{"id":319,"date":"2026-02-26T20:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/carolina\/?p=319"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:05:14","slug":"recap-tour-of-john-deere-excavator-manufacturing-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/carolina\/2026\/02\/26\/recap-tour-of-john-deere-excavator-manufacturing-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Tour of John Deere Excavator Manufacturing plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"319\" class=\"elementor elementor-319\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-278498a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"278498a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8be5cd\" data-id=\"e8be5cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9093a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9093a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 02\/26\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>John Deere Plant, Kernersville, NC<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 20<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>John Deere manufactures excavators weighing from 17 to 52 tons at this 1.2 million square foot plant. Excavators are made from steel plate from 1\/4 to 2 inches thick, and they contain a lot of welds. Over 300 welders working 3 shifts use GMAW to tack the parts together, but robots do the heavy section welding. 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