Overview

This presentation provides a general update to the new 2019 edition of CSA W117.2, Canada’s national standard concerning the health and safety of welding personnel. One focus will be on updated requirements for electrical hazard reduction in arc welding put in-place in response to a concerning cluster of fatal electrocutions and serious electrical shock injuries in Canadian welders over recent years. Other updates will focus on new the requirements for PPE, footwear, and respiratory protection, etc.

Presented by Jim Galloway, Coordinator of Welding Programs, Conestoga College

Presentations

Recent Developments in Welding of Transportation and Energy Materials

This presentation will showcase some research directions and results that relate to welding of automotive materials and the energy sector.

Polarity, Pulsing, Gas, and Fluxes in the Welding Arc

This presentation will discuss the deposition rate, and penetration in arc welding.

New approaches to control welding fumes at their source: in the arc

Research – Regulation – Business - Sustainability

Mathematical Model of Friction Stir Welding

Scaling Analysis of Heat Transfer and Plastic Deformation Phenomena