BY ANNIK BABINSKI — ababinski@aws.org SECTION NEWS District 1 Douglas Desrochers, director (508) 763-8011 dadaws@comcast.net District 2 Harland W. Thompson, director (631) 546-2903 harland.w.thompson@us.ul.com PHILADELPHIA January 13 Location: PTR Baler, Philadelphia, Pa. Speaker: Michael Chomin, Local #9 Plumbers and Pipefitters Topic: Writing an ASME Welding Procedure Event: Gary Fundala, vice president, PTR Baler, brought members on a tour of the company’s block-long shop in Philadelphia. Fundala showed the membership the company process from receiving materials, cutting, bending, and shearing the steel to the required dimensions. Fundala also showed the stations for tacking, manual MARCH 2016 / WELDING JOURNAL 75 and robotic welding, painting, and more. After the tour of the facilities, Michael Chomin gave a presentation on how to write an ASME Welding Procedure and where to find the information for a welding procedure involving P5 materials using ASME Section IX and AWS D10.8-96. District 3 Michael Sebergandio, director (717) 471-2065 drweld13@gmail.com District 4 Stewart A. Harris, director (919) 824-0520 stewart.harris@altec.com District 5 Carl Matricardi, director (770) 356-2107 cmatricardi@aol.com FLORIDA WEST COAST November 11, 2015 Location: Mimi’s Cafe, Brandon, Fla. Speaker: Alex Monico, Miller Electric Topic: New welding machines for schools Event: Fourteen members and guests enjoyed dinner and a presentation from Alex Monico on Miller Electric’s new teaching machines for schools. January 13 Location: Mimi’s Cafe, Brandon, Fla. Speaker: Darrell Peterson, Senior CWI and quality control, Central Maintenance and Welding, Lithia, Fla. Topic: Senior CWIs Event: Twenty-one members and guests enjoyed dinner and a presentation from Darrell Peterson on the AWS requirements to become a Senior CWI, along with the additional duties associated with the Senior CWI certification. Scholarship funds raised by the annual Florida West Coast Section Scholarship fundraiser golf tournament were awarded to Pinellas Technical College welding students Darren Codol and Sarah Hall. District 6 Michael Krupnicki, director (585) 705-1764 mkrup@mahanyweld.com District 7 Uwe Aschemeier, director (786) 473-9540 uwe@sgsdiving.com PITTSBURGH January 12 Location: LeMont Restaurant, Pittsburgh, Pa. Speaker: Dave McQuaid, AWS president Event: The Section honored the past chairmen at the LeMont Restaurant in Mount Washington, Pa. The guest speaker was Dave McQuaid, incoming AWS president. McQuaid gave a speech and PowerPoint presentation on one of his primary themes, “The Global Bridge to the Future.” He highlighted bridging engineering concepts and related it to specific AWS bridge codes and standards, the AWS Learning online system, and certifications. FLORIDA WEST COAST — (From left) Darren Codol, Pinellas Technical College welding student, stands with Section Chairman Alan Shissler and fellow student Sarah Hall, as they are presented with Section scholarships by Shissler and Shawn Galyen (right), Pinellas Technical College instructor. PHILADELPHIA — (From left) Dist. 2 Director Harland Thompson, Section Chairman Howard Miller, PTR Baler Vice President Gary Fundala, and CWI Mike Chomin.
Welding Journal | March 2016
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