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:

1. Competition Projects
2. The Seventh International Welding Technology Competition

(New Welding Technology, Welding Equipment, Welding Material, Welding Process and Their Application Competition.)

Time: November, 2023

Venue: Remote Participation by ZOOM Meeting

1. The Tenth International RobotWelding Competition

(Welding Robots Programming, Operation and Maintenance)

Time:June 27-30, 2023

Venue: Shenzhen International Exhibition Center

1. The Eleventh International Welding Skills Competition
2. Shielded Metal Arc Welding (111/SMAW)
3. Gas Metal Arc Welding (135/GMAW)
4. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (141/GTAW)
5. Oxygen Fuel Gas Welding (311/OFW)
6. Finished-product Welding (111, 135, 141, 136/FCAW)
   1. Welding Competition for Non-regulated Projects (UT, Advanced welding equipment, Advanced welding technology performance, expert performance of special welding and cutting)

Time: November, 2023

Venue: To be confirmed

1. The Second Virtual Simulation Welding Competition

Time: November, 2023

Venue: To be confirmed

1. The Third All-position Automatic Welding Competition for Pipelines

Time: November, 2023

Venue: To be confirmed

1. Competitor Requirement
   1. The Seventh International Welding Technology Competition

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.

1. The Tenth International Robot Welding Competition

Competitors should be qualified welding robot operators.

1. The Eleventh International Welding Skills Competition

Welders with age between 18-35 years old and Students over the age of 16.

1. The Second Virtual Simulation Welding Competition

No age limit for competitors, students, teachers and employees of enterprises can participate in the competition.

1. The Third All-position Automatic Welding Competition for Pipeline

No age limit for competitors, students, teachers and employees of enterprises can participate in the competition.

1. Participation Teams
2. International participating teams
3. Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutions
4. China Enterprises and Organizations

1. Assessment Standards & Ranking Method
2. Assessment Standards

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.

1. The Seventh International Welding Technology Competition

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.

1. The Tenth International RobotWelding Competition

This competitionfollowsISO9606international standards and regulations.

1. The Eleventh International Welding Skills Competition

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.

1. The SecondVirtual Simulation Welding Competition

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.

1. The ThirdAll-position Automatic Welding Competition for Pipeline

The competition is evaluated and assessedby the GB/T 31032-2014, GB/T 50818-2013 standard.

1. Ranking Method
2. Group Award: This award is granted to teams according to total team scores. The total scores of each team are calculated by adding up the scores of each team’s 3 best individual competitors in single competition project. The teams with less than 3 competitors cannot be ranked in Group Award.
3. Individual Award: The best competitor in single competition project in each country (or delegation) can be ranked in Individual Award.
4. Young Competitors Award: Young competitors under 25 (included) years old can be ranked in the Young Competitor Award.
5. Student Competitors Award: Student competitors of each school can be ranked in the Student Competitor Award.

1. Recognition and Awards
2. Group Awards

Group Awards are granted to teams. The teams will be honored with Cups or Certificates.

1. Individual Awards

(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.

1. Young Competitors Award

Young competitors under 25 (included) years old can be ranked in the Young Competitor Award.

1. Student Competitors Award

Student competitors of each school can be ranked in the Student Competitor Award.

1. Priority for International Participants
2. There are no any registration fees for international competitors who submit their application forms.
3. “National Winner” who won the First Place once in their national welding competition will be given reimbursement for one round-trip flight ticket and be provided with free accommodation by the Organizing Committee during the competition. The number of the National Winner in the First Place who can enjoy this priority is no more than 1.
4. Top three winners in their national welding competition will be provided with free accommodation by the Organizing Committee during the competition. The number of the competitors in a country who can enjoy the above two priorities is no more than 4.
5. One team leader in a country can enjoy the free accommodation during competition.

1. Organization Structure

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

1. Application Method
2. Please fill in the attached electronic 2023 Arc Cup International Welding Competition Application Form and email to the Secretariatby email 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..
3. The application deadline is 30^th August, 2023.
4. Please do not forget to provide electronic photos (one inch electronic photo) for all the competitors and the scanned passport homepages of all participants.

1. Concurrent Activities

2023Eighth International Forum of Welding Technology and Skills

1. Contact Information

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

2023 Arc Cup International Welding Competition

Application Form

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