District 3 Michael Sebergandio, director (717) 471-2065 drweld13@gmail.com LANCASTER/YORK April 26 Location: CNH Industrial America, New Holland Agriculture Manufacturing Operations, New Holland, Pa. Presenters: Jake Fisher, advanced manufacturing engineer, Derek Oberlin, advanced quality engineer, and Ryan Alleman, operations manager Summary: For this joint meeting between the Lancaster, Pa., and York, Pa., Sections, members of the company conducted tours through its manufacturing facility. Section members learned the history of the company, as well as details about the design and fabrication of various agricultural equipment and attachments made in the facility. LEHIGH VALLEY March 2 Location: Monroe County Career and Technical Institute, Bartonsville, Pa. Event: 49th Lehigh Valley Section Student Welding Contest Summary: Students from Bethlehem Area Vocational School, Monroe Career and Technical Institute, Upper Bucks County Vocational Institute, Middle Bucks County Vocational Institute, Warren County Vocational Institute, and Lehigh Career and Technical Institute competed in a day-long event that demanded the reading of blueprints and completion of projects with various welding processes and positions. Dino Fourst organized the competition and Mike Rizzo, Joe Feranti, and Joe Diltilia were judges. SECTION NEWS LEHIGH VALLEY — Student winners of the high school welding competition posed with Dist. 3 Director Michael Sebergandio (middle left) and AWS President David McQuaid. LEHIGH VALLEY — Students prepared for the Section’s Student Welding Competition. NORTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY TECHNICAL CAREER CENTER — (Front row, from left) Dik Getz, Michael Cardimone, Eric Nelson, Zaheer Razi, McKaila Conway, Chris Green, Joshua Seitzer, and Dist. 2 Director Harland Thompson; (back row, from left) Karl Schafer, Ed Devlin, Bob McSain, David DeGideo, Lexi Virgilio, Matt Emmett, and Jud Munsell. LANCASTER/YORK — Section members toured CNH Industrial with tour guides Jake Fisher, Derek Oberlin, and Ryan Alleman. JULY 2016 / WELDING JOURNAL 79
Welding Journal | July 2016
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