The Welding Department of Saint Paul College would like to extend an open invitation to all AWS members and companies or businesses in the welding industry to our open house.

The event will bring together various aspects of the welding industry and allow individuals to become familiar with Saint Paul College and our mission to produce quality welders for the industry.

• Experiment with the latest in welding technology with the Lincoln™ virtual welder
• Tour Minnesota’s largest welding training facility
• View the latest products in the welding industry at vendor booths
• Seminars
  • “Staying Pro-Active in a Slow Economy”
  • “Benefits of Employing Certified Welders”
  • “Maintaining Materials on the Jobsite for Optimal Performance”
  • “Cost Reduction within the Welding Profession”
    
• Meet Saint Paul College’s Welding Instructors

David Fitzgerald – Lead Welding Instructor

Todd Hankel – Welding Instructor – Fabrication

Ric Eckstein, CWI – Welding Instructor

If your company has not received an invitation, we would greatly appreciate your participation in our event.  You are welcome to set up a booth to demonstrate your company’s products/equipment.  Please contact us so that we can provide you with enough space and access to electricity/ventilation.

Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm

Location: Saint Paul College
235 Marshall Ave.
Saint Paul, MN 55102
RM# L280

Parking: Free – Lot F is closest to the welding department
RSVP: e-mail Ric Eckstein or call 651-403-4096
Lunch: BBQ with sides and drinks, served at 12:30pm

This year we have moved this event to Sundance Golf Club in Maple Grove. Due to many requests to move this event closer to the Twin Cities, the AWS NW Section Executive Committee decided to make the move to Sundance. We want to thank New Prague Golf Club for the excellent hospitality, support, and services we received the past 14 years.

All the proceeds from this event go into the NW Section Scholarship Fund. Last year this event raised $2800.00, which was part of the $5000.00 we gave out to schools to be used for Welding Education.

Cost:

$95.00 per player includes lunch and dinner
$30.00 Dinner & Lunch
$20.00 Dinner only

Make checks payable to: AWS

Signup Now:

AWS Golf
5663 100th Lane N
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
Phone: 763-221-5951
E-mail: Mike Hanson

We are again offering you a chance to sponsor a hole at the low rate of $100.00. If you wish to sponsor a hole, please make that a separate payment. A sign with your name or company name will be placed on the tee box. We do need 2 weeks’ notice for a sign to be made.

We will also have a raffle with the same great prizes we always have. Tickets will be $5.00 each or, 5 tickets for $20.00. Those of you who have brought door prizes in the past please continue to do so and anyone who hasn’t yet, now is a good time to start!

Sundance Golf Club
15240 113th Avenue North
Maple Grove, MN 55369-9320
(763) 420-4700
www.sundancegolfbowl.com

Chair: Jay Gerdin
1st Vice Chair: Chris Hensiak
2nd Vice Chair: Bob Renner
3rd Vice Chair: Ric Eckstein
Secretary: Korey Parchem
Treasurer: Mike Hanson

This is the first time in years the Northwest Section has had more than one vice chair. The Northwest Section also welcomes newcomer Ric Eckstein, an Indiana AWS transfer with previous vice chair experience.

Announced committee chairs:

Scholarships: Mace Harris
Certification: Mike Hanson

Other committee chairs to be announced at a later date.

When: Thursday, March 11, 2010,
8AM  until 4:30 PM
Registration starting at 7:30 AM

Where: Hilton Garden Inn
1050 Gramsie Road
Shoreview, MN 55126
651-415-1956

Cost is $175.00, includes a copy of the course outline for future reference.

Speakers: Bob Sands, Dwight Affeldt and Todd Brigidum

Who should attend: welders, supervisors, planners, schedulers, inspectors, estimators, drafiting technicians, engineers, product design personnel, people interested in becoming American Welding Society – Certified Welding Inspectors and current CWIs looking for a refresher or need Professional Development Hours (PDHs) to retain their CWI status.

Contact Mace Harris to register by March 8th: 651-287-3267 or email macevh@aol.com

Space is limited so please sign up ASAP

About the speakers:

Bob Sands has worked in the welding field since 1973 when he started his career at Butler manufacturing. He has worked as a welder, welding instructor, supervisor and currently a position as a welding engineer/supervisor at Production engineering Corporation. He has been involved in writing weld procedures for FMC/United Defense/BAE Systems and PEC. He has also worked with several vendors in this area while with FMC. He has been an active member of the local AWS section for the past 15 years and is a 23 year member of the AWS.

Todd Brigidum took his interests in art and literature from Hamline University and decided to take a different path in his “graduate” studies by pursuing welding and metal fabrication as a career. Upon reestablishing the Welding and Metal Fabrication program at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Todd immediately saw the usefulness of his liberal studies in the development of course curriculum and training materials for companies and institutions across America. This culminated in his first published book, How To Weld, which is currently being used by educational institutions across the country.

Dwight Affeldt has been involved in various aspects of the welding industry for more than 25 years. He is a graduate from the Central Lakes College Welding Program, the Ridgewater College Nondestructive Testing Program and hold a BES degree from St. Cloud State University. Dwight has experience in the utility industry, including fossil, nuclear, and refuge derived fuels including pipeline and natural gas distribution. he has also worked structural welding activities and government contracts. In addition to his many welding certifications Dwight is a Certified Welding Inspector from the American Welding Society and hold several Level III certifications from the American Society for Nondestructive Testing.

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Time: 2:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Minneapolis Community & Technical College

Deadline for registration is February 8th, 2010

Contests are OFC, FCAW and GTAW; additional contests include virtual welding and speed cutting.

This event is open to anyone.
$30 entry fee for one contest and dinner
$15 for each additional contest
$15 for dinner only

Dinner is FREE with a filled out AWS regular or student membership form and check

To register contact Todd Bridigum at MCTC: 612-659-6054 or todd.bridigum@minneapolis.edu

William Scarince Jr / Gold Member 50 Years

Robert Webb / Life Member 35 Years

John Johnston III / Silver Member 25 Years

David Jordan / Silver Member 25 Years

Along with these awards we will recognize the local members that have shown the dedication to the Society that helps keep our section running. These folks are the behind the scenes force that helps facilitate the plant tours, technical seminars, Behind the Mask contest, golf outing and so forth. We are always looking for new faces and ideas at the Executive Committee level.

Please join us on Thursday January 7th 2010 for dinner, with an Awards Ceremony to follow. We will meet from 5:00 to 5:30 for a social hour. Dinner will start at 5:30 with the ceremony starting at 6:30.

Thursday January 7 2010

5:00 – 8:00

Hilton Garden Inn

1050 Gramsie Road

Shoreview, Mn 55126

651-415-1956

Cost: $20.00

Please contact Mace no later than January 1, 2010 to make your reservation

Call 651-287-3267 voice mail

or E-mail Mace here

Tom Anderson of Olympic Steel accepting a appreciation plaque from Jay Gerdin section First Vice Chair

The Minneapolis operation is a major distributor and processor of plate and sheet products in the upper midwest. The subsidiary operates two facilities, one specializing in coil and sheet products, the other devoted to plate distribution and plate parts fabrication. Continuing investment in people, equipment and systems assures our customers that their needs are foremost in our plans. Both facilities recently achieved ISO certification as an additional indication of our commitment to the highest quality standards.

Consolidated Precision Products

Section members attend tour of Consolidated Precision Products

Section Chair Todd Bridigum presenting Section Appreciation Plaque to Kirby Stellmach, John Barnett. Todd Bridigum (Section Chair) and Jim Trudeau

CPP-Minneapolis specializes in the chemically bonded precision dry sand process and services a wide range of the aerospace industry, including large airframe and engine structural castings, gearbox housings, generator bodies, fuel system housings, wing pylons, transmission housings, and missile and rocket castings.

Services offered include integrated design support, in-house pattern and tooling construction, contour machining, anodize, paint and sub-assembly, producing high quality ready to use products all certified to ISO/AS9100/NADCAP and customer unique requirements. CPP-Minneapolis maintains a demonstrated track record in meeting customer needs to achieve compressed product to market cycle required in today’s aerospace market.

LIMITED TO 60 ATTENDEES

SAFETY GLASSES ARE REQUIRED

About CPP:

CPP-Minneapolis (formerly Hitchcock Industries), a recently acquired division of Consolidated Precision Products, provides aluminum and magnesium products for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft and engines.

CPP-Minneapolis specializes in the chemically bonded precision dry sand process and services a wide range of the aerospace industry, including large airframe and engine structural castings, gearbox housings, generator bodies, fuel system housings, wing pylons, transmission housings, and missile and rocket castings.

Services offered include integrated design support, in-house pattern and tooling construction, contour machining, anodize, paint and sub-assembly, producing high quality ready to use products all certified to ISO/AS9100/NADCAP and customer unique requirements. CPP-Minneapolis maintains a demonstrated track record in meeting customer needs to achieve compressed product to market cycle required in today’s aerospace market.

Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) is an industry-leading manufacturer of highly-engineered components and sub-assemblies, supplying the commercial aerospace, military and industrial markets with small-to-large “function” critical products.

CPP’s expertise encompasses Green Sand, Dry Sand and Permanent Mold Castings in aluminum and magnesium alloys, and Investment Castings in numerous ferrous, non-ferrous and super alloys. They also offer a full range of value-added processes, from tool making to paint and final assembly.

As a certified supplier to many of the aerospace industry’s largest manufacturers, CPP has established itself as a global solutions provider, with customers in over 25 countries.

CPP’s eight North American and European manufacturing sites specialize in:

•  Dry Sand Castings in aluminum and magnesium alloys up to 1,200 lbs.

• Green Sand Castings in aluminum alloys providing economy and high properties for parts up to 40 lbs.

• Permanent Mold Aluminum castings offering excellent strength and dimensional tolerances for high volume production up to 70 lbs.

•  Investment Aluminum castings up to 48 inches square by 36 inches deep, with intricate geometry, part to part consistency and wide range of wall thickness.

• Investment Steel and Super Alloys castings produced in air melt and high capacity vacuum processes up to 60-inch diameter parts.

With the highest expertise and technical resources in the industry, they provide solutions to their customers from the early stages of rapid prototyping to full-scale production.

Plant Tour
Olympic Steel
625 Xenium Lane North
Minneapolis, MN 55441

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
4:00 Register
4:30 Tour

Note: First 30 to sign up, 30 is the limit

Dinner is to be on your own or at a location to be determined. Please state if you will be joining us for dinner as reservations will need to be made. Please call in your reservation by November 6, 2009 to Mace Harris at 651-287-3267. Or e-mail Mace at Macevh@aol.com.

Here is the flyer for the event. (Requires PDF reader)

Olympic Steel

The Minneapolis operation is a major distributor and processor of plate and sheet products in the upper midwest. The subsidiary operates two facilities, one specializing in coil and sheet products, the other devoted to plate distribution and plate parts fabrication. Continuing investment in people, equipment and systems assures our customers that their needs are foremost in our plans. Both facilities recently achieved ISO certification as an additional indication of our commitment to the highest quality standards.