INCD ISIM -TIMIȘOARA - 50 YEARS OF TRADITION IN WELDING AND MATERIAL TESTING

Abstract

The paper presents aspects of the evolution of the National R&D Institute for Welding and Material Testing - ISIM Timisoara, from its establishment (1970) to the present, especially in the field of nonconventional technologies, development at the forefront in the same period. They are presented in summary events that have marked the history of 50 years and areas of attainment such as fundamental research in the field of phenomena related to welding and allied processes in material testing, applied research in the field of welding, related processes and most of the test material, nonconventional and hybrid welding processes, the welding and cutting processes with high productivity, the behavior of materials under severe mechanical and thermal stresses, as well as activities training and certification in welding and NDT. Greater emphasis in the field of nonconventional technologies is placed on research and development in the field of ultrasonic processing.