Invitation Letter for
2023Arc Cup International Welding Competition
BRICS Skills Development and Technology Innovation Competition - Arc Cup International Welding Competition (Hereinafter referred to as 2023 Arc Cup Welding Competition) will be held around June-November 2023,with the purpose to establish an international professionals exchanging platform for skills development and technology innovation in welding, promote the welding skills development and technical exchanges, and speed up the cultivation of welding skills professionals so as to enhance welding technical skills level together. Hereby the related matters are as follows:
(New Welding Technology, Welding Equipment, Welding Material, Welding Process and Their Application Competition.)
Time: November, 2023
Venue: Remote Participation by ZOOM Meeting
(Welding Robots Programming, Operation and Maintenance)
Time:June 27-30, 2023
Venue: Shenzhen International Exhibition Center
Time: November, 2023
Venue: To be confirmed
Time: November, 2023
Venue: To be confirmed
Time: November, 2023
Venue: To be confirmed
Undergraduates, higher vocational and secondary vocational students (including postgraduates); teachers from colleges and universities, and researchers from scientific research organizations; welding engineering
technicians; welders and relevant management staff, etc.
Competitors should be qualified welding robot operators.
Welders with age between 18-35 years old and Students over the age of 16.
No age limit for competitors, students, teachers and employees of enterprises can participate in the competition.
No age limit for competitors, students, teachers and employees of enterprises can participate in the competition.
Judges from China and other countries shall make assessment together to guarantee the fairness and justice of the refereeing activities according to international recognized standards and rules.
This competition requires competitors to submit competition documents for expert assessment and make defense via online. Competitors should submit documents by one of the following ways:
Papers and presentation PPTrelated to New Welding Technique/New Equipment/New Material/New Technology;
Drawings + project photos + process description related to New Welding Technique/New Equipment/New Material/New Technology and presentation PPT.
This competitionfollowsISO9606international standards and regulations.
For this competition, Chinese and foreign judges shall make assessment together based on ISO9606 international standards and rules to guarantee the fairness and justice of the refereeing and assessment.
The competition is conducted by Augmented reality (AR) simulator. The evaluation and acceptance shall refer to ISO6947, ISO15608,etc., and the score will be analyzed and generated by simulator.
Evaluation indicators include: correctly set welding parameters, adjust the air pressure of welding cylinders, adjust the current and voltage, adjust the best welding posture, control the stability of vertical angle and horizontal angle, moving speed and distance between welding gun and welding line. Ensure that the weld width, width difference, height, height difference, welding line’s length, back penetration and plug hole welding scar diameter, diameter difference, height, back penetration and other indicators of butt welding meet the requirements, and there will be no penetration defects.
The competition is evaluated and assessedby the GB/T 31032-2014, GB/T 50818-2013 standard.
Group Awards are granted to teams. The teams will be honored with Cups or Certificates.
(1)For the Seventh International Welding Technology Competition, there will set the First, the Second and the Third Prize, which will be awarded to individuals based on different groups, which may cover 60% of the competitors. And these winners will be awarded the honor certificates.
(2)For the Eleventh International Welding Skills Competition,Tenth International RobotWelding Competition, Second Virtual Simulation Welding Competition and Third All-position Automatic Welding Competition for Pipeline,there are totally nine individual competition projects according to different welding process. The First, Second and Third Prize will be awarded for each project, and there are first, second and third place for the First Prize. The First Prize winners will be awarded certificates and medals. The Second and Third Prize winners will be awarded certificates.
(3) The instructor/coach of the first-prize teams will be awarded the Gold Coach Certificate, and the instructor/coach of the second and third prize teams will be awarded the Outstanding Coach Certificate.
(4) All competitors have the equal chance to win the certificate of “Excellent Welder Prize” of 2023 Arc Cup International Welding Competition.
Young competitors under 25 (included) years old can be ranked in the Young Competitor Award.
Student competitors of each school can be ranked in the Student Competitor Award.
Hosts:
BRICS Business Council (BBC)
International Alliance of Skills Development (IASDBR)
Belt & Road and BRICS Training Center for Skills Development and Technology Innovation
Organizing Committee of Arc Cup International Welding Competition (OC ARCIWC)
Co-hosts:
China Association of Inventions (CAI)
China Center for International People-to-People Exchange, Ministry of Education
China Welding Association(CWA)
China Staff Welding Technology Association(CWWTA)
Asian Welding Federation(AWF)
Organizers:
China Section of BRICS Business Council SDWG
Iron Man Academy Welding Training Center
Beijing ARC Xinxing Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
Co-organizers:
China Welding Association Surfacing & Additive Manufacturing Division
China Building Material Machinery Association Welding Technology Division
Supporting Organizations:
Zhongguancun Science Park Management Committee
Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Haidian Management Committee
2023Eighth International Forum of Welding Technology and Skills
Secretariat of OC ARCIWC:
Contact Person:
Emily Zhao (+86-18931339270) Luke Du (+86-15010650107)
Lisa Cui (+86-15910438067) Henry Bai (+86-13621030121)
Website:www.arciwc.com; www.inwsa.org
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Attachments
Application Form for 2023 Arc Cup International Welding Competition
Organizing Committee of Arc Cup International Welding Competition March, 2023 |
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Place in your National Welding Competition |
□ Firstplace □ Secondplace □ Thirdplace □ Others |
Accompanying person |
□ Teamleader □ Coach □ CompetitionVisitor |
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Welding Competition Project Applied |
□ NewWeldingTechnology□ WeldingEquipment □ WeldingMaterial□ Welding Process and Their ApplicationCompetition |
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□111/SMAW | □135/GMAW | □141/GTAW | □311/OFW |
Remarks:
Please email the Copy of Passport's First Page and the Application Form to the Secretariat of Organizing Committee before the deadline by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.& This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The detail information is described as the Application Method. (For the competitors who apply to enjoy the Priority, please provide the copy of your certificate in your Nationwide Welding Competition after emailing us the electronic copy firstly.)
Invitation to 2023 International Seminar on Intelligent Welding & Additive Manufacturing Technology and Cooperation
Distinguished AWF members,
The 2023 International Seminar on Intelligent Welding & Additive Manufacturing Technology and Cooperation is going to be held on 14th May 2023 in Xiamen, China during the 38th AWF Governing Council Meeting and Committee Meetings. This seminar will be co-hosted by Asian Welding Federation (AWF) and China Welding Association, and executed by AWF Welding Technology and Application Committee and BRICS Academy of Skills Development and Technology Innovation (Xiamen).
This international seminar will focus on the theme of "Intelligent Welding & Additive Manufacturing Technology and Cooperation". By introducing the application of advanced welding technology, digital technology and other future technologies in welding, as well as additive manufacturing and surface engineering technology, exchanging the points of view on intelligent welding and additive manufacturing development tendency over the world, so as to strengthen the exchange and cooperation of intelligent welding and additive manufacturing technology.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we hereby sincerely invite you to attend this seminar. It will be much appreciated if you make a keynote speech on the seminar in the offline venue. Besides, we would like to invite the representative of each AWF member country to make a brief introduction of the welding industry situation and development tendency in your country.
Information
Date & Time: 14th May 2023, Sunday, 09:00-17:00 Beijing Time
Offline: BRICS Academy of Skills Development &Technology Innovation (Xiamen)
Online Meeting: ZOOM Meeting
Topic of Presentation
l Advanced and Intelligent Welding Technology
l Application of Advanced Technology in Welding
l Additive Manufacturing and Surface Engineering Technology
l Research Status, Development Tendency and Extension of Intelligent Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing Technology
l Green, Environmentally Friendly, Energy-saving and High Efficient Intelligent Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing Technology
l Talent Training for Intelligent Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing
Please feedback your decision no later than 25th April, 2023 by sending the completed registration form (Appendix) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. &This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., thanks.
Subject: Invitation to the 38thAWF Governing Council Meeting and Committee Meetings in Xiamen, China- May11th to 16th 2023
Dear AWF members,
China Welding Association (CWA) is much pleased to invite you to the 38th AWF Governing Council Meeting and Committee Meetingsand relevant events which are going to be held on May11th -16th 2023 in Xiamen, China in a physical mode.
Please refer to the following tentative schedule for the AWF meeting. All AWF members are encouraged to attend all meetings and events.
Tentative Schedule of 38th AWF Governing Council Meeting and Committee meetings
Day & Date | Time(GMT+8) | Program | Venue |
Day 1 11thMay 2023 (Thursday) |
08:00-24:00 Till the 8:00 AM in Day 2 |
Reception and Registration for AWF meetings (please send your arrival information by 9thMay to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Hotel |
Day 2 12thMay2023 (Friday) |
09:00 ~ 09:45 |
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BRICS Academy of Skills Development and Technology Innovation (Xiamen) Address: B09-7F, BRICS Future Innovation Park, Software Park III, 52 Chengyi North Road,Jimei District,Xiamen City, FujianProvince,China |
09:45 ~ 10:30 | AWF CWCS Meetings
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10:30 ~ 10:45 | Short break | ||
10:45 ~ 12:00 |
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12:00 ~ 13:00 | Lunch break | ||
13:00 ~ 13:30 |
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13:30 ~ 14:00 |
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14:00 ~ 14:30 |
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14:30 ~ 15:15 | Short break | ||
15:15 ~ 15:45 |
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15:45 ~ 16:15 |
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16:15 ~ 16:45 |
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16:45 ~ 18:00 | Visit the Exhibitionand Show (nearby Meeting Venue) | ||
18:00~ | Transportation to Dinner Venue | TBD | |
18:30~ | CWA Evening | ||
Day 3 13thMay 2023 (Saturday) |
09:00 ~ 10:30 |
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BRICS Academy of Skills Development and Technology Innovation (Xiamen) |
10:30 ~ 10:45 | Short Break | ||
10:45 ~ 12:00 |
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12:00 ~ 13:00 | Lunch Break | ||
13:00 ~ 16:00 |
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16:00~17:00 | Presentation of Stakeholders by its Representative, Discussion for Collaboration | ||
17:00~ 18:30 | Walkingin Xiamen Horticulture Expo Garden(National 4-Star Tourist Attraction) | ||
18:30~ |
Transportation to Hotel AWF Dinner Party |
Hotel | |
Day 4 14thMay 2023 (Sunday) |
12th Asian Welding Technology and Its Application Forum- 2023 International Seminar on Intelligent Welding and Additive Manufacturing Technology |
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09:00 ~ 09:15 |
Opening Address by AWF President Welcome address by CWARepresentative |
BRICS Academy of Skills Development and Technology Innovation (Xiamen) | |
09:00 ~ 10:30 | Topics Presentation by Experts | ||
10:30 ~ 10:45 | Short Break | ||
10:45 ~ 12:00 | Forum Continues | ||
12:00 ~ 13:00 | Lunchbreak -Buffet | ||
13:00 ~ 15:00 | Forum Continues | ||
15:00 ~ 15:30 | Short Break, Free Discussion | ||
15:30 ~ 17:00 | Forum Continues | ||
17:00~ | Transportation to Dinner Venue | TBD | |
18:00~ | BRICS Academy's Banquet | ||
Day 5 15thMay 2023 (Monday) |
09:30 ~ 12:00 | Business Visit | TBD |
12:00 ~ 13:00 | Business Lunch Arranged by the Visited Unit | TBD | |
13:00 ~17:00 |
Tourist Site Tour -- KulangsuIsland (National 5-Star Tourist Attraction, World Heritage) |
Kulangsu Island | |
17:00 ~18:00 | Transportation to Dinner Venue | TBD | |
18:00 ~ TBD | Closing Ceremony & Gala Banquet | TBD | |
TBD | Transportation to Hotel | ||
Day 6 16thMay 2023 (Tuesday) |
Return |
(TBD is short for To Be Determined)
Accommodations
Hotel for Recommendation: Crowne Plaza Xiamen Jimei Seaview
Address:No. 866, Xingbin Road, Jimei District, Xiamen, 361000 | Mainland China
Tel: +86-592-2676666
Web:https://www.ihg.com.cn/crowneplaza/hotels/gb/en/xiamen/xmnje/hoteldetail
(Remark: The China’s organizer is negotiating with the hotel about the preferential price, and then the hotel will provide a link for physical participants to book the hotel room. Upon booking, participants need to use their Credit Card with foreign currency to guarantee. Cancellations will be subject to a one-night penalty. Please be aware that the charges of rooms shall be paid by yourself.)
Meeting Venue
BRICS Academy of Skills Development and Technology Innovation (Xiamen)
Address: B09-7F, BRICS Future Innovation Park, Software Park III, 52 Chengyi North Road, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China - 361024 (11km from Hotel, 20min by Shuttle Bus)
Contact: Mr. Luke Du (+86 15010650107), Mr. Zhang Qingcheng (+86 15985878205)
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Dr. Mochammad Zaed Yuliadi - The Secretary General of Asian Welding Federation
Comptition Project
1. The Sixth International Welding Technology Competition
(New Welding Technology, Welding Equipment, Welding Material, Welding Process and Their Application Competition.)
Time:Oct.--Nov. 2022
Venue: Remote participation for international competitors by Zoom Meeting
2. The Ninth International RobotWelding Competition
(Welding Robots Programming, Operation and Maintenance)
Time: Oct.--Nov. 2022
Venue: Remote participation for international competitors
3. The Tenth International Welding Skills Competition
(1) Shielded Metal Arc Welding (111/SMAW)
(2) Gas Metal Arc Welding (135/GMAW)
(3) Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (141/GTAW)
(4) Oxygen Fuel Gas Welding (311/OFW)
(5) Finished-product Welding (111, 135, 141, 136/FCAW)
(6) Welding Competition for Non-regulated Projects (UT, Advanced welding equipment, Advanced welding technology performance, expert performance of special welding and cutting)
Time: Oct.--Nov. 2022
Venue: Remote participation for international competitors
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