Welding students will complete a project designed by a team led by Samuel Colton, the event’s founder and a professor of welding and manufacturing technology at Arizona Western College’s Ernest Lopez Welding Institute. He noted contestants will load their materials in trucks/trailers, arrive in another city, and set up a portable fabrication shop in a parking lot to work from engine-driven power sources. “At the end of day one, the teams’ projects are inspected by AWS Certified Welding Inspectors for quality and accuracy,” Colton said. “Then, on day two, the teams are allowed to customize the projects, which are always a smoker or grill of some type, and as part of the contest, they have to build it and then cook lunch for the team and the judges.” He added the custom items, known as secret components, allow teams to showcase individuality. These modifications need to be documented in a second set of drawings. Awards will be given to teams with the most accurate fabrication project, as determined by judging. There will also be other categories. Visit welderswithoutborders.org. Grand Opening of Fourth Campus Unveils Technologically Advanced Maritime Training San Jacinto College has marked the grand opening of the Maritime Technology and Training Center on the Maritime Campus. It’s located next to a turning basin along the Port of Houston in La Porte, Tex. “This is what we have envisioned for many years,” said Dr. Brenda Hellyer, San Jacinto College chancellor, in re- JUNE 2016 / WELDING JOURNAL 17 For info, go to aws.org/adindex For info, go to aws.org/adindex
Welding Journal | June 2016
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