the weld and identify the location and the nature of weld defects.” According to Baber, College of the Canyons is also the first learning institution of any kind to possess a laser weld monitor. Funding to purchase this device, and develop corresponding curriculum for student training, was made possible through a National Science Foundation grant. Additionally, the college’s welding technology department has installed laser touch sensing adaptive control systems on two of its robotic welding machines. Funding was secured through a National Science Foundation Advanced Manufacturing Processing Technicians grant. Following installation, laser touch sense technology and training will be incorporated into the curriculum by the fall 2015 semester. Super Steel Joins Forces with Wisconsin’s Hispanic Chamber for Welding Training Super Steel welding trainer Pat Nowak looks on as recent hire Cody Kinnee completes a weld test. (Photo courtesy of Mark Hoffman.) APRIL 2015 / WELDING JOURNAL 17 Standing (from left) are Simon Engel, president, HDE Technologies, Inc.; Tim Baber, welding technology department chair, College of the Canyons; Bruce Mills, technical support specialist, Laser Star Technologies; Kristin Houser, dean of career technical education, College of the Canyons; John Milburn, director of employee training institute, College of the Canyons (back row); and Dr. Jerry Buckley, assistant superintendent/vice president, instruction, College of the Canyons. For info, go to www.aws.org/adindex
Welding Journal | April 2015
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