Failure Prevention & Material Awareness 1-day Training - Auckland

Avoid common expensive mistakes.  Whether you're on the tools or in the office, this very practical training delivers critical insight into materials, fasteners, fatigue, welding failures, and much more - all backed by first-hand experience and practical know-how…

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  Welding Problems, Stress-Raisers, Bolts & Nuts

•             Learn about dangers caused by welds, brittle layers and massive stress build-up

•             How to spot bad bolts and nuts, and stress concentrators that lead to failure

•             Why good bolts fail

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  Material Problems & Selection

•             How to watch for the wrong material — even with a certificate

•             How poor-quality and counterfeit materials cause you problems

•             Choosing the right material type to start with, and watch your processes

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•             Learn about different types of fracture — how to spot, and how to prevent them

•             Surface treatments and conditions, decarburisation, hydrogen embrittlement, and other hidden hazards

•             Stress corrosion cracking, thermal cracking, and dirty steel

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  Reading the Fine Print

•             How material certificates can be wrong — and how to spot the mistakes

•             Product recovery techniques that save parts and reputations

•             Charts and diagrams that every engineer should have in their toolkit

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Meet Barry Robinson

Barry brings 40 years of hands-on manufacturing and failure experience across nearly every corner of the engineering industry - from toolmaking to troubleshooting industrial failures in the field. He’s worked with castings, forgings, welded structures, machined components, heat treatment and much more.

Barry has created this 1-day training to be suitable for

•         Maintenance / Structural / Civil / Mechanical

•         Engineering Managers

•         Welders / Boilermakers / Fitters / Toolmakers

•         Designers

•         Specifiers / Purchasers

•         T/A’s, Apprentices / Trainees, Graduates

Wed 11th June, 8am - 5pm, East Tamaki, Auckland. $900+GST pp.

To register, call Barry on 027 286 4722 or email Barry@metex.co.nz