Welding Technology

 

                           Professor Paul Kah (right) joined by some of his friends: Dr Cecile Mayer (middle) and Dr Emmanuel Afrane Gyasi (left) The International Institute of Welding (IIW) made history during its 75 th  Annual Assembly and International Conference in Japan when the General Assembly agreed by consensus to appoint Professor Paul Kah of Cameroon as a member of the Board of Directors (BoD). Professor Paul Kah is the first indigenous African to hold such a high-level position in IIW. His roles as a BoD include: defining the strategy of the Association and govern its activities, proposing new member countries to be approved by the General Assembly, reviewing the work performed by the Technical Working Units, etc. In his LinkedIn post, Professor Kah said “I am glad to announce that, I have been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Welding (IIW). Permit me t...

 

 

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  Texas State University’s Department of Agricultural Sciences hosted its first Women of Welding Camp July 18-22, 2022. The camp was open to high school females going into their sophomore, junior, or senior year and interested in a career in the welding industry. The students learned about bills of materials, blueprints, and metal processing and participated in numerous lecture and hands-on classes, including oxyacetylene, GMAW, SMAW, and FCAW. They also attended presentations by several industry experts, including Diane Nielsen, Voestalpine Bohler Welding USA; Stephanie Hajducek, a design lead/project engineer for The Chemours Co. and founder of This One’s for the Gals organization; Heather Roussere, lead instructor at Arclabs welding school; Brooke Williams, CWI, a welder, welding educator, and business owner; Stephanie Hoffman, owner of UnderGround Metal Works; and Courtney Noppe, CFO for R&N Mfg.

 

  High school students attending the annual Skills USA national competition June 20-24, 2022, got a chance to hone their brazing skills and learn more about careers in numerous industries. The competitions for each industry included a series of testing stations to assess skills. For the brazing competition, pros from The Harris Products Group, a manufacturer of cutting, welding, brazing, and soldering equipment, demonstrated proper brazing techniques, reviewed safety lessons, and tested students on their skills. Students were given one hour to complete a closed-loop system of copper-to-copper and copper-to-steel connections while nitrogen purging. Harris tested their connections with a pressure/leak test. The overall first, second, and third place winners in each category were awarded cash and product prizes.                      Timothy Reading of The Harris Products Group instructs a student on brazing skills.

  Jesse Taggett, 17, competes in the welding division of the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Taggett, a student at Caribou Technology Center, placed 3rd in the welding competition.  Credit:  Courtesy of Rick Taggett WOODLAND, Maine — A Woodland teen is the first Aroostook County student to rank among the best young welders at the nation’s largest trades competition. Jesse Taggett, 17, placed third in the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference welding division last week. The annual national conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, drew 6,500 high school and college students from across the country to compete in 108 different trade, business and health care categories. All of the students had won their state competitions in their areas of expertise. Taggett is   the youngest certified welder in Aroostook . For Taggett, the experience was another milestone in a journey that began at his father’s welding shop whe...

Blackbird Robotersysteme establishes a global sales and service partnership with ABICOR BINZEL Blackbird Robotersysteme GmbH, experts in remote laser welding, is partnering with the globally established specialists in welding technology, ABICOR BINZEL. This collaboration allows to provide even better support for the global customers, from technical sales to application support, right through to expanded on-site customer service for all international installations. As of July 2022, the renowned supplier from Buseck, who has gained almost 15 years of international expertise in the laser joining sector, includes the integrated system solutions in the remote laser welding section from Blackbird in their product range. Remote laser welding with galvanometer-based scan heads has become a key technology in numerous industrial sectors. In the automotive industry and the electromobility sector in particular, but also in the manufacture of batteries and fuel cells, this joining technique is ...

  Fraunhofer-led collaboration attaches optical fibers directly to photonic integrated circuits.                     Laser welding for reliable fiber-PIC connections Researchers in Germany and The Netherlands have devised a new laser welding process for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that they believe could be scaled to mass production - thus making biophotonics applications more commercially viable. Developed under the BMBF-funded “PICWeld” Eurostars project and subsequent follow-up work, the effort has been led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) , with support from LioniX , Phix Photonics , and ficonTEC . Adhesive-free approach Their approach uses a carbon dioxide laser and is described as space-saving and robust, as well as eliminating the need for adhesives. “Integrating the process into an automated alignment system has proven its...

                   Texas State Technical College Welding Technology instructor Daniel Aguirre has seen his students make remarkable strides over the past 10 months. With six students preparing to graduate later this summer, Aguirre said he hopes the next cohort will find similar success. “I have seen a lot of improvement from all of the students since we began back in August,” he said. “Some of them came in here with experience, and some with none. They have all progressed beautifully in the program. They are not the same students who were here on day one.” In addition to learning different skills, Aguirre said he wants them to learn what it is like to be a welder in the actual workforce. “I want them to know what to expect when they are working in the field,” he said. “Some of them are ready right now to hit the road to a successful career.” Student Bobby Suniga had a goal when he...

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  Lincoln Electric has opened registration to its welding courses, with a plan to focus on code standards.  As part of Lincoln Electric's Blodgett Design Seminars, its Design of Welded Connections: Steel Structures seminar will now take a closer look at AWS D1.5 code standards, in addition to the traditional coursework. The structural seminar will take place Oct. 24-28 at the  Welding Technology & Training Center  in Cleveland, Ohio. The seminar provides 36 hours of coursework across a full week of training, for 3.6 continuing education units (CEUs) for those who design and build steel structures such as buildings, bridges, towers and similar structures. Typical attendees include structural engineers, fabricators, erectors and inspectors. During the sessions, participants will review connections that are subject to static, cyclic and seismic loading. “In the past, we’ve focused on AISC 360 and AWS D1.1 standards to support various engineering ...

Vitesco Technologies uses state-of-the-art green lasers from TRUMPF for energy-saving welding of copper Due to electrification in the drive, copper welding is currently a key manufacturing process Green laser systems are energy-efficient and also reduce manufacturing effort Copper welding with green lasers is already being used in a current electronics series project for the BMW group Regensburg, July 4, 2022. Vitesco Technologies, a leading international manufacturer of modern drive technologies and electrification solutions, is using innovative laser systems from its long-standing production engineering partner TRUMPF. With the introduction of the new green laser equipment for copper welded joints, Vitesco Technologies is among the pioneers in the serial use of this new solution. Compared with infrared laser systems – the standard in copper welding to date – the use of green lasers can reduce energy consumption by up to 20 percent, depending on the application, and thus t...

  When warehouse managers consider approaching automation, they correctly picture robotic arms and machines that use novel grippers and pickers to move items from one place to another. And those things are important. But the most critical piece of automation, and the one that determines whether that expensive robot arm will ultimately deliver a return on its (significant) investment, is the software that powers it.  If you’re planning to automate some portion of your operation, it’s just as critical that you consider your software solution carefully as it is to choose the best robot for your application.  It’s a daunting task. It’s far easier to look at hardware and understand exactly what you need than it is to consider the wide-reaching effects your software selection could have on your throughput, your operational efficiency, and your bottom line. The software must be customizable and intelligent, and it must allow the humans in the warehouse to continu...

    Proper technique and a working knowledge of crucial welding processes are vital when equipment breaks down, particularly in agriculture.  Lincoln Electric will host its in-person Blodgett Seminar: Design of Weldment Connections: Steel Weldments , from September 12 to 16 at The Welding Technology & Training Center at its Cleveland headquarters. The Blodgett weldment seminar offers 36 hours of coursework across a full week of training, providing 3.6 CEUs for individuals who design equipment used for construction, agriculture, material handling, and other general purposes. The seminar focuses on AWS D14 standards and connections subject to static, cyclic, and shock loading. The program will have a concentrated emphasis on fatigue. Seminar classes include such topics as Weld Process Basics, Welding Metallurgy and Cracking, Basics of Welded Connections, Design of Fatigue-Resistant Welded Connections, Principles of Connection Design and Distortion: Causes an...