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Activities of JWES

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I.Researches and investigation activities

- About JWES

Information exchange between

members companies
Negotiation with governmental and
industrial offices

- Mission statement
- Organization
- Activities
+ Researches & investigation

a.Welding consumable
division

Investigation for international

standardization of welding material
Correspondence to IIW, ISO and
WES standards
Publication of the bulletin Welding
Research
Stipulation and revision of standards
concerning brazing and
correspondence to new standards

1.Welding material
technology

- Qualification & Certification

- Individual Activities
- Overseas Activities

- Presidents
- WES Standards
- JWES-IT Center

Publication of the bulletin Braze

b.Blazing division

Publication of the teaching material

of brazing practices

Information

Development of analysis
technologies of brazing filler
Researches of advanced brazing
filler
Stipulation and revision of standards
concerning soldering and
correspondence to new standards
c.Solder and smart
joining division

Development of testing methods of

lead-free solder
Development of analysis
technologies of solder

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Investigation of testing methods of

soldering flux
Investigation of wetting test methods
of solder paste
Cooperative researches of microjoining technologies
Stipulation and revision of standards
concerning steel material

a.Iron and steel

division

Summarization of standards and

rules concerning fracture toughness
Investigation of new standard
concerning fracture toughness
Publication of research results
conducted in the iron & steel division
Researches of welding of corrosion
resistant, heat resistant and abrasion
resistant materials

2.Material
technology

b.Special materials
welding research
committee

Researches of welding of dissimilar

materials and overlay welding
Researches of repair welding of heat
resistant materials
Researches of life expectancy of
welded structures
Researches of welding of advanced
materials

a.Electric welding
division

Stipulation of revision of standards

concerning welding machines and
correspondence to new standards
Correspondence to safety
regulations
Investigation of new technologies

3.Welding and
joining machines
technology

Provision of safety measures of gas

cutting machines
b.Gas welding and
cutting division

Stipulation and revision of standards

concerning gas cutting machines and
correspondence to new standards
Researches of gas cutting machines
and cutting precision

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Researches of cutting phenomenon

and characteristics by various cutting
methods
Hosting of lecture classes of gas
cutting
Investigation of cooperative controls
of robot manipulators, sensors, and
welding machines
Researches of system engineering

c.Robot welding
research committee

Investigation of peripheral
technologies necessary for the
expansion of robotics
Development of technologies for the
application of robot for bridge and
framed structure fabrication
Stipulation of domestic rules for
bridges and framed structures
correspondent to the ISO standards
Description of ISO, JIS and WES
draft standards concerning
manufacturing by laser

a.Laser materials and

processing committee

Cooperative researches among laser

equipment, materials, processing and
cutting fields
Exchange of information about latest
laser technologies
Hosting of laser symposiums
Investigation of coatings by spraying
and overlaying, and films by CVD,
PVD and plating

4.Process
technology
b.Surface modification
research and
technology committee

Provision of databases of recent

technologies of coatings and films
Investigation of performance testing
methods of coatings and films
Description of standards of
procedures for coating and film
production

c.Committee of
welding and joining

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Researches of advanced welding

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arc welding, high energy density

beam welding, and hybrid welding
processes

Researches of interracial joining

including FSW and instant surface
fusion joining
Researches of advanced processing
by a powder technology
Stipulation of rules and standards for
welding of ships and offshore
structures

a.Ships, offshore and

steel structures
division

Evaluation of newly developed

technologies and provision of welding
fabrication procedures
Investigation of welding materials,
welding equipment and fabrication
processes

b.Mechanical
engineering division

Investigation of domestic and

international rules and standards for
welding of pipelines, boilers and
pressure vessels
Technical cooperation with the IIW-XI
commission
Publication of new design and
fabrication technologies of welded
bridges and framed structures

5.Welded structure
technology
c.Construction division

Investigation of JIS and WES

standards for bridges and flamed
structures
Investigation of required qualities for
weldments of structures
Investigation of welding technologies
of automobile manufacturing

d.Automobiles division

Investigation of application of new

materials and technologies
Information exchange of technologies
among members companies and
related industries

e.Rolling stocks
division

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Researches of welding technologies,

improvement of weld quality, and
rationalization of welding fabrication

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for railroad cars

Researches of welding technologies
of car bogies
Development of new welding
technologies of aluminum railway car
fabrication
Cooperative researches of spot
welding of stainless steel cars and
investigation of new welding
technologies of stainless steel cars
Researches of materials and welding
of chemical plant equipment
Investigation of new materials and
welding technologies for chemical
plant equipment and researches of
their application to plants
f.Chemical plant
welding research
committee

Researches of quality improvements

and rationalization of welding
fabrication of chemical plant
equipment
Researches of prevention of
degradation, reliability assessment
and life expectancy prediction of
chemical plant equipment
Hosting of lecture classes of
materials, design, fabrication,
inspection and maintenance of
nuclear power station equipment
Hosting of atomic power symposiums

g.Atomic energy
research committee

Researches of aging and its

measures of atomic power station
equipment
Researches of application of
probabilistic fracture mechanics to
reliability assessment of atomic
power station equipment

6.Inspection
technology

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a.Committee of
application of NDT
technology for

Digitalizing of RT films
Assessment of application of a
film-less RT technology

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industrial fields

a.Electric power
companies

Applicability testing of new ray

sources
Researches of structural integrity of
equipment and structures of light
reactor vessels under repeated
loading conditions
Researches of rational structures of
radioactive waste casks

7.Requested
Researches and
investigations

b.The Japan Atomic

Energy Agency

Investigation of rules of system

developments

c.The Japan
Aerospace Exploration
Agency

Researches of welding technologies

of aerospace materials

d.The Ministry of
Economy, Trade and
Industry

e.The Japan
International
Cooperation Agency
(JICA)

Description of drafts of JIS

standards concerning welding
Cooperation of draft standard
stipulation of ISO/TC44 and
IEC/TC26
Education of welding engineers of
developing countries according to the
IIW international welding engineer
syllabus
Support of acquisition of international
welding engineer qualification

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