PRESS TIME NEWS Praxair to Fund Welding Scholarships through AWS Program and SkillsUSA Competition Praxair, Inc., Danbury, Conn., a leading industrial gases company, recently announced the company’s global giving program will fund more than $200,000 in scholarships over the next five years for the American Welding Society (AWS) and SkillsUSA. They will support education and hands-on training for student welders in the United States. An applicant must be a minimum of 18 years old, at least a high school senior who will be applying (or has applied) to a certificate welding program or to a college/university for a two- or four-year degree focused on welding. Information on additional qualifications is available at www.aws.org/foundation. Twenty-six awards will be made to students who reside/attend school in the areas in which the following AWS Sections are located: Chicago, Ill. (Section 002); Cleveland, Ohio (Section 006); Dallas, Tex. (North Texas Section 053); Detroit, Mich. (Section 011); Fox Valley, Wis. (Section 074); Houston, Tex. (Section 022); Kansas City, Mo. (Section 016); Los Angeles, Calif. (Section 008); North Dakota (Northern Plains Section 117); Portland, Ore. (Section 052); Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah Section 059); Tulsa, Okla. (Section 034); and North Carolina (Charlotte #140 and Triangle #151). BMT to Support Welding Research Project for Shipbuilding BMT Fleet Technology Ltd.’s latest research project with the National Shipbuilding Research Program will evaluate recent advancements in Integrated Cold Electrode (ICE) welding technology. Jointly funded by industry and the U.S. Navy through the program, it will look at how this technology can improve productivity rates and reduce construction costs of both commercial and naval vessels. As project lead, BMT will work with Huntington-Ingalls Industries; Newport News Shipbuilding; Marinette Marine Corp.; ESAB; American Bureau of Shipping; Naval Surface Warfare Centre – Carderock Division; and Defence R&D Canada. “Our main objectives for this project are to assess ICE’s ability to enhance the welding production rates, decrease distortion and costly rework, improve the properties of welds in high-strength steels and therefore reduce costs, whilst increasing the integrity of the ship’s structure,” said Darren Begg, project manager at BMT Fleet Technology. Northwest Florida State College Starts Welding Program Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Fla., has launched a new vocational certificate program in welding technologies. It is funded by a federal Department of Labor grant to meet the demand for high-skill, high-wage jobs in Northwest Florida. Welding classes started in September. The program runs 12 months, divided into three semesters, and consists of six courses covering shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, flux cored arc, and gas tungsten arc welding on plate/pipe. Welding instructor Scottie Smith, an AWS Certified Welding Inspector and Certified Welding Educator, stated the program follows the National Center for Construction Education and Research curriculum. Currently, the college’s welding lab is 2000 sq ft and features 15 welding booths containing Miller Electric multiprocess power sources and wire feeders, but the college has plans to double the welding lab’s size. The program will receive a mobile welding lab this month to facilitate industry training for local businesses as well. Koike Aronson, Miller Electric Enter Strategic Agreement Koike Aronson, Inc./Ransome, Arcade, N.Y., and Miller Electric Manufacturing Co., Appleton, Wis., have entered into a strategic partnership agreement. Koike will act as a distributor of certain Miller welding products throughout North and South America, including Mexico and Central America. Also, Miller will act as a distributor of the Koike Aronson welding positioning equipment and portable welding and cutting equipment in the same areas. The Miller products covered by the agreement are equipment used in submerged arc and electroslag, automated gas metal arc, and automated flux cored arc welding. The companies’ distributorships are nonexclusive.◆ 6 JANUARY 2014 Publisher Andrew Cullison Editorial Editorial Director Andrew Cullison Editor Mary Ruth Johnsen Associate Editor Howard M. 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Welding Journal | January 2014
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