{"id":287,"date":"2025-03-12T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southflorida\/?p=287"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:17","slug":"recap-experience-tip-tig-welding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southflorida\/2025\/03\/12\/recap-experience-tip-tig-welding\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Experience TIP TIG welding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"287\" class=\"elementor elementor-287\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d134c23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d134c23\" data-element_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-fe04ca6\" data-id=\"fe04ca6\" data-element_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-37150d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37150d3\" data-element_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> 03\/12\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> More than 20<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Otto Burrion with Florida Gas Welding Supplies and Frank Vargas with Uniweld Products spoke to welding students about the importance of welding, their experiences in the field, and various careers. &#8220;The sky&#8217;s the limit,&#8221; Vargas shared.<\/p><p>Kristin Campbell, managing editor of the Welding Journal, told students about AWS, what it&#8217;s like to work on our monthly magazine, and to sign up for their free AWS student membership. Stickers and pens supplied by the AWS Foundation were distributed.<\/p><p>Juvenal Calvo with TIP TIG USA shared an engaging presentation with slides, videos, and pictures about the TIP TIG welding process. It combines the precision of traditional gas tungsten arc welding with a wire-feed mechanism, resulting in a more efficient, precise, and high-quality weld. Calvo also told the students, &#8220;The more you&#8217;re able to learn will make you valuable.&#8221; However, as money is made, he stressed to pay attention to your finances, make a plan, and find a good mentor. He later performed a demonstration in the welding lab and let students try the process.<\/p><p>Additional guests included AWS South Florida Section Chair Gilly Burrion; Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College Welding Instructor Oscar Guerrero; and Welding Journal Associate Editor Alexandra Quinones.<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary: <\/strong>Otto Burrion with Florida Gas Welding Supplies and Frank Vargas with Uniweld Products spoke to welding students about the importance of welding, their experiences in the field, and various careers. Kristin Campbell, managing editor of the <em>Welding Journal, <\/em>told students about AWS, what it\u2019s like to work on the monthly magazine, and encouraged them to get their free AWS student membership. She also distributed stickers and pens supplied by the AWS Foundation. Juvenal Calvo with TIP TIG USA shared an engaging presentation with slides, videos, and pictures about the TIP TIG welding process. It combines the precision of traditional gas tungsten arc welding with a wire-feed mechanism, resulting in a more-efficient, precise, and high-quality weld. He also performed a demonstration in the welding lab and let students try the process. Additional meeting guests included AWS South Florida Section Chair Gilly Burrion, Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College Welding Instructor Oscar Guerrero, and <em>Welding Journal <\/em>Associate Editor Alexandra Qui\u00f1ones.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15342fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15342fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southflorida\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/03\/sfl.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"sfl\" 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