TWI Ltd has recently launched a new Joint Industry Project to explore and validate detection methods for high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA). Inspections will be carried out on a carbon steel pressure vessel – operated in a regime calculated to induce accelerated HTHA – and designed to simulate the real world operations and challenges associated with detecting this phenomenon.
TWI Ltd
TWI is a world leading research and technology organisation with a focus on materials, engineering and manufacturing.
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 899 000
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Granta Park Great Abington
Post Code: CB21 6AL
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.twi-global.com
Membership Type: Corporate 51+
It supports an international membership across most industrial sectors: energy, defence, healthcare, transport. Delivering technical consultancy and R&D, training, business support across the life-cycle of manufacturing, TWI offers a complete service: idea generation, product development and introduction, recycling and re-use.
TWI is one of the world’s foremost independent research and technology organisations, with expertise in solving problems in all aspects of manufacturing, fabrication and whole-life integrity management technologies.
Established at Abington, Cambridge, UK in 1946 and with facilities across the globe, the company has a first-class reputation for service though its teams of internationally respected consultants, scientists, engineers and support staff, whose knowledge and expertise are available to its Members as and when they require.
The company employs over 900 staff, serving 700 Member companies across 4500 sites in 80 countries. TWI also houses a professional institution, The Welding Institute, with a separate membership of 6000 individuals.
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10-08-2018
Rebecca Evans, the Welsh Minister for Housing and Regeneration, visited TWI Technology Centre Wales in Port Talbot to gain an insight into the importance of access to the EU Single Market to business. The visit, which took place last week, was scheduled ahead of Rebecca meeting a group of UK Ministers to discuss Brexit.
07-08-2018
The Structural Integrity Research Foundation (SIRF) was founded in 2012 by TWI Ltd, BP and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The aim of the foundation is to ensure that university research into issues related to structural integrity align closely to the needs of industry.
02-08-2018
TWI Ltd is leading a new project to improve efficiency and lower costs for aircraft manufacturing. The OASIS project will demonstrate the ability to manufacture aluminium aircraft structures using the latest developments in friction stir welding (FSW) and laser beam welding (LBW).
31-07-2018
Mr Saad Qahtani, Saudi Aramco Manager of Specialty and Intermediate Chemicals, visited NSIRC and TWI on Tuesday 17 July. The visit marks another important milestone within the establishment of the multi-stakeholder NIC (Non-Metallic Innovation Centre), as the world-renowned oil and gas company Aramco Technologies progresses with the agreements signed in the charter with TWI Ltd.
26-07-2018
Established in 1909, The Morgan Motor Company produces the longest-running production car in the world, the Morgan 4-4, which has been in production since 1936.
17-07-2018
TWI Certification Ltd has launched a new third-party Certification of Manufacture of Special Materials (CMSM) to allow companies to show compliance with the requirements of NORSOK M-650. The CMSM scheme uses highly qualified and experienced assessors to review all aspects of quality control and execution of manufacturing procedures to ensure that products are delivered with consistent...
11-07-2018
TWI recently completed a project on the development of ThermaSiC coatings, a new product from Seram Coatings, Norway. TWI’s expertise has led to a breakthrough in the deposition of silicon carbide (SiC) based thermal spray powders, which are known to decompose at elevated temperatures.
14-06-2018
A group of 46 children from Fulbourn Primary School’s Year 5 achieved a series of team successes as part of a robotics challenge event at TWI headquarters near Cambridge.
04-06-2018
A robot designed to hook onto, and scale up and down, large mooring chains, both at sub-sea level and in the air – with a non-destructive testing (NDT), ultrasonic imaging system on board that scans for critical defects – has recently undergone successful field trials.
17-05-2018
TWI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Aluminium Federation (ALFED) to start investigating joint opportunities, collaborative projects and mutual areas of interest.
11-05-2018
The Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials (BIAM) and TWI officially unveiled their new collaborative Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at TWI’s HQ at Great Abington near Cambridge.
04-05-2018
TWI has joined a collaborative R&D project alongside the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) to address fundamental challenges in nuclear manufacturing.
16-04-2018
Independent training provider Skills Training UK has teamed up with global leader in technology and engineering TWI (The Welding Institute) to provide specialist apprenticeships in the materials testing sector – helping to address a growing skills gap and encourage more young people into the industry.
11-04-2018
TWI engineers led by Dr Farshad Salamat-Zadeh have designed, developed and manufactured a machine to simulate the chewing actions of the human mouth in order to test denture adhesives.
06-04-2018
The recent TWI welding exhibition saw several OEMs showing their latest technology and products with end users across various industry sectors. The exhibition that took place on 8th March included both exhibits, demonstrations and discussions covering a range of areas.
26-03-2018
World-leading oil and gas company Aramco has signed a charter with TWI Ltd and the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) to establish the multi-stakeholder Non-Metallic Innovation Centre (NIC).
22-03-2018
TWI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as part of a wider collaboration between Saudi Arabian Oil Company, commonly known as Aramco, and British business. The MoU was one of several agreements forged at the UK-Saudi CEO Forum held in London on 8 March to promote bi-lateral business and cooperation between the two countries.
20-03-2018
The Welding Institute is pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Brooker Award for Outstanding Personal Contribution. The coveted award, which is sponsored by Johnson Matthey PLC, is made in recognition of a personal contribution to the science, technology and industrial exploitation of materials joining.
08-03-2018
Whether it is due to extreme cold weather sweeping across the country from Siberia, or just the usual wintery conditions in the UK, most people will have experienced the disruption that comes with low temperatures. However, these conditions can also have an impact on an industrial scale.
01-03-2018
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