organisation, their training courses and publications, contents listings and details of their journal 'Tecnologia Qualidade', lists of technical articles, and a photo library. In Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and Turkish. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Instytut Spawalnictwa, Polish Welding Centre of Excellence. Describes its activities in research, education, certification, standardisation, provision of technical information, publications and products. In Polish and English. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• International Association 'Welding' is based at the E.O.Paton Electric Welding Institute in Ukraine. It offers information on projects, conferences and publications. In Russian and English. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• The International Institute of Welding offers information about its organisation, aims and activities. Includes lists of awards, working units, members, assemblies and other meetings. Has an online database of technical documents. IIW document titles are listed by publication year and Commission (IIW working unit). See also the UK IIW pages. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• ISIM - National Research and Development Institute for Welding and Material Testing, Romania. Offers news of their activities in research, certification, training, and publications. Includes the Technological Transfer Center in Welding CENTA-ISIM. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Italian Institute of Welding describes its services to industry, laboratory facilities, education, certification, library and publications. Includes Welding Library. In Italian. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Japan Welding Society offers information in Japanese. Links to news, events, indexes to Journal of the Japan Welding Society and Quarterly Journal of the Japan Welding Society, information, publications, research and Welnet (Young Member's Network) are offered. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Japan Welding Engineering Society offers information in Japanese and English on its activities. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Missouri Welding Institute, Inc. is a welder training establishment. [last looked at on 3 October 2007]
  
  
• The Navy Joining Center (NJC) is a USA national resource committed to developing, deploying and disseminating materials joining technology to the US Navy, its contractors, and US industry. The NJC is operated by the Edison Welding Institute. Their web pages present information on their news, events and projects in progress. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Nederlands Instituut voor Lastechniek , the Netherlands Institute of Welding, is in Dutch and English and offers the following: information on the organisation, their research projects, Dutch regional welding groups, what will appear in their Lastechniek journal next month and contents list for the current issue, job vacancies, welding activity calendar, online ordering of publications, demonstrations of welding software (for downloading), a list of approved schools providing welder training and access conditions for EWF-standard training, and a list of people authorised to issue NIL welders approval tests. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• New Zealand Welding Centre is closely associated with the Heavy Engineering Research Association. Details of activities, membership and services are presented. Includes details of the Australasian Welding Journal . [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Norsk Sveiseteknisk Forbund (NSF). Describes the organisation and its activities including regional groups, and events. Some areas of the site require login. In Norwegian. Includes the Welder's Passport system. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• The Ohio State University Department IWSE - Industrial & Systems Engineering, Welding Engineering gives details of their undergraduate, graduate and research programmes, staff, events and links to other welding web sites. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Pakistan Welding Institute (PWI) is a professional institution working to maintain and promote standards of excellence in welding technology. The site offers information on its facilities and services, including training and certification in industrial welding techniques and support to industry through information services, consultancy, project support, R&D and contract manufacturing. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Paton Publishing House offers journals from the E O Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev, Ukraine including Avtomaticheskaya Svarka (in Russian) and its translation into English as Paton Welding Journal. Contents listings of individual issues are presented. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Pb-free.com covers news, FAQs and technical information on lead-free soldering. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• The Resistance Welder Manufacturers' Association supports manufacturers of resistance welding machines, electrodes, and accessories in the USA. The site describes their activities including standards and training and has a directory of member companies. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Romanian Welding Society describes the history, structure and activities of the organisation. In Romanian and English. [last looked at on 6 September 2007]
  
  
• Russian Welding Society, Moscow Regional Department. In Russian. [last looked at on 27 September 2007
  
  
• Singapore Welding Society gives information about membership options, education and training. Includes a forum and the society's newsletter. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• SLV Duisburg Ltd is the largest welding institute in Germany. Their site offers details of their training and certification activities, software and consultancy. In German with part in English. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• SLV Halle (Schweißtechnische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Halle GmbH) gives information on its activities (research, training, education, testing) and products (software). In German. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Society for Adhesion and Adhesives offers information about its activities, events and a newsletter Adhesion Matters. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Soudeur.com is a specialist welding site for French-speakers. Includes some process information and a discussion forum. In French. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Southern African Institute of Welding describes benefits of membership and offers training. Includes a list of registered inspectors. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Suomen Hitsausteknillinen Yhdistys ry. - The Welding Society of Finland - is the national member of IIW and EWF and provides services to individual and corporate members. In Finnish. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Team.Net Shop Talk Web offers a brief Introduction to Welding Processes & Equipment for amateurs. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• UKWelder.com is a site for UK welders and welding engineers which offers job opportunites, a forum, and practical welding tips. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Unified Engineering Inc. have some pages that detail AWS weld symbols for butt (groove), fillet, plug and slot welds. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• University of Waterloo, Canada, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering describes their undergraduate courses and research in welding and joining. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• VUZ, the Welding Research Institute Bratislava offers information in English and Slovak on its activities in consultancy, research, education, production of equipment and consumables, repair, standardisation, publications (Zváranie) and events. Requires MicroSoft Internet Explorer. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• The Welding Research Council gives information on events, publications, and research activities. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Welding Resources on the Internet presents an extensive list of sites categorised as US non-profit, US government, international, academic, commercial and publications. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Welding.com is intended to bring buyers and sellers of welding equipment and consumables together. It provides lists of links to websites in a range of appropriate categories, taking web search results from the Teoma search engine. Includes welding-related news headlines with links to articles on the web, jobs pages, and a message board. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Welding.cz is about welding in the Czech Republic. In Czech. [last looked at on 3 October 2007]
  
  
• welding-advisers.com offers introductory information on welding processes and equipment, weldability of metals, weld quality and testing. Offers a monthly newsletter aimed at small welding shops. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• WeldingJobs.com is an online service for those seeking or offering welding jobs in the USA. Associated with WeldingChat.com, a web discussion board for discussion of welding technical issues, jobs, careers, education and news; not updated since July. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Welding Institute of Thailand offers information on training, qualification and certification in welding and NDT. In Thai and English. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Welding Research Institute in India describes its activities in research, consultancy, technology transfer and training. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• The Welding Technology Institute of Australia presents information about the WTIA services and expertise, a catalogue of products available though the WTIA, information about the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Materials Welding and Joining, a list of IIW members, a searchable database of welding personnel in Australia and links to other welding information sites.
  It includes OzWeld, an Australian industry support network involving key industrial and technological organisations with expertise in welding, joining, testing and related activities. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Welding Theater presents video clips of welding processes and equipment. [last looked at on 12 November 2008]
• Woodhead Publishing offer books, charts, videos and other publications on welding and joining, including those published in association with TWI as Abington Publishing. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  
• Zavod za Zavarivanje, Welding Institute in Yugoslavia, offers information in Serbian and English about the organisation and its activities including certification, quality control, education, testing, consultancy and research. [last looked at on 27 September 2007]
  
  

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