6 Editorial 8 Press Time News 10 International Update 12 News of the Industry 16 Business Briefs 18 Stainless Q&A 20 RWMA Q&A 24 Product & Print Spotlight 60 Coming Events 66 Certification Schedule 68 Welding Workbook 71 Society News 72 Tech Topics 75 Section News 86 Guide to AWS Services 88 Personnel 101 Classifieds 102 Advertiser Index OFFICERS President David L. McQuaid D. L. McQuaid and Associates, Inc. Vice President John R. Bray Affiliated Machinery, Inc. Vice President Dale Flood Tri Tool, Inc. Vice President Thomas J. Lienert Los Alamos National Laboratory Treasurer Carey Chen Cincinnati, Inc. Executive Director Ray W. Shook American Welding Society DIRECTORS T. Anderson (At Large), ITW Welding North America U. Aschemeier (Dist. 7), Subsea Global Solutions D. J. Burgess (Dist. 8), Alstom Power D. A. Desrochers (Dist. 1), Old Colony RVTHS D. L. Doench (At Large), Hobart Bros. Co. D. K. Eck (At Large), Praxair Distribution, Inc. K. Fogleman (Dist. 16), Consultant P. H. Gorman (Dist. 20), Sandia National Laboratories S. A. Harris (Dist. 4), Altec Industries J. Knapp (Dist. 17), Consultant M. Krupnicki (Dist. 6), Mahany Welding Supply D. J. Landon (Past President), Vermeer Mfg. Co. S. Lindsey (Dist. 21), City of San Diego D. E. Lynnes (Dist. 15), Lynnes Welding Training C. Matricardi (Dist. 5), Welding Solutions, Inc. S. M. McDaniel (Dist. 19), Big Bend Community College W. R. Polanin (At Large), Illinois Central College R. L. Richwine (Dist. 14), Ivy Tech State College D. J. Roland (Dist. 12), Airgas USA, LLC, NorthCentral Region R. W. Roth (At Large), RoMan Manufacturing M. Sebergandio (Dist. 3), CNH America K. E. Shatell (Dist. 22), Pacific Gas & Electric Co. M. Sherman (Dist. 10), SW&E, LLC M. Skiles (Dist. 9), Consultant W. J. Sperko (At Large), Sperko Engineering Services J. Stoll (Dist. 18), The Bohler Welding Group U.S. H. W. Thompson (Dist. 2), UL, Inc. R. P. Wilcox (Dist. 11), Consultant J. A. Willard (Dist. 13), Kankakee Community College D. R. Wilson (Past President), Welldean Enterprises WELDING JOURNAL Publisher—Andrew Cullison Editorial Editorial Director Andrew Cullison Editor Mary Ruth Johnsen Associate Editor Kristin Campbell Assistant Editor Melissa Gomez Assistant Editor Annik Babinski Peer Review Coord. Sonia Aleman Publisher Emeritus Jeff Weber Design and Production Production Manager Zaida Chavez Sr. Production Coordinator Brenda Flores Manager of International Periodicals and Electronic Media Carlos Guzman Advertising Sr. Advertising Sales Exec. Sandra Jorgensen Sr. Advertising Sales Exec. Annette Delagrange Manager of Sales Operations Lea Paneca Sr. Advertising Production Manager Frank Wilson Subscriptions Subscriptions Representative Evelyn Andino eandino@aws.org MARKETING ADVISORY COUNCIL (MAC) D. L. Doench, Chair, Hobart Brothers Co. S. Bartholomew, Vice Chair, ESAB Welding & Cutting Prod. Lorena Cora, Secretary, American Welding Society D. Brown, Weiler Brush C. Coffey, Lincoln Electric D. DeCorte, RoMan Manufacturing S. Fyffe, Astaras, Inc. D. Levin, Airgas R. Madden, Hypertherm On the cover: Laser welding with a process sensor system for highprecision joint monitoring is shown here with a CO2 laser. (Courtesy of TRUMPF, Inc., Farmington, Conn.) D. Marquard, IBEDA Superflash J. F. Saenger Jr., Consultant S. Smith, WeldAid Products D. Wilson, Welldean Enterprises J. N. DuPont, Ex Off., Lehigh University L. G. Kvidahl, Ex Off., Northrop Grumman Ship Systems D. J. Landon, Ex Off., Vermeer Mfg. S. P. Moran, Ex Off., Weir American Hydro E. Norman, Ex Off., Southwest Area Career Center R. G. Pali, Ex Off., J. P. Nissen Co. N. Scotchmer, Ex Off., Huys Industries R. W. 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