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RESURGAM | Course Webinar Full Cycle

Course Speakers and Organisations:
Stephen Cater, TWI - Farhan Tanwir, J4iC – Lancaster University - Laurent Dubourg, STIRWELD - Niels Troost, TUD - Delft University.

Course Schedule (Day, Time):
Open online from 1st of December 2023 to the 15th of January 2024 for students to enrol at their best convenience.

Course Main Objective:
The RESURGAM training course - Webinar Full Cycle - will introduce the basic concepts of friction stir welding and provide a few examples of how it is a well proven joining technique already in widespread use for fabricating aluminium. The challenges of transferring the technology to steel will be discussed and an explanation given of how they have been overcome, providing a new steel fabrication technique that offers the potential to make strong, tough, fatigue resistant welds in both air and under water.

Course Program:

FSW invention and historical context
Existing aluminium applications
The challenge of steel FSW
Properties of friction stir welded steel
Welding under water
Fault Detection Procedure using Artificial Intelligence.
Industry 4.0 Compliant Data Integration Software
Digital tools enabling agile Friction Stir Welding process
A platform to facilitate collaboration and communication in shipbuilding society
Potential applications in other sectors (Civil Engineering, Oil and Gas, Defence, Power Generation)

FSW developments in RESURGAM
Design of the head and tool for the modular build
CNC general properties for the FSW process
Potential applications
FSW process control considerations
Types of testing
Weld quality assessment and optimizations
Discussion

Course Webinar Full Cycle