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1 LADIES NIGHT 2020POSTPONED!

1 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

3 MARCH 12TH MEETINGRECAP

5 APRIL HOTLINE

6 SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE

9 AS SEEN BY A WELDINGENGINEER: A WELDINGMEMORY

10 COMMITTEE CHAIRS

13 SMWC XIX CALL FORPAPERS

13 COMING EVENTS

14 PATRONS

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AWS Technical Nightsare open to everyone! Weencourage that membersbring students and non-members to learn moreabout our organizationand industry.

Ladies’ Night – Postponed due to COVID-19Ladies’ Night is our second largest event. The dinner and dance event is to honor our wives with gifts andelegant dining. While we gather, guests are invited to enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Once gathered,we transition to awards, dinner, and the raffle.

Ladies’ Night has been POSTPONED due to concerns regarding COVID-19.This event will be rescheduled at a later date. Individuals who have reservedrooms at the Detroit Marriott must cancel their reservation 24 hoursprior to arrival to avoid late fees. Each guest is responsible for cancelingtheir own reservation since they made their own reservation.We are reaching out to each registrant to ensure they are aware of these Ladies’

Night changes – look for an email from us!

I hope to find everyonehealthy. The Corona virusis shutting down America.

I hate to see the panic that it has caused.The news stations make it much worse bybroadcasting every time you turn on theTV. It has been reported that anywherebetween 15,000 and 60,000 people dieeach year from the flu, but nobody talksabout that in comparison to this one. Weneed to have a better handle on reportingthe deaths from the flu 15 to 60 million isa big spread.

Unfortunately, we had to suspend the

Ladies’ Night that we scheduled for April18, 2020. Hopefully we can reschedule thegala for some time in September if all goeswell for America.

The March Technical Meeting was heldat Motoman Yaskawa and was a greatmeeting under the current situation withapproximately 55 people in attendance.Lots of hand sanitation and no handshakeswere seen. Hats off to Motoman who dida great job.

There will not be a TechnicalMeeting in April due the currentcircumstances.

Stay safe and don’t take any unnecessarytrips to the store or any place that groupsof people will be in attendance.

Chairman’s MessageJohn McKenzie

The AWS-Detroit section held atechnical meeting on March 12, 2020at Yaskawa America Inc., MotomanRobotics Division in Rochester Hills,MI. The host for the event wasAnthony Pawlak, Yaskawa GM of theGreat Lakes Region.

Josh Leath presented the latest inYaskawa’s tools for enhancing weldingand analysis with sensor usage,collaborative technology, and data

acquisition. His presentation focusedon how Industry 4.0 initiatives canenable new practices within thewelding industry.

The AWS-Detroit chapter took timeto celebrate the Old Timers andPatrons of the section. The chapterannually acknowledges individualswho have long served the DetroitSection and American WeldingSociety. This year, three members,

pictured below, received recognitionfor 25 years of service to AWS. Inaddition, the 22 companies andindividuals that make up the sectionPatrons were very generous withdonations exceeding $10,000.00. Alldonations to the Detroit-SectionPatrons Fund are used solely to fundscholarship activities in the sectionand surrounding area.

The AWS-Detroit Section Events Chair Eric Lichtfusz(R) with Yaskawa technical meeting speaker JoshLeath (L) and host Anthony Pawlak (C)

Mike Palko (L) congratulating the Old Timers fortheir 25 years of service, Andre Young, John PippinJr., and Mitch Yencha (R)

The Detroit SectionPatrons who generouslydonate to fundscholarships in the sectionand surrounding area.

March 12th Meeting Recap

This is a friendly reminder to please submit“Hotline” articles for the AWS Detroit Section’sE-Bulletin. If you have any articles that youwould like to get into the eBulletin please emailthem to [email protected] later than 3p on the 15th of the month, forinclusion in the next publication. Please submitthem in Microsoft Word format and feel freeto include photos.

As a reminder, the “Hotline” section is devotedto topics that are general interest items formembers of the Detroit Section. General interestitems can include job openings, jobs wanted,personnel changes, announcements of specialmeetings, events, educational opportunities,seminars, obituaries and any other items thatmay interest the members of the Detroit Section.

Baker’s Gas & WeldingSupplies teams up with MillerElectric at AutoramaThe 67th rendition of the Detroit Autoramatook place the last weekend in February. Ashowcase of custom cars and hot rods, it isperhaps best known as home to the Don RidlerMemorial Award, which is presented to the“best in show” at each year’s event. Thisprestigious event has been won by many well-known car designers and builders – the likesof which include Chip Foose and Troy Trepanier.However, to craft these wonderful machines,welding is required. Therefore, it was no surpriseto see Baker’s Gas & Welding Supplies, Inc.team up with Miller Electric to help promotethe industry at this great event.

Baker’s Gas started in 1936 in downtownDetroit on Michigan Ave, across from the oldTiger stadium. They have been a family-ownedbusiness for 84 years and have grown to ninelocations including Lincoln Park and Monroe,Michigan.

According to Baker’s Gas Marta Klemz, “Wepartnered with Miller Electric for the Autoramaevent in Detroit and were able to do handson demos with the newest Miller technologyand safety equipment at the show. Baker’s Gasis a full service center and distributor for MillerElectric. If someone could not make the showthey are welcome to call us or email us to setup a demo or get information on a machineor our next local event.”

Baker’s Gas & Welding Supplies, Inc.1300 Howard St., Lincoln Park, MI 48146313-383-5690 • www.bakersgas.comMarta Klemz [email protected]

April Hotline Milco Manufacturing Celebrates 70th AnniversaryThe year was 1950. Gas was 18¢ a gallon, America’spopulation was 150 million people, Harry Truman waspresident and two Detroit area machinists decided toform a partnership.

Roy Beach and Clyde Slade leased an abandonedHamburger stand in Warren, Michigan and got busy.Some of their earliest work was machining coppercastings used for resistance welding guns which leadthem to their ultimate destination. The two beganbuilding complete weld guns in 1953 and businessboomed. Milco grew quickly and moved into a newlyconstructed facility in 1955 on the site of our currentfacilities.

Over the years Milco’s customer base expanded toinclude the Big Three auto firms and Tier One automotivesuppliers. Milco’s equipment was eventually used allover the globe with our guns utilized in over (20)countries. What do the United States, China, Spain andMexico have in common? You’ll find Milco weld gunsin all of those places.

Roy and Clyde knew that serving all of their customer’s needs was a key to success. Milco starteddesigning and building cylinders, added copper components to their line-up and started anengineering operation. They prospered by offering the finest quality products all manufacturedin the USA.

The mid 70s: Men actually thought leisure suits looked good, disco reigned and the secondgeneration of Milco’s leadership took over management of the company. Chuck Beach and EdSlade assumed control and Milco’s growth continued. In 1979 they spun off the coppercomponents portion of the company into a new venture called Welform Electrodes.

In the 80s China was opening up and Milco was there installingour equipment at Beijing Jeep (Chrysler JV). The 1990s saw theintroduction of our proprietary Modular weld guns, a huge advancein product quality and reliability.

Milco added a Chinese operation in 2008 when Welform Precisionopened in Hangzhou, China to serve the Chinese market. Sincethe new millennium we’ve developed aluminum welding equipment

and lightweight weld guns while making huge investments in the latest machining equipment.

It’s 2020. Gas is $2.48 a gallon, there are 330 millionAmericans and Milco is still making the most technologicallyadvanced resistance welding equipment. Leadership haspassed to a third generation with Jeff Beach (Roy Beach,Chuck Beach, Jeff Beach- do you see a pattern?) runningthe operations.

Happy Birthday to Milco Manufacturing!

OSU RSW TrainingThe OSU College of Engineering and Welding Engineering department is now offering a two-day training program on Resistance Spot Welding at The Ohio State University June 23-24,2020. The course provides participants with a thorough understanding of the Resistance SpotWelding process, with a focus on its use in the automotive industry. The training programcombines lectures covering fundamental concepts with many hands-on lab sessions using amodern DC Resistance Spot Welding machine. Included with the course is a book authored bythe two course instructors titled “Resistance Spot Welding:

Fundamentals and Applications for the Automotive Industry.” The price is $1145 per personwith early registration and participant will earn CEU credits. To register or learn more, visit:https://go.osu.edu/RSW

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What is SENSE?Submitted by Jason Workman, CWISENSE & Student AffairsAWS Education [email protected]

Greetings fellow educators! My name is JasonWorkman and I am the incoming Chair of SENSE& Student Affairs with the AWS Detroit Section.I am also a member of the AWS EducationCommittee, the national body in charge of theSENSE program. And, I am the lead WeldingInstructor at Focus: HOPE in Detroit, a SENSEwelder training organization. I would like to talkto you about the AWS Schools Excelling throughNational Skill Standards Education (SENSE)program and how it can benefit a new or existingwelder training program.

Advances in welding technology, along withthe advent of new materials and manufacturingprocesses, require that welders have a betterknowledge of the science associated with weldingin addition to manipulative skills. Thus, it isimperative that welder training adequatelyprepare individuals for industrial assignmentsat various levels of knowledge and skill development.

The American Welding Society (AWS), recognizingthe need for competent welders, through agrant by the U.S. Department of Education,formed the Education Grant Committee in 1992and assigned them the task of preparing a setof national specifications and guidelines forwelding education. The result of this effort wasAWS QC10, Specification for Qualification andCertification of SENSE Level I—Entry Welders,and AWS EG2.0, Guide for the Training of WeldingPersonnel: SENSE Level I—Entry Welders, whichwere introduced in 1995. Specifications andguidelines for SENSE Level II—Advanced Welderand SENSE Level III—Expert Welder were introducedin 1996.

SENSE specifications and guidelines were developedaccording to the DACUM method and are based

on the results of a national survey of industry,trade organizations, and educational institutionsto identify requisite welder skills and knowledge.In 2008, the performance tests for Level III—Expert Welder were incorporated into SENSELevel II—Advanced Welder as optionalendorsements.

Currently, there are two levels of SENSE: LevelI—Entry Welder and Level II—Advanced Welder.Both levels are designed to facilitate theimplementation of a modular welder trainingprogram based on industry needs and bestpractices. For the purposes of this article, I willhighlight Level I.

AWS QC10, Specification for Qualification andCertification of Level I—Entry Welders lays outthe requirements for trainees of SENSE trainingorganizations to receive an AWS SENSE trainingcertificate for full or partial completion of theLevel I—Entry Welder program, and to beregistered in the AWS SENSE Certificate Database.

AWS EG2.0, Guide for the Training of WeldingPersonnel: SENSE Level I—Entry Welders isintended to provide guidelines for theimplementation of an entry-level welder trainingprogram that complies with the national SENSEstandards for welding education. The guidelinescontained in this document are based on AWSQC10. There is also a supplement for EG2.0 thatincludes documents and drawings, as well aswelding procedures based on AWS B2.0, StandardWelding Procedure Specifications (SWPS).

The SENSE specifications and guidelines werecreated and continue to be maintained by acommittee of expert volunteers from all cornersof the welding industry, the AWS EducationCommittee. These industry representatives workhard to ensure that a trainee completing aprogram built on the SENSE specifications andguidelines will have the skills to be both hirableand productive within the welding industry.AWS QC10 and EG2.0 represent the consensusof the AWS Education Committee regarding theminimum training requirements for a Level I—Entry Welder based on industry requirements.

Benefits of becoming a SENSE TrainingOrganization include:

• Alignment to the AWS national educationwelding standard and the AWS certifiedworkforce.

• Upon graduation, trainees are issued anAWS SENSE certificate and AWS SENSEcertificate wallet card for successfulcompletion.

• The National Skill Standards Board hasawarded their seal of approval to the SENSEprogram. The NSSB Certificate Recognitionprogram approval establishes the SENSEprogram as a nationally recognized,industry-based occupational certificate.

• Complimentary AWS Educational InstitutionMembership for one year.

• Choice of eight (8) free reference books foryour welding library.

• Program standards and guidelines resourcematerials.

• Final written examinations provided foreach module.

• Registration as an AWS SENSE TrainingOrganization.

• Listing on the Welding School Locator onthe AWS website.

• Eligibility for Welder Workforce grants at thelocal and national level.

• Certificate portability.• Skill transferability.• Worker mobility.• Education and training consistency.

Part of my role as Chair of SENSE & StudentAffairs with AWS Detroit is developing a relationshipwith all the schools and training organizationsteaching welding within Detroit Section boundaries.To that end, I encourage you to reach out tome anytime to discuss your organization’s needsand coordinate a path to SENSE accreditation.I will be reaching out to local welding schoolsvia phone and email in the coming weeks tostrike up a dialogue. AWS SENSE can help yourwelding program im mensely and I’m excitedto help! I hope to speak with you soon!

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When folks learn that I served on board a sub -marine while in the Navy, the typical reactions rangefrom incredulity to questions regarding my sanity(perhaps justified). I suppose the reason for this is themere mention of a submarine, let alone actually spendingtime on one, conjures up all sorts of things from theimagination. Whether it is the idea of being underwater andable to move about the world’s oceans unseen and silent, or ata more basic level wondering how the thing actually works (howdo you ‘make’ air?). The very concept of a submarine defies whatwe think makes sense. The thought of thousands of tons of steel(and the crew inside) going under the water and staying down therefor who knows how long, and then coming back up again in onepiece just so they can do it again, can give one pause.

The modern nuclear powered submarines in use by the US Navyare true marvels of modern engineering. The idea that you can fit anuclear reactor, all of its supporting systems, and various auxiliaries

(like say, a very large diesel engine), inside an irontube is nothing short of amazing. Of course, one

must never forget the real purpose for which thesesubmarines exist. They are, after all, warships. This

means they stand ready to deliver a kinetic responsetowards any threat, if so directed. However, for all of that

to occur, one has to first build it, and that is no mean feat.The contract to build the 2nd Flight Los Angeles-class attack

submarine, also known as a 688, (said as six-eighty-eight) thatwould eventually become the USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) was

awarded to the Electric Boat Division in Groton, Connecticut wayback on April 16, 1979. However, her keel was not laid down untilApril 15, 1983. She was launched on December 8, 1984 (more aboutthat later) and finally commissioned on November 23, 1985. Officiallyshe was decommissioned after 35 years of service on January 17,2020. It is what occurred in between that is the real story. And believeit or not, it is, in part, a welding story.

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USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720)The Beginning

The first time a modern nuclearsubmarine begins to look like asubmarine is when sections of thehull are fabricated at the Electric Boatfacility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island(the same place that made the militaryutility buildings that came to beknown as a Quonset Hut). ModernUS Navy submarine hulls are madefrom differing specialty steels. In thecase of the USS Pittsburgh those manyyears ago, it was HY-80.

The HY grades of steel are designedto possess a high yield strength (hencetheir name - HY). This means theyare very good at resisting permanentplastic deformation - a great trait fora submarine hull subjected to thevarying conditions associated with alife under the water. But what forcesof nature are at work when you gounder the water? At this point, a bitof context is needed so one has abetter appreciation of what thismeans. To help illustrate this, we willuse a simple cylinder as a stand-infor a submarine hull.The surface area for the outside of

a cylinder (not including the ends) isthe circumference times the height or2πr * h, where r is the radius and h isthe height of the side. To be a bit more

specific, an example might help. Thehot water tank in my basement is 20”in diameter and 59” tall = 2π(20/2)*59= 3705 sq-in. The weight of waterequates to about 44 psi at a depth of100 feet. So if the hull of a submarinewas no bigger than my hot watertank, at a depth of 100 feet the forceexerted by the water against theoutside surface of the cylinder wouldbe 3705 sq-in * 44 pounds/sq-in. Thisworks out to be about 163,000 pounds,or roughly 81 tons. In a word, wow!

With the aforementioned in mind,the USS Pittsburgh was 33 feet indiameter. This means that at a depthof only 100 feet (and modern subs gojust a bit deeper), the entirety of theship’s pressure vessel (we called it the‘People Tank’) would be subjected tosomething in the range of 65,000 tonsof force. That is not a typo - 65,000tons being exerted by the pressure ofthe water around it, every drop of ittrying to collapse the boat onto itself,and at a depth of only 100 feet – Yikes!This one number alone drives homethe idea that the story of modernsubmarine construction revolvesaround the ability to successfully jointogether the steel used in crafting thehull. In other words, the story of theUSS Pittsburgh is in no small part, awelding story.

Let’s Build a SubmarineFrom their home in Quonset Point,

the welded sections are sent by bargedown to the main Electric Boat facilityin Groton. Once at Electric Boat thesections are spotted and largercomponents (think almost anythingbigger than a person, like say theaforementioned diesel engine) placedinside. Once all this is completed, thesections are placed together andwelded. And while all of this is fairlystraight forward, none of it is easy.

HY-80 is a low carbon steel thatalso contains small amounts ofManganese (Mn), Chromium (Cr),Molybdenum (Mo), and Nickel (Ni).However, it is hardenable whensubjected to rapid heating and cooling(think welding). But while the weld -abilty is good, it does have its cha -llenges. The welding procedure (pre-heat anyone?), filler metal and jointdesign have to account for manythings common in the fabrication ofany heavier gauge weldment. Thesewould include the desired micro -structure, minimizing distortion, andreducing stress concentration points.But the good folks at Electric Boatwere as good as their word since therise/dive ratio for the USS Pittsburghalways stayed at one. In fact, over the

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course of her career, she made over 1000 dives - not manysubmarines can say that.

We of course had our own way of proving this point toeach other. Despite its unique design and immense strength,the hull of a modern submarine moves while underway,and sometimes it moves more than you think. A case inpoint: once in a while, to indoctrinate the new folks onboard (we called them ‘non-quals’), we would tie a lineacross the entire engine room while still in port. Once weheaded out and submerged deep enough, the line wouldsag all the way to the deck. We would them retie the lineand wait for the boat to come back near the surface –periscope depth was fine – and waitfor the line to snap. It was aneffective demonstration of therespect one had to have for theenvironment in which we lived andthe forces at work around you.

One more thought on themethodology employed by thedesign team at Electric Boat to maintain the requiredwater and air separation policy - the hallmark of stayingalive while submerged. The hull itself is actually not thatthick, relatively speaking. As illustrated in the accompany -ing photo (taken at the Puget Sound Navy Museum), allthat was between me and the ocean was about 1-1/4” ofsteel. That’s it. I guess the welds joining the sectionstogether had better be really good.

Finally, the fabrication of the hull was highlighted asit is the most visible part of any submarine. But not forone moment should anyone overlook all of the otherwelded, soldered, or brazed connections required tocomplete the assembly of the myriad of internal systemsthat exist in a modern nuclear undersea vessel. Frankly,it is impossible to overstate the enormity of what wasaccomplished during her construction and the skill-levelrequired to pull it off - to this day it boggles the mind.

Learning (The Navy Way)Prior to reporting to USS Pittsburgh I had been in the

training pipeline required by all those who decide to serveour country by volunteering to be in the service. Thedetails are not important but to any‘navy-nuc’ of my era, the followingwill sound familiar: Boot Camp andMachinist Mate A-School in GreatLakes, Illinois; Temporary Duty onUSS Barney (DDG-6) in Norfolk,Virginia; Nuclear Power School inOrlando, Florida; and finally theS8G Prototype in Milton, New York(think upstate, north of Albany). ThePrototype facilities were land-based

reactors which more or less mimicked what we would seeonce we got out into the fleet. It was there that I learnedan important word in US Naval vernacular: Qualification.However, I had one more stop to make before getting myfirst look at what would be my home for four years – theNavy’s Submarine Emergency Welding School.

As one can imagine, there are innumerable details thatmust be taken into consideration for a submarine to getunder way. Some are very obvious (enough food and aworking ice cream machine would be nice) while othersare more subtle. As an example, each boat had to havefolks that were cross-trained and qualified as divers. Thiswas something they did in addition to their normal day-jobs. Another example was a welder. The surface fleethad the Hull Maintenance Technician (the Navy’s termfor a welder) but the submarine fleet had the EmergencyRepair Welder, and each boat was required to have atleast one to get underway. Their sole function was toprovide any necessary emergency repairs to get the shipback to port where qualified shipyard welders would makea certified repair.

The Emergency Repair Welder was a Nuclear-trainedMachinist Mate (NEC 3355) who successfully completeda rather intensive 12-week training course. The schoolwas taught by senior enlisted Hull Maintenance Technicians- and let me tell you, those guys were good. If one startsfrom the perspective of ‘beginning with the end in mind,’we essentially had to be able to repair any weld that wason the boat. A truncated overview of the curriculumindicates how large the fire-hose of information we weresubjected to was:• SMAW welding for steel, 300-series stainless, and Monel• Oxy/Acetylene use to include Bronze/Copper torchbrazing

• GTAW for 300-series stainless and InconelFrom a practical standpoint we had to demonstrate a

level of proficiency with each process and material tograduate. This included passing RT inspection on bothstainless and Inconel with the GTAW process. To get pastthis hurdle required us to prep the pipe ends, fit the neededconsumable insert, pull it, fill in the balance of the jointwith a separate filler and then use a rotary file to finishoff to the prescribed profile. Did I mention that is was on1” diameter pipe, in a designed confined space (about10” access all around), and the pipe you were welding onwas only secured at one end so that

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if you applied the heat incorrectly and it moved more than about 10 degrees from true,you got to try it again? But it was a great learning experience I treasure to this day.

When all was said and done, I was now a Nuclear-trained Machinist MateEmergency Repair Welder (NEC 3351) and ready to head out to the fleet - thecompletion of a nearly two-year process. Despite the rigors of our training, therunning joke was navy-nucs were not really very smart since it took them almosttwo years to learn how to boil water. Our response was that while true, we didaccomplish this feat with a nuclear reactor.

Donald F. Maatz, Jr. is with R&E Engineering Services and serves in the capacity of LaboratoryManager. He is past-chairman of the AWS-Detroit Section, serves on the D8D and D8.9 AutomotiveWelding Committees, is an advisor to the C1 Resistance Welding Committee, is an AWS endorsedCWI and vice-chairman of the Certified Resistance Welding Technician working group, and aninstructor for the RWMA School. He is a graduate of Ohio State with a BS in Welding Engineering.He also spent six (6) years in the US Navy and at the completion of his enlistment was a MachinistMate 1st Class, Submarine Qualified (MM1/SS) and a Plank Owner of the USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720).Send your comments or questions to Don at [email protected].

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