Title: Welding information system of The German Welding Society

Authors: Helmut Bartelmess, Gerd Kraume, Heinz Sossenheimer, Michael Stracke

Addresses: Deutscher Verband fur Schweisstechnik e.V., Postfach 27 25, 4000 Dusseldorf 1, West Germany. ' Deutscher Verband fur Schweisstechnik e.V., Postfach 27 25, 4000 Dusseldorf 1, West Germany. ' Deutscher Verband fur Schweisstechnik e.V., Postfach 27 25, 4000 Dusseldorf 1, West Germany. ' Deutscher Verband fur Schweisstechnik e.V., Postfach 27 25, 4000 Dusseldorf 1, West Germany

Abstract: This paper outlines the reasons that prompted the German Welding Society to create a welding information system. This overall concept has above all been setup to meet the future needs of small and medium-sized concerns; it can be subdivided in to a welding literature data base, a welding facts data base, and a welding expert system. Their structure is described.

Keywords: computer-aided information systems; expert systems; welding database; literature database; welding information systems; German Welding Society; Germany; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.1989.036726

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 1989 Vol.4 No.2, pp.115 - 124

Published online: 06 Nov 2010 *

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