HARVEY’S WELDWEB


HARVEY’S WELD WEB


CURRENT BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY


Dr. DavidWHarvey, PhD Eclipse Welding Metallurgy & Associates, Consultant


www.eclipsemetallurgy.com


Advanced Metal Joining Technology, Consultancy & Business Support. Metallurgy and Welding Engineering Services and Problem Solving Member AWS, ASM, IOM3, AWD, TWI, Namtec-TIG, Numerous Aerospace Alliances.


Please e-mail your ideas for future articles to: dwh@btinternet.com


Emailmanagement Many users now become overloaded with the sheer volume of incoming email messages. Messages are retained in the remote server’s storage, which is an early type of Cloud system. Checking e-messages, newsletters and business links causes many people to work extended hours. Have a look at www.sanebox.com for advice and assistance if you are “drowning” in messages.


Welding advice and news links All readers will have their own favourite industry visiting sites. Here are some of the writer’s stopping pages:


www.gowelding.com with endless link indices www.welding-advisors.com with an inexhaustible list of helpful data www.thefabricator-digital.com for copies of its trade zine www.e-welding.com and links to www.weldingmedia.com and www.weldingjobs.com www.weldingvideo.com


Distant data storage (cloud computing) Popular electronic information, music and image filing from all forms of devices, with worldwide accessibility for “big data” collections, is widely used for Apple and Android systems e.g. with Apple iCloud; MS Onedrive (Skydrive); Dropbox; Google Drive and WD 3TB (for My-Personal Clouds). Instant back-up for content of tablets, smart phones and computers is possible. For smaller businesses concerned about data protection, the WD system with its mini-cloud is appealing. Careful ring-fencing is needed.


Toomuch jargon All groups tend to use specialist language which can degenerate into slang; inverted terminology; meaningless drivel; gobbledygook and nonsensical verbiage. It is worth avoiding the trap. Logical engineers and business people call it vacuous pretentiousness!


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Apps We all have numerous application links on our devices. A useful new app to add to your current set is the App-for-Engineers (for Apple and Android devices).


Safeguard your health Remember that slumping over a device for endless hours invariably leads to health issues, so apply lots of personal discipline to safeguard well-being and eye sight.


Human error Those of us caught up in massive motorway stoppages will be well aware of the human error and poor judgement displayed by some people. There are vast collections of learnéd studies on the topic. For AWD members, this issue is woven into quality control systems and


supervision documentation, but we all have to be aware of the personal mistake possibilities. Regular communication, training and risk assessment are part of the awareness required. This issue crops up in welding consultancy quite often. There is no margin for error in many activities.


Weld defects in focus BS EN ISO 5817-2014 doc – this publication is a useful addition to the business library. It concerns weld defects. ■


Nickel and titanium


materials, for example, are part of advanced engineering’s rapid progress


Earth’s resources The Stone Age didn’t end for lack of stone….. Instead, innovation takes over and mankind progresses. It happens all around us. Nickel and titanium materials, for example, are part of advanced engineering’s rapid progress and provide opportunities for wealth creation and creature comfort, as many AWD members can attest. Much innovation is motivated through environmental issues. Ways of pumping electrons are a certain challenge, based on this dilemma, for our knowledge-based economy.


BS EN ISO 5817-2014 doc –


this publication is a useful addition to the business library.


It concerns weld defects.


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