Training & Workshops
Welcome, UA!
The 63nd Annual Instructor Training Program will be held from Sunday, August 14 – Friday, August 19, 2016 at Washtenaw Community College. Please note that information, especially hotel availability, may change frequently. We look forward to seeing you this August!
The 14th Annual UA Block Party will be held on Monday, August 15th from 6-10 p.m. in downtown Ann Arbor on Main Street between Liberty and William Streets and Ashley and Fourth.
We will have live entertainment and the downtown restaurants will offer dining on the sidewalks and in the streets.
We will also have the 4th Annual UA 5K Run and Pub Crawl to benefit the Semper Fi Fund along with the 2nd Annual “Big Flush” Toilet races. We look forward to seeing you there!
To: All Signatory Contractors/Customers to the UA and Local 184
UA local 184 Training Center will be hosting an International Training Fund Regional Training Class for the new TIP TIG welding process on September 27th, 28th, and 29th of 2016 at the Local Union 184 Training Center. The class is a 20 hour train the trainer class for current UA welding instructors.
TIP TIG Trainers
- Randy Schnabelrauch
- Dave Marland
The TIP TIG manual process offers numerous weld benefits and is far superior to the manual Tig process. The TIP TIG process lowers weld sensitivity and can provide superior weld quality and higher wire feed rates than many automated hot wire Tig welds. The process has been proven on all schedules of carbon and stainless steel and tested on inconel 625 and other alloys with great success. This process is helping the UA weld at a very high speed and the highest quality possible manually.
As a part of this class the Training Center would like to invite interested signatory contractors and customers to a demonstration on September 29th from 1:00 to 3:00 p. m. A lunch meet and greet will be hosted from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The demonstrations will be given by the UA instructors and the newly trained students. Please come out and look at this new exciting technology.
Please see below for more information and to RSVP for this training event.
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 184
UA Local 184
5820 Benton Rd.
Paducah, KY
270-898-7381
We are attending CanWeld 2016 in Edmonton AB.
October 4-5, 2016 | Edmonton EXPO Centre | Edmonton AB
This year’s CanWeld event is expanding to include a trade show and conference. The CanWeld Conference will be held in Edmonton AB, on October 4-5, 2016. Join the only Canadian-made welding, fabricating and metal forming event that brings the whole industry together under one roof.
This includes a wide range of possible topics including the application of welding skills and technology to solve common (or interesting) fabrication and repair problems; ways of improving efficiency and quality; and the adoption of new ideas and technology with respect to managing staff, the shop floor and business in general.
P91 Welds from Root to Cap with TIP TIG
November 9th to 10th, 2016 | Houston, Texas at the George R. Brown Convention Center
P91 Welds from Root to Cap with TIP TIG
presentation at the 2016 Stainless Steel World Americas Conference to be held in Houston, Texas at the George R. Brown Convention Center from November 9th to 10th, 2016.
ABSTRACT
Welding of Grade 91 (9Cr-1Mo-V) chromium-molybdenum steel has presented numerous challenges since its introduction in the 1980s. One of the principal challenges has been the selection of the optimal welding process. For single-sided-groove welds, the root bead and hot pass(es), are deposited using manual Gas Tungsten-Arc Welding (GTAW) process with an inert gas purge (most commonly argon), followed by another welding process(es) for completion of weld. It goes without saying, that the GTAW process can produce welds of high quality; however, manual welding it is extremely expensive and labor intensive, requiring skilled welders with extreme hand eye coordination and dexterity. Tip Tig has forever change how P91 will be welded for either shop or field fabrication by introducing a semiautomatic GTAW hot wire welding system. Tip Tig’s system is cost effective and can be used for the entire weld from root to cap while producing the high quality weld that the industry expects from the GTAW process.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
On behalf of the Stainless Steel World Americas Chairman (Mr. Fred Schweighardt) and the Steering Committee, I am pleased to confirm that your abstract P91 Welds from Root to Cap with TIP TIG was accepted for presentation at the 2016 Stainless Steel World Americas Conference to be held in Houston, Texas at the George R. Brown Convention Center from November 9th to 10th, 2016.
Charles W. “Pat” Patrick is a Director of Technical Services, Maverick Testing Laboratories, Inc. (an ALS company). His technical expertise spans over 53 years of welding engineering and consulting on major projects both domestically and internationally. His technical expertise areas include pressure vessels, piping and structural welding as applicable to construction of petrochemical, chemical, oil and gas, facilities and offshore platforms, welded fabrication for nuclear (PWR & BWR), fossil (coal & natural gas), waste-to-energy and co-generation, brewery, pulp & paper, pipeline, chemical processing plants, pharmaceutical, equipment manufacturing, shipbuilding (nuclear submarines) and aerospace. Pat has authored or co-authored several technical articles, white papers, book chapters and presented numerous technical presentations. He graduated from Liberty University with a B.S. He holds an International Patent for “Improved Welding Process”. Pat is a member of the American Welding Society (AWS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE). He is also very active in various Code committees and task groups.
We are attending Fabtech 2016 in Las Vegas, NV
November 16-18, 2016 | Las Vegas Convention Center | Las Vegas, NV
FABTECH heads to Las Vegas, NV on November 16-18, 2016 bringing together an anticipated 27,000 attendees and 1,400 exhibiting companies all under one roof. The show provides a backdrop for visitors to experience live equipment demonstration, find cost savings solutions, and network with industry peers throughout the 500,000+ square feet of show floor throughout the A, B, and C buildings at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event also provides learning opportunities beyond the exhibits with over 100 educational sessions and expert-led presentations on the latest industry trends and technology in the metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing industries.
We are attending the Mechanical Contractors Association of Eastern Missouri
March 22nd, 2017 | CeeKay Supply | St Louis, MO.
More information please contact
Tim Schaaf
Cee Kay Supplies
5835 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
314-644-3500
We are attending the American Welding Society ST LOUIS SECTION
March 23nd, 2017 | CeeKay Supply | St Louis, MO.
More information please contact
Tim Schaaf
Cee Kay Supplies
5835 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
314-644-3500
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AIDT Maritime Training Center will be hosting an welding workshop for the new Tip-Tig GTAW welding process on May 22 located at 360 Addsco Road in Mobile Alabama.
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What is TIP TIG…?
The TIP TIG process is a semi automatic wire feed technology which creates a vibratory effect on the wire in addition to combining Hotwire current to the filler metal prior to entering the weld puddle.
The vibratory effect is created by a linear forward & backward mechanical motion created by the custom wire feeder system
The Hotwire current is created by a secondary power source within the TIP TIG unit.
- The Tip-Tig manual process offers numerous weld benefits and is far superior to the manual Tig process.
- The Tip-Tig process lowers weld sensitivity and can provide superior weld quality and much higher wire feed rates compared to manual TIG.
The process has been proven on all schedules of carbon and stainless steel and tested on Inconel 625, Duplex, Super Duplex, Titanium, Nickel and Copper Alloys with great success.
This process is helping companies weld at a very high speed and with the highest quality possible manually.
Why do I need to look at TIP TIG:
- Pipe Applications
- Needing more production of the GTAW process.
- Application requires 100% X Ray.
- Trouble with finding high skilled TIG welders.
- Having problems with distortion, spatter or quality issues.
- Wanting to decrease hexavalent chromium exposures from FCAW.
As a part of this workshop at the Training Center would like to invite interested contractors and customers to a demonstration on May 22nd from 9:00 to 4:00 p.m.
The day will start with a presentation about the process, cost savings and ideal applications where TIP TIG fits, Q&A then lunch.
Speaker will be from Juvenal Calvo who is the Vice President of TIP TIG USA.
The afternoon will be a pipe demonstration on a 6″ sch 80 CS pipe to show the process from root to cap in position as well as stainless fillet welds on T Joints.
Agenda:
- Opening Presentation 9:00 – 10:30
- Q&A 10:30 – 12:00
- Lunch 12:00 – 12:45
- Weld Demonstration 1:00 – 4:00
Lunch will be catered by TIP TIG USA
Please come out and look at this new exciting technology. You may contact Nick Corso (TIP TIG USA) or Tony Hopper (AIDT) for more information and to RSVP.
Tony Hopper
AIDT Project Coordinator
251-405-8698 x283
thopper@aidt.edu
Nick Corso
TIP TIG USA
856-312-8166
nick@tiptigusa.com
Come learn more about new and emerging equipment in your industry from the following vendors. Lunch will be provided on Feb. 10th
– T I P T I G U S A
– MA T H E Y D E A RMA N
– T R I T O O L
– L I N C O L N
– L I B U R D I D I AME T R I C S
– MI L L E R
– V I E G A
– SWA G E L O K
– A R C MA C H I N E S I N C
– U P O N O R
Open root welding of austenitic and duplex stainless steel with gas tungsten-arc welding (GTAW) is typically performed using an inert backing gas for purging, such as argon, to protect the root pass from atmospheric contamination and oxidation. In many cases, using a backing gas for purging is impractical due to system design, access limitations, personnel safety, schedule and various economic factors. Until recently the only options available for open root welding of austenitic and duplex stainless steel that eliminated the need for backing gas were: flux agents, flux coated/flux cored rods and gas metal-arc welding using the short-circuiting transfer (GMAW-S). Each of these options have been used successfully, to some degree, in diverse service environments.
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Now after extensive application research, development and testing the need for backing gas has been eliminated for open root welding of austenitic and duplex stainless steel using a semiautomatic GTAW hot wire welding system technically known as High Deposition Metal Transfer Gas Tungsten-Arc Welding (HDMTGTAW), combined with stainless steel or duplex flux cored wires (AWS/ASME A/SFA-5.22 and A/SFA-5.22M) and argon shielding. The HDMTGTAW system when combined with flux cored wire for the root pass and solid wire for the remainder of the weldment is a complete, cost effective system for welding the entire weld from root to cap that is capable of producing quality welds with high integrity.
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Presented By
Charles W. “Pat” Patrick | Scott Witkowski | Brad Berglan | Ramon Solo
Maverick Testing Laboratories, Inc.
10001 Porter Road, Suite 100
La Porte, Texas 77571
William F. Newell, Jr., PE, PEng, IWE
Euroweld, Ltd.
255 Rolling Hills Road
Mooresville, NC 28117
Juvenal Calvo
TIP TIG USA, LLC
155 E 9th Avenue
Runnemede, New Jersey 08078