Presenters at the Houston Section seminar are (from left) Saty Segu, James Shelton, Ron Theiss, Fred Schweighardt, and Harry Harrison. WELDING JOURNAL 91 Olafson and Andy Schatzberg for the purchase of equipment needed for the school’s welding education program. Officiating were Chairman Chris Beaty, Vice Chair Eric Nordhues, and Treasurer Rich Hanny. OKLAHOMA CITY OCTOBER 11 Speaker: Matt Terell, technical representative Affiliation: The Lincoln Electric Co. Topic: The VRTEX® 360 virtual arc welding trainer Activity: The Section members and welding students and Instructor Keith Theesen from Caddo Kiowa Technology Center had a hands-on training session with the virtual welding equipment. The meeting concluded with a tour of the Trinity Industries rail car manufacturing operations, hosted by Tony Solics. TULSA SEPTEMBER 25 Speaker: Sgt. Tom Bell Affiliation: Tulsa Police Dept. Topic: Industrial crime prevention HOUSTON OCTOBER 17 Speaker: Walt Stein, consultant Affiliation: Metallurgical Process Control Topic: Procurement of welding materials Activity: The program was held at Brady’s Landing in Houston, Tex. OCTOBER 27 Activity: The Houston Section hosted its fall seminar for 48 participants at NCI Building Systems in Houston, Tex. The theme was Welding Quality Management for the Modern Fabricator. Education Chair Saty Segu, and speakers James Shelton, Ron Theiss, Fred Schweighardt, and Harry Harrison presented the program. ALASKA OCTOBER 24 Activity: The Section members and welding students from local colleges toured Unique Machine LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The facility offers CNC machining centers providing drill pipe threading services for the oilfield, construction, mining, and fishing industries. PORTLAND OCTOBER 23 Activity: The Section members toured Oregon Metal Slitters in Portland, Ore. Chris Holzgang led the tour of the rolling and cutting steel sheet facility. PUGET SOUND NOVEMBER 1 Speaker: Ches King, west coast manager Affiliation: Lloyds Register North America Topic: Ship classification and its role in ship construction Activity: Kevin McGuire was awarded a $500 Section scholarship. It was announced that the Everett C. C. Student Chapter hosted a welding workshop for First Robotics high school teams. More than 70 people attended. Steve Pollard, Chair Dan Sheets, and Treasurer Steve Nielsen provided technical assistance. Attendees are shown during the Alaska Section tour of Unique Machine. District 19 Ken Johnson, director (425) 957-3553 kenneth.johnson@vigorshipyards.com District 17 J. Jones, director (940) 368-3130 jjones@Victortechnologies.com District 18 John Bray, director (281) 997-7273 sales@affiliatedmachinery.com Chris Holzgang (blue hat) is shown with Portland Section members in October. Speaker Ches King (left) is shown with Ken Johnson, Puget Sound Section chair.
Welding Journal | January 2013
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