TPT July 2016

T E CHNOLOG Y

Data at your finger tips with new welding app SANDVIK Welding, a new welding app for smartphones and tablets, has been specifically designed with on- the-job functionality to meet welding professionals’ requirements when planning and performing welding projects. The app was launched on the Sandvik stand at Tube 2016, where the company’s welding specialists demonstrated its features and answered visitors’ questions. help operators and planners ensure a good weld metallurgy is achieved in the weldment while maintaining optimum material properties. “We believe the new Welding app to be the most comprehensive available today, providing welding engineers with a vast amount of informative data and practical functions, all created to meet customers’ welding needs in a handy form right to their phone or tablet,” explained Clemente Tallarico, Sandvik global product manager welding. Welding Handbook. Downloadable and available exclusively online, it contains c o m p r e h e n s i v e product information and data sheets. As new grades or information are added, both the app and the handbook are automatically updated. The newest ver-

Built with a focus on ease of navigation, the new app brings extensive information to hand for welding engineers, welders, specifiers, project engineers and owner operators. Its useful technical data allows users to plan which grades to choose for which jobs, make ferrite calculations, determine the level of heat input for a specific grade, select filler material and get help. Information is provided on welding parameters, gas shielding, maximum interpass temperatures and post- weld treatments. All calculations and recommendations are designed to

The app was designed following years of experience in helping solve complex project applications and continuous consultation with and feedback from customers. “It is this close cooperation with our customers that helps us ensure that the data presented in the app is as close as possible to the information welding engineers find helpful in their everyday operations,” added Mr Tallarico. Complementing the app is the recently launched Sandvik

sion of the handbook can be down- loaded from http://smt.sandvik.com/ welding-handbook The Sandvik Welding app is free to download, and is available now for iPhone and iPad from the Apple App store, and Google.play for Android devices. Sandvik Materials Technology – Sweden Website: www.smt.sandvik.com

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