Recap: April Section Meeting For East and North Texas
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…
Recap: March Section Meeting
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…
Recap: February Section Meeting
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…
Recap: January 2024 Section Meeting
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…
Recap: October Section Meeting
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…
Recap: November Section Meeting
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…
Recap: Section Meeting Dinner and Christmas Salvation Army, Toy Drive
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…
Recap: East Texas Section #150 and LeTourneau University Student Chapter Joint Section Meeting
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…
Recap: May 2024 Section Meeting
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. …