Date of Event: 04/05/2025 Location: Sachse Rod Shop 3904 Miles Rd. Sachse, TX 75048 Number of Attendees: 30 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Mike Milslap (Owner of Sachse Rod Shop), Jay Jones (AWS VP) Event Summary: took a shop tour and hear of unique situations that developed custom parts to solve the problem. Chopped tops, Narrowed rearends, front clips to full…
Date of Event: 03/20/2025 Location: LeTourneau University 2100 S. Mobberly ave. Longview TX Number of Attendees: 12 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Greg Srader account manager ESAB Event Summary: presentation on Weld data monitoring software- InduSuite Weld Cloud LeTourneau University Student Chapter members along with East Texas Members gather for a group photo. Esab’s Greg Srader presents on Weld Cloud Technology…
Date of Event: 02/19/2025 Location: LeTourneau University 2100 S. Mobberly Ave. Longview TX, 75602 Number of Attendees: 8 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): John Fischer President of American Friction Welding Inc.Presentation: What is Rotary Friction Welding (RFW) , best practices to verify RFW welding procedures, the advantages of RFW and will present some current application of RFW. Event Summary: What is…
Date of Event: 01/30/2025 Location: LeTourneau University 2100 S. Mobberly Ave. Longview TX, 75602 Number of Attendees: 30 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Richard D. Campbell, Ph.D., P.E. SCWI, CWEWelding Engineering Contractor to AWSAWS Fellow, ASME FellowAWS CWI Instructor Event Summary: This presentation will provide an historical background on the development of welding codes and standards and how legal and Congressional…
Date of Event: 10/24/2024 Location: Priefert 2630 S. Jefferson Ave. Mount Pleasant, Texas 75456 Number of Attendees: 25 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Craig Easley- Plant Manager Event Summary: East Texas Section #150 members along with students from Tyler Junior College and LeTourneau University had the opportunity to tour Priefert’s Plant in Mount Pleasant Texas where they fabricate livestock panels and…
Date of Event: 11/21/2024 Location: Komatsu Longview Operations Employee & Administration Center 2400 MacArthur St., Longview, TX 75602 Number of Attendees: 15 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Ben Lemmert-Miller District Sales Manager, Riley Wyers-Komatsu Welding Engineer Event Summary: Miller Electric presented their new Hercules High Deposition Submerged Arc Welding Process followed by a shop floor demonstration Section Members gathered…
Date of Event: 12/05/2024 Location: Spring Creek Barbeque 5810 S. Broadway Ave. Tyler, TX 75703 Number of Attendees: 12 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): JJones AWS VP Event Summary: Section members and their family members gathered to socialize, eat and give Toys for Salvation Army. Section Members and their family members gather for a Section Dinner and Salvation Army…
Date of Event: 09/19/2024 Location: LeTourneau University 2100 S. Mobberly Ave. Longview TX 75602 Number of Attendees: 45 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Kimberly Pressley Fronius, Field Sales Rep. provided a presentation on Fronius perfect welding solutions and Students along with Local members where provide the opportunity to try out various Fronius welding equipment, Like their dynamic wire GTAW set-up along…
Date of Event: 05/23/2024 Location: Trinity Rail Plant 200,708 Jordan Valley Rd. Longview TX, 75604 Number of Attendees: 8 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Trinity Rail Plant 200Jacob Raulston CWI -Welding Dept. Supervisor,Gerardo Aguilar CWI -QA Manager Event Summary: Trinity Rail Plant 200 showed off their proven power wave tandem SAW process that they do here at the Longview TX location. …
Date of Event: 04/18/2024 Location: 2100 S. Mobberly ave. TX 75602 Number of Attendees: 15 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): LeTourneau University SAUWW Senior Design team Event Summary: LETU UWW Senior Design Team will present their project of developing a flux for submerged arc underwater wet welding (SAUWW) that increases arc stability, decreases cooling rate, and improve weld bead…