Quality Control of Welding Techniques

THE effective use of new materials and new manufacturing techniques has always played a key role in the design philosophies of the aerospace industry. Expensive though this is, it is part of the price which must be paid if we are to maintain our place in the forefront of technological achievement. The range of activities is extremely wide and covers casting techniques, new metals and alloys, composite materials, new methods of forming and processing materials, new methods of joining both by bonding and welding and new methods of evaluating the resultant products.