RWMA Resistance Welding School
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Tuesday 7:45 AM – 5:30 PM and Wednesday 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Member AWS, FMA, SME, NAM, or PMA: $475
Nonmembers: $695 • Registration Code: W30
Chair: Bruce Kelly, President, Kelly Welding Solutions, Grand Ledge, Mich.
Room N230a
This two-day resistance welding school is sponsored by the American Welding Society and the Resistance Welding Manufacturing Alliance, and conducted by industry specialists. The basics of resistance welding and real-life application of the process are covered. Participants learn at their own pace and discuss specific welding concerns with the instructors. You are invited to bring your own samples for discussion.
Please plan to be present for both days of the school. The program is limited to 100 students. The registration fee includes a copy of the Resistance Welding Manual, Revised Fourth Edition (a $125 value) and a course binder containing all instructor presentations. Participants will also receive a certificate of completion. In addition, there will be tabletop exhibits both days, demonstrating the latest resistance welding products offered by RWMA-member companies.
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Program Events Day 1
- Welcome and Introduction to Resistance Welding
- 7:45 AM – 8:00 AM
- Bill Brafford, Technical Liaison Manager, Tuffaloy Products, Inc., Greer, SC
- Basics of Resistance Welding Video – Part I
- 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
- Electrodes and Tooling
- 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
- Bill Brafford, Technical Liaison Manager, Tuffaloy Products, Inc., Greer, SC
- Focus on the classification, selection and maintenance of electrodes and fixtures as they pertain to numerous applications. By revealing some problem-solving techniques and suggestions, Bill Brafford will familiarize you with some powerful problem/evaluation/solution techniques that will keep your production process running longer – and operation more efficient.
- Welding Controls
- 11:10 AM – 12:15 PM
- Don Sorenson, Director of Engineering, ENTRON Controls, LLC, Greer, SC
- This discussion focuses on the selection, descriptions and applications of welding timers, contactors, and accessories. Packed with a punch, Don Sorenson drives home H = I2 RT in a way you’ll never forget. He shows you how this invaluable formula is used in every resistance welding application – every day – every cycle – all the time!
- LUNCH SERVED & TABLETOP EXHIBITS
- 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
- Welding Controls (continued…)
- 1:50 PM – 2:50 PM
- Continuation of discussion on the selection, description, and applications of welding timers, contactors, and accessories.
- Electrical Power Systems
- 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
- Mark Siehling, Vice President, Engineering, RoMan Engineering Services, Grand Rapids, MI
- This session reviews the descriptions and maintenance of electrical power components and conductors from the weld control to the electrode. This lively presentation has something for everybody. Utilizing several small demonstrations, Mark Siehling helps you understand this very important part of the resistance welding process which will keep you on the edge of your seat!
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