Corrosion solutions are presented
GLEN AUSTIN – Petra Mitchell, the event organiser and director for the Corrosion Institute explained that the purpose of the day was to gather experts and talk about their solutions around corrosion control and, if there were any new technologies available, for them to be introduced.
The Corrosion Institute of South Africa held a conference to discuss new innovative ways corrosion could be controlled.
The event was hosted at the Ambrosia Hall in Glen Austin in celebration of Corrosion Awareness Day on 24 April.
Petra Mitchell, the event organiser, and director for the Corrosion Institute, explained that the purpose of the day was to gather experts and talk about their solutions around corrosion control.
“On the conference side it is more educational, as it speaks about the various solutions available, and on the other side it is more company-specific, companies can showcase what they do in terms of corrosion control and protection,” he said.
“We also have the Midrand High School Grade 11 learners here today. We have a demonstration room where the learners will see the different types of corrosion that happens and what is needed in order to fast-track the process in which it is controlled.”
Mitchell added that interesting presentations took place during the conference, including a presentation from the Department of Trade and Industry officials who spoke about industry associations.
One of the presenters, Richard Gundersen, spoke to the learners and presented the Stemulator – a new tool used to help learners to understand the different types of fields in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields – and explained how they could learn more about their fields of interest.
He added that the organisation that put the prototype together represented the professional scientific, engineering and technical societies of South Africa.
