Improving Global Quality of Life
Improving Global Quality of Life
Improving Global Quality of Life
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9.<br />
Needs and<br />
challenges <strong>of</strong> major<br />
industry sectors for<br />
future applications<br />
To become more competitive globally, all industrial sectors will continue to strive for more innovative,<br />
integrated, efficient and safe ways <strong>of</strong> doing business. At the same time, the need to protect Mother<br />
Earth also means that design, manufacturing, construction, operational and repair processes must<br />
give sustainable development in a sustainable environment. The challenge to upgrade existing products,<br />
manufacturing methods and plants has to be in place to meet environmental friendly standards. This means<br />
that, in supporting these demands in all industrial sectors, technological advances in material and welding<br />
processes have to keep pace. The needs <strong>of</strong>, and challenges for, major industrial sectors are reviewed and<br />
briefly outlined in the following sections.<br />
The pie chart <strong>of</strong> welding market per industrial sector is shown in Figure 9.1. The main driving factors behind<br />
the development <strong>of</strong> joining technologies for sheet and plate, are the automotive and shipyard industries.<br />
<strong>Global</strong> welding market by end users<br />
Shipbuilding & Offshore<br />
Construction<br />
Automative/Transport<br />
Pipeline & Pipe mills<br />
Energy<br />
Oil, Gas & Process<br />
All other<br />
Figure 9.1 The welding market for<br />
consumables, equipment and services<br />
is estimated to be about US$15 billion<br />
(Reproduced courtesy: ESAB)<br />
9.1 Energy sector<br />
The European Community Framework Programme (FP7) describes the overall objective for the 21 st century<br />
with the following statement; “Adapting the current energy system into a more sustainable one, less<br />
dependent on imported fuels and based on a diverse mix <strong>of</strong> energy sources, in particular renewables, energy<br />
carriers and non polluting sources; enhancing energy efficiency, including by rationalising use and storage <strong>of</strong><br />
energy; addressing the pressing challenges <strong>of</strong> security <strong>of</strong> supply and climate change, …”<br />
Such world-wide strategic objectives for sustainable, competitive and secure energy sources creates new<br />
technological challenges to materials scientists and welding technologies to create new infrastructure and<br />
to maintain safe structural performance during operation.<br />
Through Optimum Use and Innovation <strong>of</strong> Welding and Joining Technologies<br />
<strong>Improving</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Life</strong><br />
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