Webinars
23 May 2024
Offshore Energy Technical Group Webinar
Wind Tower Generator Structures Fabrication Technologies and Quality
Who should attend?
The event is focused on current welding technology and fabrication standards for fabrication of heavy wall offshore structures for the offshore wind sector. The event should be of interest to anyone involved in design, fabrication and operation of offshore assets, with emphasis on windfarms, e.g. to fabricators, designers, weld engineers, quality control personnel and windfarm developers.
What will you learn?
The event is focused on the fabrication of heavy wall monopile and jacket structures for use offshore. These are highly utilised structures both in terms of peak loads, for example during installation, and fatigue requirements during operation. The challenge is to be able to scale up cost-effective production of “mass produced” assets while achieving the required quality and performance for over 20 years of operation with minimal maintenance.
The event will concentrate on high productivity alternatives of current technology such as submerged arc welding and will explore promising future technologies such as additive manufacturing and electron beam welding.
Experts from industry will be presenting on a range of topics:
- Bart Theunissen, Manager Process Technology & Innovation, Sif on Practical Experience of Utilising Electron Beam Welding for Monopile Transition Piece Longitudinal Weld (Provisional)
- Stephan Marre, Technical & Applications Director, Lincoln Electric on Improved productivity solution in Submerged Arc Welding for wind towers manufacturing
- Declan Foley, Fabrication Quality Manager, SSER on Offshore Renewables Fabrication Standards
- Carol Johnston, Consultant, TWI Ltd on Linking fabrication to fatigue performance for offshore wind
- Bryan O'Neil, Global Director for Offshore & Power Generation, Lincoln Electric on Additive Printing for Offshore Wind Foundations
- Bob Beattie, Director, Oxford Sensors Ltd on Multipass Adaptive Weld Control for Monopile Fabrication
FEES
- Professional Members of The Welding Institute:
- AWeldI: £25 + VAT (£30)
- TechWeldI/MWeldI/FWeldI: Free
- Industrial Members of TWI: £25 + VAT (£30)
- Non-members: £95 + VAT (£114)
- Retired Members: £25 + VAT (£30)
- Students: £25 + VAT (£30)
- TWI Training Customers: £75 + VAT (£90)
- TWI Training School Customers with professional membership: Free: Please contact us with your Training Customer ID Number
- TWI Staff - please contact Hafiza Rahman if you wish to register.
Please note that payment must be made before the event in order to receive the joining instructions for the event.
Can't make it on the day?
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*presentation dissemination is dependent on presenter consent.
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You will also benefit from:
- Discounted registration fees for Technical Group events (£25 + VAT)
- Free attendance at Branch events
- Access to our knowledge database including our library and information services
Benefits of attending this webinar
- Information transfer from experts
- Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
- A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
- Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.
Please contact hafiza.rahman@twi.co.uk if you require a certificate of attendance towards your continuing professional development.
Speakers
Stephan Marre
Technical and Applications Director
Lincoln Electric
Stephan grew up and studied in France and spent the first 4 years of my career working as a in Welding Engineering in a steel fabrication and Boiler making company expanding in Subsea and Offshore Oil and Gas special projects.
After moving to the UK, Stephan worked 2 years for a Global Subsea Oil and Gas company for the manufacturing / corrosion Resistant overlay of X-Mas tree and special valves. Stephan was recruited as UK Company Welding Engineer by OERLIKON in 2010 and became a qualified European and International Welding Engineer and registered as Incorporated Engineer at the British Engineering Council.
After the acquisition of Air Liquide Welding by The Lincoln Electric Company, Stephan joined the Industry Segment Management Team in Europe in March 2018, and was promoted in 2022 to Technical & Applications Director, Europe supporting, via our 8 Application Resources Centres (ARC) facilities, our customers overcome their multiples challenges with Lincoln Electric Solutions.
Dr Carol Johnston
Consultant
TWI Ltd
Carol Johnston is a Consultant in the Fatigue Integrity Management section at TWI. Since 2009, she has been carrying out research and running a range of projects related to the fatigue performance and structural integrity of welded joints. Her main area of work is on validation fatigue testing of welds using the resonance fatigue testing technique, and providing consultancy on fatigue design of welded joints.
Dr Bob Beattie
Director
Oxford Sensors Ltd
Bob Beattie supplied laser tracking systems for the world’s first monopile production line over 20 years ago. He is currently working on the world’s largest monopile factory, under construction in the UK. Between those projects, he has worked on laser vision and weld control for many different welding automation applications around the world.
Bryan O'Neil
Global Director
Lincoln Electric
Bryan is the Global Director for Offshore & Power Generation segments for Lincoln Electric. He has more than 28 years' global industry experience focused on fabrication of renewable energy, oil and gas investment. Bryan is the subject matter expert (SME) for welding fabrication in theses egments for Lincoln Electric. He is a welding engineering graduate from The Ohio State University(95’) and mechanical engineering technology program SUNY Broome Community College campus(92’). He is leading Lincoln Electrics effort to commercialize 3D wire additive manufacturing in the offshore and power generation. Bryan is an executive member of the Oceantic Network for offshore wind and serves on the board of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).