Free Webinar | Social Cereal series – mirror mirror on the wall | 11 May 2020 | 8:00am – 8:45am OverviewWho should attend?What you’ll get!PresentersRegisterOverview Get your hands on the data needed to inform your strategy for business growth. Last year, we commissioned an independent market research company to uncover what Kiwi’s really thought about the NZ metals industry. This…
LIVE Webinar: Overview of finite element analysis for applied research, engineering and art applications | 29 April 2020 AboutWho should attend and why?PresenterRegisterAbout Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a well-established technology in 2020. There is a plethora of software on the market. They range from the basic, mid-range to high end in their capabilities to…
LIVE Webinar: Enhance product delivery & improve cashflow quickly – post COVID-19 lockdown |14 April 2020 | Online event | AboutWho should attend and why?PresenterRegisterAbout As an association focused on securing tomorrow’s industry by innovating today – we know that the future has always been uncertain. And, with the disruption of COVID19, this will ring…
Design of welded structures seminar | 19 Feb 2020 | Hamilton | Limited seats available | AboutWho should attend and why?ProgramPresenterLocationPricesRegisterAbout The degradation of products and structures imposes a significant cost for the owners and operators of plant and equipment. Besides the financial aspects, the possible risk to human life and health is always a…
Design of welded structures seminar | 11 Feb 2020 | Christchurch | Limited seats available | AboutWho should attend and why?ProgramPresenterLocationPricesRegisterAbout The degradation of products and structures imposes a significant cost for the owners and operators of plant and equipment. Besides the financial aspects, the possible risk to human life and health is always a…
In December last year, our qualification, training and certification services underwent an external audit by expert assessors from the International Institute of Welding (IIW). Attended by IIW’s Mr Henk Bodt from Netherlands and Mr Shoichi Nomura of Japan, these auditors assessed our training facilities. They also visited our member D&H Steel Construction, who were the first…
Having spent the last 14 weeks cramped behind a school desk in Germany, our Research Engineer Holger Heinzel has successfully returned as a qualified International Welding Engineer (IWE)! Join him as he shares his experience. After some intensive study I now join the ranks of our General Manager Welding Centre Dr Michail Karpenko and Director…
We’d like to invite researchers and practising engineers to submit abstracts for presentation at the upcoming meeting of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) Commission X Structural Performances of Welded Joints – Fracture Avoidance. The meeting will be held in Auckland at HERA House, 12 – 13 March 2018. The IIW is a not-for-profit organisation…
HERA is the Authorised National Body (ANB) for personnel qualification for New Zealand under the system of the International Institute of Welding (IIW). To provide a smooth transition from the national to the international (IIW) qualification system, a national ANB has been allowed to issue IIW diplomas to professionals who have relevant work experience, and…
Our industry’s decision to harmonize bridge design with Australia has seen us travel a five year road, and we’re delighted to see it all come together as we announce the availability for public comment of the first joint New Zealand and Australian design standard for steel and composite bridges DR AS/NZS 5100.6. Chaired by our…
Our Welding Centre General Manager Dr Michail Karpenko and Senior Welding Engineer Alan McClintock jumped the ditch to attend the International Institute of Welding 2016 Conference. Held in Melbourne in mid-July the IIW conference – is a fantastic global forum of professionals from around the world sharing and developing scientific and technical knowledge on welding…
Mr Jorge J. Huete Chugunowa, Director of Spanish Welding Association (CESOL) visited HERA on 4th July 2016. He presented a paper on advances in virtual reality training for welders. One of the main action sectors of CESOL is to provide high quality training for welding personnel following IIW guidelines and advances in the area of…