The theory of creativity thinking proposed by scholars emphasised that a creative and implementable solution does not come by accident or from someone who has no knowledge or experience of the respective field. Furthermore, the human creative process specified that generating knowledge is the first step of creative process that to enable creation of creative ideas or solutions. Generating knowledge is essential and critical to understand a problem in detail and the solutions applied by others.
Literature review is an effective method for generating knowledge. Review of industrial and academic literatures enhances our understanding of the available knowledge and information of the solutions that has been applied. Subsequently, the outcomes of literature review can enlighten us to generate creative and implementable solutions.
In a hydropower project, CWI was asked by the power plant owner to suggest solutions for controlling distortion for stainless steel plate welding. In order to produce applicable and implementation solutions for the customer, CWI conducted a critical review of literatures to identify causes of welding distortion and solutions to control distortion for stainless steel plate.
The critical review successfully identified a list of causes of distorting and distortion control methods for stainless steel plate welding. The causes and control methods were innovatively plotted on Ishikawa diagram to summarise the review outcomes in an ease to understand and legible manner as well as ease for further analysis.
This literature review shows that the CWI’s engineer integrated the knowledge and skills from welding engineering and quality management disciplines to produce and present the outcomes of the literature review. The success exploitation of knowledge and skills from different disciplines further enhance CWI capability and competency to offer literature review service. Our literature review service will assist our customers to capture knowledge, enhance understanding, process information and identify solutions for any welding challenges.
