welding of pressure vessels, saw nearly 100 applicants for the 40 places. The expanding training programme was run at a property in London close to the Imperial College of Science and Technology in what is a clear forerunner to today’s TWI Training.
1957 also saw Richard Weck become the Director of the BWRA, where he ensured that advances in welding methods, metallurgy and engineering research continued apace.
1965
In 1965, the BWRA and the Non- Destructive Testing Society of Great Britain came together to form the School of Applied Non-Destructive Testing, which pioneered formal training in areas such as ultrasonic weld testing and radiographic interpretation – subjects that can still be studied at TWI today.
This collaborative work led to the BWRA and the Non-Destructive Testing Society of Great Britain preparing the requirements for the certification of personnel, becoming the foundation of CSWIP, the Certification
Scheme for Welding and Inspection Personnel and TWI Certification.
1968 The merger of The Institute of Welding and the BWRA occurred in 1968 following the realisation that their complementary activities would serve industry better as “a single voice for welding technology.”
This merger created The Welding Institute in March of 1968 after the successor to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Ministry of Technology, saw no reason to object.
These earliest years were the foundation of The Welding Institute and what would later become TWI Ltd, as well as the many other subsidiaries, including the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC). NSIRC is a state-of-the- art postgraduate engineering facility that unites academia with industry to address the need from industry for fundamental research while also creating the next generation of highly skilled engineers and scientists.
TWI has gone on to expand across the
WELDING & FABRICATION At work in the 1960s
UK, opening offices and laboratories in Middlesbrough, Aberdeen, Port Talbot and the Advanced Manufacturing Park, South Yorkshire, as well as gaining a presence around the world including in North America, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East.
The overseas centres have made TWI the largest provider of welding technology and inspection related training for both individuals and companies; providing training to over 20,000 people per year and further expanding our work to promote and advance engineering across the world.
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