{"id":93,"date":"2018-10-11T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/sanfrancisco\/?p=93"},"modified":"2019-07-10T14:23:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:23:44","slug":"october-2018-meeting-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/sanfrancisco\/2018\/10\/11\/october-2018-meeting-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2018 Meeting Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Greetings AWS San Francisco Section Members and Friends,<\/p>\r\n
This month\u2019s 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.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/small><\/sup> The International Federation of Robotics says 2.6 million industrial robots will be installed worldwide by 2019.2<\/small><\/sup> The American Welding Society estimates we are going to need more than 370,000 welders in the next 10 years.3<\/small><\/sup> According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer than five percent of the nation’s welders are women.4<\/small><\/sup> Do you think these statistics will not affect you?<\/p>\r\n 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!<\/p>\r\n 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<\/small><\/sup> Do you have a game plan? We do!<\/p>\r\n Notes: About the presenter:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\r\n 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.<\/p>\r\n Agenda:<\/strong> Cost:<\/strong>
\r\n1<\/small><\/sup> International Federation of Robotics Chicago Apr 25, 2017
\r\n2<\/small><\/sup> Machine Design Aug 4, 2017
\r\n3<\/small><\/sup> AWS's This Week in Welding (aws@multibriefs.com) Aug 5, 2017
\r\n4<\/small><\/sup> U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
\r\n5<\/small><\/sup> Charles Darwin<\/p>\r\n
\r\n Dale Flood<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n 6:00 PM - Buffet dinner catered by Kinder’s BBQ
\r\n 7:00 PM - Presentation by Dale Flood, followed by a tour of the new Local #342 training facility<\/p>\r\n
\r\n AWS members and guests $25
\r\n AWS retiree members and guests $15
\r\n Nonmembers $30<\/p>\r\n \r\n