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Indian International Welding Event
Joins People Together
A Symposium On Joining Of Materials, SOJOM
2000, was held in Tiruchirappalli City on January 20-23.
The city is located in the delta of the Cauvery River, to
which a short-hour flight takes us from the largest
commercial city of Chennai in the southern part of
India. Tiruchirappalli is an ancient town built during the
Chola Dynasty (BC 3 - AD 1). The city has many
temples including a famous one called the "Rock Fort,"
which sits on an 83-m rocky mountain.
The city is also known as the "Temple of Welding."
This is derived from the energetic activities of two
organizations: the Welding Research Institute (WRI) of
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. (BHEL) who promoted
SOJOM 2000 and provided the venue, and the
Tiruchirappalli Branch of the Indian Institute of Welding
(IIW), which founded the Indian welding industry.
SOJOM 2000 was held in commemoration of the 25th
anniversary of the WRI and the 30th anniversary of the
IIW. Therefore, in addition to many delegates from
leading Indian companies and institutes, those from
foreign countries including the USA, Germany, Sweden,
and Japan participated, too. During the three-day
symposium, a variety of technical presentations were
provided. Kobe Steel was sole participant from the
Asian countries including Japan.
Mr. A. Goto, Sr. Researcher, attended the symposium
from Kobe Steel and provided a technical presentation
on advanced Cr-Mo welding consumables. The title of
his presentation was "Welding Consumables of
Advanced Cr-Mo Steels for High Temperature and
Pressure Services." In his presentation, he introduced
the features and various properties of the welding
consumables for 2.25%Cr-l%Mo-V steel (ASME Code
Case 2098) and 3%Cr-l%Mo-V steel (ASME Code
Case 1961/2151). These advanced welding consumables
are suitable for high-strength Cr-Mo steels used for
high-temperature high-pressure chemical engineering
equipment such as oil refinery reactors and power
generation boilers. Nowadays, the reputation of these
high-strength Cr-Mo steels is gaining around the world.
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Many in the audience leaned forward in their chairs and
listened intently to his presentation because of the state-
of-the-art welding technology in this field.
Fig. 1 - The technical presentation by Mr. Goto is very much noticed by the audience As to the exhibition, a large number of exhibitors attended from the inside and outside of India. Nikko Boeki Kaisha, Weldwell Speciality Pve. Ltd. and Kobe Steel took part in the exhibition jointly with their booth, in which a variety of welding consumables focusing on the Cr-Mo and stainless steel types were exhibited and introduced.
Fig.2 - The staff of the corporate exhibitors strengthen the partnership.
With many visitors to the booth, we had a chance to
discuss solving routine problems and future visions in
welding technology. As in any country and market, the
discussion of welding technology was always brisk,
which gave us courage and expectation for the future. I
always look forward to future days when I might meet
the readers of this magazine.
(Reported by D. Hino, KSL)
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