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Hamilton
The Hamilton and Region Chapter has a very large geographical area located in Southern Ontario between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The southern portion starts at the Canada – U.S. border along the Niagara River from Fort Erie to St. Catharines. Our Eastern border follows along Lake Ontario in a northerly direction through Grimsby, Hamilton and ending at the Oakville/Mississauga border. To the west, we follow the Lake Erie shoreline through Cayuga and Dunnville.
Within our location, there are various welding and metal fabrication companies from small custom fabrication, to boiler and pressure vessel shops, structural steel fabricators, wind tower manufacturers, rail car fabricators, integrated steel industry, ship repair and machine shops, completing a wide variety of alloy fabrications, rebuilding and repair.
Our chapter has been in existence for well over 40 years initially as CWS (Canadian Welding Society), then WIC (Welding Institute of Canada) and presently CWB Association.
Chapter Executives:
Ian Mehlenbacher- Chair
Don Hutt- Co-Chair
Franco Piccoli- Treasurer
Jonas Sykula- Highschool Liaison
Sam Gamble- Secretary
Dan Toll- College Liaison
Mark Sitko- Vice Chair
Corey Cassivi- Industry Liaison
Antonio Garcia- Industry Liaison
Brian Smith- Industry Liaison
Jason Vanthuyne- Industry Liaison
Yasser Elmasri- Industry Liaison
Our fiscal year for our meetings and events commences in October and concludes in April with our meetings scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month. We currently have six meetings per fiscal year and an annual golf tournament in June. These dinner meetings are held at the Burlington Holiday Inn and Conference Centre which is very convenient and centralized for the membership. We usually begin with a plant tour in October followed by topics and presenters selected by our members, or from our executive team, ensuring that we are continually providing the most recent up to date health and safety, process or productivity changes within our industry. At our November meeting, we issue safety supplies, consumables, and equipment to our local High School partners to assist them in the daily operation of their welding programs. The final dinner meeting of each year in April is reserved for our annual Industry/Education forum which consists of static industry displays along with the local High School displaying their projects. We also have students from the High Schools and Colleges complete presentations to our members along with speakers’ gifts and student awards for each participating High School.
The entry fee for all of our dinner meetings is $35.00 for members, $40.00 for non- members and $20.00 for students.
The Challenges of Aluminum Welding in Trailer Manufacturing
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
3063 South Service Road, Burlington ON
Attitude Adjustment: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 pm (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00 pm
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are: $20 for students, $35 members and $40 for non-members. You must reserve for Dinner.
Speaker Bio: Tom Pursley is the lead robotics and automation integrator at Titan Trailers. He started at Titan back in 2004 as a high school co-op student with a welder fitter placement. Tom spent years learning the trade as a welder fitter with MIG welding steel and aluminum while enrolled at Mohawk College as a welder fitter apprentice taking night courses.
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Plant Tour - Walters Group Inc.
Wednesday October 2nd 2019
Walters Group 1318 Rymal Road East Hamilton, ON L8W 3N1
Dinner 5:30 p.m. Tour 6:30 p.m. (Sharp)
Entrance fees for this plant tour is: $5.00 for students, $10.00 members and non-members
You must reserve.
Remember: safety glasses & safety boots (enclosed footwear at least)
Fourteenth Annual Industry Education Forum
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre. Located at 3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00pm
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are:
$20 for students, $35.00 members and $40 for non-members
You must reserve for Dinner.
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Improving Productivity Welding Thin Aluminum
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel, 3063 South Service Road, Burlington
Traditionally welding thin aluminum has been considered a challenge. When part fit-up variations start to come into play (gaps in the joint), it can become even more challenging. The innovation of AC Pulse with GMAW has helped to improve consistent aluminum welding on material as thin as 1mm. AC Pulse helps to control heat inputs, increase travel speeds, increase deposition rates, as well as help with gap bridging. This presentation will look at improving productivity, maintaining high weld quality, and overall process cost reductions that can be gained by using GMAW AC Pulse while welding thin aluminum sections.
Click HERE for the promo flyer and for registration information.
Plasma Cutting and Gouging
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
Time- 5:30 sharp
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are:
$20 for students
$35 members
$40 for non-members
You must reserve for Dinner.
For full info and to register CLICK HERE
Plant tour “Trenergy Inc.”
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Time: 6:00 (Sharp) Tour shortly after
Tickets for this meeting are:
$5.00 for students
$10.00 (members and nonmembers Note: “First year” basic membership is free (at present) You must reserve.
Remember: safety glasses and safety boots (Sturdy footwear please)
For full info and to register CLICK HERE
Thirteenth Annual Industry Education Forum
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
Located at 3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment:5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00 pm
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are:
$20 for students
$35 members
$40 for non-members
Note: “First year” basic membership is free (at present)
Please register by contacting Franco Piccoli at (905) 317-6543 by Friday, March 30, 2018
METALLURGICAL INSPECTION OF EXPLOSIVE WELDING
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
Located at 3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00 pm
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are:
$20 for students
$35 members
$40 for non-members
Note: “First year” basic membership is free (at present)
You must reserve for Dinner.
This presentation will provide an overview of the explosive welding as an advanced technique and will compare that with traditional techniques.
Please register by contacting Franco Piccoli at (905) 317-6543 by Friday, March 2, 2018
Alternate Contact: Don Hutt (905) 548-7200 (ext.3079)
Advancements in Automated Weld Grounding
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
Located at 3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00 pm
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are:
$20 for students
$35 members
$40 for non-members
Note: “First year” basic membership is free (at present)
You must reserve for Dinner.
Efficient secondary weld grounding has long been plagued by an absence of facts. Welding technology continues to develop and relies greatly on the application of a ground to complete the welding circuit, plus many machines now require electrical feedback making an inconsistent ground connection an invisible culprit in many welding issues.
Speaker Bob Bosworth began his apprenticeship in boiler & jobbing shops in Brantford, Ont. in 1980. By 1986 he earned his Certificate of Apprenticeship as a Fitter/Welder, Certificate of Qualification as a Structural Steel Plate Fitter, and most currently the Metal Fabricator certification.
Please register by contacting Franco Piccoli at (905) 317-6543 by Friday, February 2, 2018
Alternate Contact: Don Hutt (905) 548-7200 (ext.3079)
Welding Advanced High Strength Steels in the Auto Industry
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
Located at 3063 South Service Road, Burlington.
Attitude adjustment: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 (Sharp)
Seminar 7:00 pm
Dinner entrance fees for this meeting are:
$20 for students
$35.00 members
$40 for non-members
Note: “First year” basic membership is free (at present)
You must reserve for Dinner.
With increasing regulatory pressures on the automotive industries to increase fuel economy while also increasing vehicle safety, automobile manufacturers are using advanced high strength steels (AHSS) in their current designs.
