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News Release from: SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 October 2006
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Sparks will fly at the 2006 SkillsUSA Weld-Off, an "Olympic" event in student welding The Weld-Off, a component of the SkillsUSA Competition, will highlight the 2006 FABTECH International and AWS Welding Show taking place on October 31 to November 2 at the Georgia World Congress centre in Atlanta
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Five SkillsUSA student competitors, who were selected from a group of twenty-four, will compete at the Weld-Off this year, and only three will qualify to advance to the SkillsUSA U.S.
Open Weld Trials as part of the 43rd annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, a showcase of career and technical education students, taking place in Kansas City, Missouri on June 25-28, 2007.
The US Open Weld Trials champion will then have an opportunity to represent the United States at the 39th World Skills Competition on November 11-22, 2007, in Shizuoka, Japan.
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The Weld-Off, sponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS), involves the testing of skills on several welding processes and techniques, including plate, pipe, stainless steel, aluminum sheet metal and pressure vessel welding.
In addition to the intense physical conditioning, written skills and welding code interpretation will be judged by AWS Certified Welding Inspectors.
Contestants must be active SkillsUSA members who are currently enrolled in or holding a degree from a welding program.
The AWS US Open Weld Trials winner will receive a four-year scholarship worth $40,000 from the AWS Foundation and sponsored by The Miller Electric Manufacturing Co In addition, the winner will receive a four-year complimentary full AWS membership, an AWS Certification and up to $1,000 in AWS publications.
The SkillsUSA program includes local, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills.
At the annual national SkillsUSA Championships, welding is included amongst 84 occupational and leadership skill areas in which over 4,600 students compete.
AWS has a track record of success at the international contest.
In fact, since 1991, the AWS sponsored competitors have won two gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the World Skills Competition.
"This year, the competition will be intense, but the students are ready for it," says Branden Muehlbrandt, the competition's shop master and silver medal winner at the 1995 World Skills Competition.
"They have been honing their skills and devoting a great deal of time and effort to succeed at this level of competition".
"The SkillsUSA program provides a way for students to test their aptitude level in a competitive environment that is both exciting and educational".
"My participation in previous year's competitions was instrumental in the development of my welding career".
"I not only learned to master several welding techniques, but also I was able to gain valuable lessons about team work and became committed to this critical field".
"These students are passionate about welding and we are excited to watch them grow into the future leaders of this industry".
The FABTECH International and AWS Welding Show is cosponsored by AWS, Fabricators and Manufacturers Association International (FMA), and Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
Based for decades in the industrial heartland of Chicago and Cleveland, the 2006 event takes place for the first time ever in the Southeast - a region seeing robust growth in metal fabricating, manufacturing and infrastructure.
This is the largest event in North America dedicated to showcasing a full spectrum of metal forming, fabricating, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology.
Several special show events and features will take place this year, including an opening keynote by John Engler, president of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Show organisers are projecting an estimated 17,000 attendees and more than 850 exhibitors will gather at the FABTECH International and AWS Welding Show to exchange products and services, network with peers, problem-solve, and educate the industry on the latest technologies.
Representatives from major industries, including aerospace, agriculture, appliance, and automotive OEMs and their suppliers, to construction, heavy equipment, military and defence, mining and utilities, recreational equipment, and non-automotive transportation, attend this show to see new products and gather ideas and information to make their companies more productive and profitable.
More than 2,000 products and solutions from leading manufactures will be exhibited representing the following technologies and processes: metal forming and fabricating; arc welding; tube and pipe; stamping; assembly; robotics; resistance welding; press brakes; punching; bending; brazing and soldering; safety; hydroforming; lasers; finishing, cutting; controls; inspection; lubrication; consumables; coil processing; software; tooling; material handling; and more.
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