Can any of the engineers in the audiance shed some light on the new “digital welding” systems:
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In a move to cut costs and raise productivity, Hyundai Heavy Industries is expected to become the first shipbuilder in the world to adopt digital welding processes in shipbuilding. Korea’s leading shipbuilder said yesterday that the digital welding will gradually be applied starting next year. By 2015 all welding process will be digitalized. The company said the digital welding process will improve productivity by 20 percent, reducing 1 million manpower hours on welding every year. The manpower savings would result in the building of five additional 300,000-ton very large crude carriers. The company said this would also result in cost savings of more than 100 billion won. The digital welding process standardizes the quality of the welding instead of depending on the individual skills of welders. Information about voltage and electric currents involved in the welding process appears on a LCD display. “With the digital welding system, anyone can become a skilled expert whatever their past skill and experience,” said Kim Hyun-cheol at Hyundai Heavy Industries. “This is an innovative technology that will change shipbuilding,” he added. [FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][SIZE=2]Source: JoongAng Daily [/SIZE][/FONT]
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