2018 AWS President Visit - Dale Flood
2018 AWS President Visit – Dale Flood
Tuesday, August 30, 2018
RSVP by September 21st or sooner via email: [email protected]
Our September meeting will feature a very special guest, Dale Flood, current President of the American Welding Society. He will be sharing about his passion for welding and the welding industry. Do not miss this great opportunity.
DATE
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
TIME
6:00 pm: Arrival
6:30 pm – 7:30pm: Presentation and tour of their new facilities
LOCATION
UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 22 Apprentice Training Center
120 Gardenville Parkway
Buffalo NY 14224
COST
Free Refreshments and food provided
TOPIC
Mechanizing the Welding Industry
The US automotive industry has installed a new record of approximately 17,500 industrial robots in 2016. In the last seven years the operational stock increased by 52,000 units. The International Federation of Robotics says 2.6 Million industrial robots will be installed worldwide by 2019. The American Welding Society estimates we are going to need more than 370,000 welders in the next 10 yrs. “U.S. Bureau of labor Statistics, fewer than 5% of the nation’s welders are Women”
Do you think statistics will not affect you? What is a person supposed to do when robots start taking over an industry? It started with automotive, moved to heavy industrial equipment, then to all sorts of sheetmetal components. What is next? Pipe? Structural components? Do you ever think, “They might be able to do this in a factory but not in a fab-shop and especially not on a jobsite? Think again! IT is not the strongest of species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Do you have a game plan? We do!
SPEAKER
Dale started as a Pipefitter/welder, worked as a weld superintendent at several nuclear facilities supervising manual and mechanized welding operations. Currently working as a Welding Project Manager, he has numerous patents for welding automation. As President of the American Welding Society (AWS) he serves on the Board of Directors, a member of the D10 Committee on Piping and Tubing, the D10U Sub-committee on Orbital Pipe Welding, is on the Sacramento Section Executive Committee, and numerous other professional development committees. He previously served as the AWS District 22 Director covering northern California and Nevada, an AWS Director-at-Large nationally and as an AWS Certified Welding Inspector exam supervisor.
RSVP
Please RSVP through email: [email protected].
We hope to see you there.
Paul Swatland Sr.
Section Chairman