CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
April 13-17—Troy, Ohio
Liquid Penetrant and Magnetic
Particle Inspection
Sponsor: Hobart Institute of Welding
Technology
Phone: 800-332-9448
E-mail: hiwt@welding.org
April 26-29—Orlando, Fla.
International Brazing & Soldering
Conference
Sponsors: American Welding Society,
ASM International
Phone: 440-338-1733
E-mail: kelly.thomas@asminternational.org
May 4-6—Deerfield, Ill.
Safety Conference 2009
Sponsor: Fabricators & Manufacturers
Association Intl.
Phone: 815-399-8775
E-mail: info@fmanet.org
Web: www.fmanet.org
May 12-14—Plymouth, Mich.
ALAW Laser Applications Workshop
Sponsors: Fabricators & Manufacturers
Association Intl., Laser Institute of
America
Phone: 815-399-8775
E-mail: info@fmanet.org
Web: www.alawlaser.org
May 19-21—Traverse City, Mich.
Aluminum Welding School
Sponsor: ESAB Welding & Cutting
Products
Phone: 231-941-4111
E-mail: bhamilton@alcotec.com
June 12—10 a.m. – 12: 30 p.m. CDT
FabCast: Metal Cutting Theory I
Sponsor: Fabricators & Manufacturers
Association Intl.
Phone: 815-399-8775
E-mail: info@fmanet.org
Web: www.fmanet.org
ESCO Tool has
acquired and refurbished a 60,000-sq.-ft.
building in Holliston,
Mass. The company has
been located in nearby Medfield, Mass.,
since 1980.
According to Matthew Brennan, president, “We have been the beneficiary of a
growing power industry and are moving into
a larger building in response to worldwide
demand for our tools, which are used for
maintaining and upgrading existing power
facilities, as well as for new construction.”
ESCO Tool manufactures portable end
prep tools and saws for cutting and machining tube and pipe in preparation for welding.
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Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI), Hatfield, Pa.,
recently expanded its immersion ultrasonic
testing (UT) capabilities with the installation
of a 24-ft. by 5-ft. immersion tank.
A two-axis, five-channel A, B, and C scan
immersion ultrasound system was installed
to perform testing of round material up to
20 ft. long and 24 in. dia., as well as flat
material up to 20 ft. long and 4 ft. wide,
with a weight limit of 5,000 lbs. The new
immersion tank features a computer-based
recording system that generates detailed
printouts of test data and results.
LTI provides material testing, nondestructive testing, dimensional inspection,
specimen machining, failure analysis, and
calibration services.
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Western Enterprises, Westlake, Ohio, has
partnered with Lorain County Community
College (LCCC) as the supplier of shielding gas regulators, flashback arresters,
and hose quick disconnects for the new
National Center for Welding Education
and Training.
The center, which will be built this year in
LCCC’s Manufacturing Center of Excellence
in the Nord Advanced Technology Center, is
a collaborative program with The Ohio
State University. Western Enterprises has
provided more than 72 pieces of equipment,
an initial donation that will equip a welding
instruction lab in the training center.
Western is a manufacturer of gas control
technology for the welding and other
industrial markets.
D&S Mfg. qualifies for
development incentives
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, on behalf of the
state’s Dept. of Commerce, named D&S
Mfg., Black River Falls, Wis., as eligible to
receive a $250,000 state income tax credit
through the Western Wisconsin Technology
Zone. The program provides incentives to
new and growing businesses in the state’s
high-technology sectors. Companies can
earn tax credits through capital investments,
job creation, and any increase in property
taxes paid by the certified businesses.
D&S Mfg. says the company is in the
midst of a $6.4 million facility expansion
plan designed to contain costs and boost
productivity, and the funding opportunity
allows it to direct capital toward work force
development.
The company manufactures large-scale
components, assemblies, and weldments.
Ohio Technical College, Lincoln
Electric partner in new welding
program
Ohio Technical College has partnered with
Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, to launch a new
welding course.
Enrolled students will receive training
at the college’s welding facility, which is
outfitted with welding equipment and
consumables supplied by Lincoln. The 12-
month program will focus on arc welding
skills, processes, techniques, and safety.
Students will receive certification following successful completion of the course.
