October 2018 Meeting Announcement
AWS SAN FRANCISCO MEETING
Greetings AWS San Francisco Section Members and Friends,
MECHANIZING THE WELDING INDUSTRY
Guest Speaker: Dale Flood, AWS President
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
This month’s meeting of the American Welding Society San Francisco Section will feature AWS President Dale Flood. It will be held at the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 342 Union Hall located at 935 Detroit Ave., Concord, CA on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. The agenda is below.
Reservations must be received on or before
Saturday, October 20th for catering order
Students may attend at NO CHARGE, see instructions below
MECHANIZING THE WELDING INDUSTRY
Guest Speaker: Dale Flood, AWS President
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 about 52,000 units.1 The International Federation of Robotics says 2.6 million industrial robots will be installed worldwide by 2019.2 The American Welding Society estimates we are going to need more than 370,000 welders in the next 10 years.3 According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer than five percent of the nation’s welders are women.4 Do you think these 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 sheet metal components - and what is next? Pipe? Structural components? Do you ever think, “They might be able to do this in a factory but they cannot do it in a fab-shop and especially not on a jobsite?” Think again!
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.5 Do you have a game plan? We do!
Notes:
1 International Federation of Robotics Chicago Apr 25, 2017
2 Machine Design Aug 4, 2017
3 AWS's This Week in Welding ([email protected]) Aug 5, 2017
4 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
5 Charles Darwin
About the presenter:
Dale Flood started as a pipefitter/welder and has worked as a weld superintendent at several nuclear facilities supervising manual and mechanized welding operations. Currently working as a Welding Project Manager, R & D, 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, as an AWS Director-at-Large nationally, and as an AWS Certified Welding Inspector exam supervisor. Dale is a longtime friend of the San Francisco section.
Agenda:
6:00 PM - Buffet dinner catered by Kinder’s BBQ
7:00 PM - Presentation by Dale Flood, followed by a tour of the new Local #342 training facility
Cost:
AWS members and guests $25
AWS retiree members and guests $15
Nonmembers $30
Students:
Currently enrolled welding students (AWS members and nonmembers) with student ID: NO CHARGE**
Reservations:
Reservations are required.
**Students must send a reservation request to [email protected]. Include your name, your instructor’s name and the name of your school. Others may make reservations through our PayPal button on this page.
All reservations must be received on or before Saturday, October 20th