2018 Full Programme

Fatigue Failure in welded structures continues to be topic deserving wide focus due to its contributions to loss of life and substantial costs each year all over the world. The determination of the fatigue life cycle of particular welded structures has led to the invention and development of various structural life enhancement methods. The past decade has seen a remarkable development in the High Frequency Mechanical Impact (HFMI) treatment method as a reliable, effective and user-friendly method for post-weld fatigue life enhancement.

Most welding design codes require a minimum desistance for adjacent welds. However, sometime in the fabrication stage due to some limitations the minimum distance between two adjacent welds, is not practiced. In the absence of justifications by the codes the is an area of need to comprehensively explore the effect of this practice in key mechanical properties. This will enables the operators for an informed decision in regards to the soundness and integrity of the joint.

Nowadays, tubes and pipes continue to become more and more important in a range of industries such as the oil and gas, water treatment and the automotive industry. Tubes provide light weight, excellent rigidity, and low cost while steel pipes are still a popular choice for fluid transportation. In particular, tubular components have become more sophisticated, and often require a special weld joint in their construction. Tubular joints represent an ideal application for Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt (MIAB) welding, since the tube geometry plays a significant role in controlling the arc path, which promotes uniform heating of the joint. This process relies on very complex interactions between the arc, magnetic field and upsetting force. MIAB is a highly efficient energy-saving process of welding, assuring the quality of its weld.  Often deemed as a revolutionary welding process due its favourable advantages such as time saving of up to 90%, no filler material, less defects compared to fusion welding process and many others, This presentation explores the possibility to a wider range of applications in the oil and gas industry with specific case studies.

The government aims and objectives for the transformation and implementation of Industry 4.0 for the future and economic for Industries.  The 11th Malaysia Plan laid by EPU for Malaysia to be an industry-driven country development towards Industrial Revolution 4.0, Industrial Internet-of-Things, Advanced Technology and Digital Infrastructure in transforming to a higher intensive, newest technology and automation in line with the competitive global market.  Also; the Malaysian National Industry 4.0 Blueprint which is to be launch soon encompasses Industry 4.0, Digital Infrastructure & Eco-system, Funding & Incentives, Talent & Human Capital, Technology & Standards and the growth of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia as being the transformation direction towards Industry 4.0 and Digital Infrastructure for Malaysia under the aspiration of TN50 objectives. For this aspiration and achieving towards it; Malaysian Institute of Technology Institution moving towards the direction to adhere, embark,  educate, provide technology products and services; and expertises for the implementation and transformation of Industry Revolution 4.0 and Advanced Technology which will benefit the Manufacturing Industries in Malaysia;  and also to enhance and provide competence, knowledge & skills talents/ workforce/ engineers for their Industry and future human capital development.

In this presentation, the speaker will talk about the latest industry trends which are driving global manufacturing and infrastructure changes. Some of these changes are setting new directions of how products are being designed, made and used, to buildings and infrastructure being manufactured.