Welding Aluminum Seminar Presented by Tony Anderson ITW Welding Date: Wednesday October 14, 2015 Location: Illinois Central College Agriculture & Industrial Technology Building Room 203 Topics Covered: Register by calling or email Rick Polanin at (309) 694-5404 or [email protected] Note: Certificates of attendance will be provided for 8 PDH’s toward AWS CWI renewal $30 Registration Fee (Pay at Door) Must register to attend. • Basic Aluminum Metallurgy • Weld Performance of Aluminum Alloys • Filler Metal Selection for Aluminum Welding • Metal Preparation for Aluminum Welding • GMAW (MIG) Welding of Aluminum • GTAW (TIG) Welding of Aluminum • Welding Discontinuities – Cause and Prevention • AWS D1.2 – The Structural Welding Code— Aluminum Tony Anderson CEng, FWeldI - is the Director of Aluminum Technology for ITW North America. He is based at the ITW Global Welding Center in Appleton WI and works very closely with Miller Electric – Welding Equipment and Hobart Aluminum – Welding Wire. Mr. Anderson has spent over 40 years in the welding industry and is a Fellow of the TWI (British welding Institute) and a Registered Chartered Engineer with the British Engineering Council UK. He is an American Welding Society (AWS) Certi fi ed Welding Inspector, Certi fi ed Welding Educator and Certi fi ed Welding Engineer and Chairman of the Aluminum Association Technical Advisory Committee for Welding & Joining. Mr. Anderson’s Professional activities include: • Chairman - AWS D10.7 Speci fi cation for Arc Welding of Aluminum Alloy Pipe • Chairman - AWS A5.10 Speci fi cation for Bare Aluminum Welding Electrodes and Rods • Chairman - AWS D3.7 Guide for Aluminum Hull Welding • Advisor - AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code – Aluminum • Past Chairman – AWS D8.14 Speci fi cation for Automotive Weld Quality – Aluminum • Vice Chairman – AWS Conference Committee • Chairman – AWS Aluminum Conference Committee • Chairman – AWS Handbook Committee – Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys • Member of the AWS Board of Directors