Virtual Welding-A New Dimension in Training

Abstract

Worldwide, the need of welders is ever going up. In the United States for example, the demand for Welders is projected to be one of the highest number of added jobs per year in many areas of the country. The trend is perhaps similar in many countries across the globe and India is no exception. At the same time, we face the reality factors like aging workforce, lack of adequate welding training programmes in vocational schools and growing disinterest in welding occupation by current tech-savvy generation. Simultaneously, the increasing performance requirements for manufactured systems calls for upgrading welders' skills for structural fabrication and for building critical and high-value components.