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In this issue: p. 1 New: The Code Clinic p. 2 Next Meeting Wednesday September 16, 2015 “Building the 9/11 Memorial Monument” Mr. Joseph Moretti, Jr. Service Metal Fabricators Location: Pantagis Renaissance Scotch Plains, NJ p. 3 FREE Welding Workshop for Veterans October 2 & 3, 2015 Welcome New Members p. 4. Fabtech 11/ 9-12 in Chicago Register by 11/6 for Free Admission CWI Seminar / Exam 10/11-17 App. Deadline: 9/7/15 p. 5. Coming Events/Contact info Member News Changed companies? Received a pro- motion? Share your news and achieve- ments with other NJ Section members by sending it to the newsletter: Email to: [email protected] Subject: AWS NJ Section News Newsletter Information New Jersey Section News is the official publication of the AWS NJ Section. Publisher and AWS do not assume responsibility for statements of claims made by manufacturers or their agents. Please direct all newsletter editorial and Sponsorship inquiries to the publisher: PKG Business Promotion Phone: 723-994-1352 E-mail: [email protected] © 2015 PKG Business Promotion Chair’s Message Let’s begin a dialogue… I’m your new AWS NJ Section Chairman and I come to you asking for help. As the Sales Manager of a well-established north Jersey welding supply distributor, I currently manage a group of inexperienced customer service people who need training and are hungry for industry knowledge. I would like to have them trained the way I was trained. Back in the good old days I was sent to training programs put on by the major equip- ment manufacturers; and these excursions took me to many interesting places around our great country. Training was typically eight hours a day for three to four days per program. Can companies like mine afford to do this? Just about all of the prod- ucts my team needs to be trained on are sold on web sites at single digit margins. How do I justify the expense to train them? Being an organization that has outstanding knowledge of the products we sell is what welding supply distributors have always been. What should I do? Your comments are welcome. Vince Murray AGL Welding Supply Company, Inc. AWS NJ Section Chairman [email protected] New: The Code Clinic Starts September 16th At each meeting, we will hold an informal clinic to discuss the nuances and pitfalls of various codes starting with D1.1. We will gather for a half-hour between the Executive Board meeting and the Dinner. All are welcome. Jim Dolan, CWI Education Chairman www.cyberweld.com Brought to you by: J.W. Goodliffe & Son, Inc. 1900 E. Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036 Phone: 800-245-9353 ● Fax: 908-486-9366 A name you’ve trusted for over 78 years ● Welding Equipment ● Plasma Cutters ● Filler Metals ● Welding Accessories ● Safety Equipment ● Clothing & Gear Easy, fast, safe online shopping for premium welding supplies Free Shipping “Weld with your mouse” September, 2015 NEW JERSEY SECTION
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In this issue:p. 1 New: The Code Clinic
p. 2 Next Meeting Wednesday
September 16, 2015“Building the 9/11
Memorial Monument”Mr. Joseph Moretti, Jr.Service Metal Fabricators
Location: Pantagis RenaissanceScotch Plains, NJ
p. 3 FREE Welding Workshop for Veterans
October 2 & 3, 2015
Welcome New Members
p. 4. Fabtech 11/ 9-12 in ChicagoRegister by 11/6 for Free Admission
CWI Seminar / Exam 10/11-17App. Deadline: 9/7/15
p. 5. Coming Events/Contact info
Member News Changed companies? Received a pro-
motion? Share your news and achieve-ments with other NJ Section members by sending it to the newsletter:
Email to: [email protected]: AWS NJ Section News
Newsletter InformationNew Jersey Section News is the official publication of the AWS NJ Section. Publisher and AWS do not assume responsibility for statements of claims made by manufacturers or their agents. Please direct all newsletter editorial and Sponsorship inquiries to the publisher:
PKG Business Promotion Phone: 723-994-1352 E-mail: [email protected]© 2015 PKG Business Promotion
Chair’s Message Let’s begin a dialogue…
I’m your new AWS NJ Section Chairman and I come to you asking for help. As the Sales Manager of a well-established north Jersey welding supply distributor, I currently manage a group of inexperienced customer service people who need training and are hungry for industry knowledge.
I would like to have them trained the way I was trained. Back in the good old days I was sent to training programs put on by the major equip-ment manufacturers; and these excursions took me to many interesting places around our great country. Training was typically eight hours a day for three to four days per program.
Can companies like mine afford to do this? Just about all of the prod-ucts my team needs to be trained on are sold on web sites at single digit margins. How do I justify the expense to train them?
Being an organization that has outstanding knowledge of the products we sell is what welding supply distributors have always been. What should I do?
Your comments are welcome. Vince Murray
AGL Welding Supply Company, Inc.AWS NJ Section Chairman
New: The Code ClinicStarts September 16th
At each meeting, we will hold an informal clinic to discuss the nuances and pitfalls of various codes starting with D1.1.
We will gather for a half-hour between the Executive Board meeting and the Dinner. All are welcome.
Jim Dolan, CWIEducation Chairman
www.cyberweld.comBrought to you by:
J.W. Goodliffe & Son, Inc.1900 E. Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
Phone: 800-245-9353 ● Fax: 908-486-9366A name you’ve trusted for over 78 years
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“Weld with your mouse”
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September 16, 2015 Meeting Info
Building the 9/11 Memorial Monument
Speaker: Joe Moretti Jr., Co-ownerService Metal Fabricating, Rockaway, NJ
Did you know that the landmark 9/11 Memorial Monument plaques were fabricated right here in Rockaway, New Jersey? Service Metal Fabricating was selected for the project for their fabrication capabilities and innovative ideas.
There are 152 brass plates. Each one is ten feet long by five feet high and weighs nearly 1,100 lbs. Many of the engineering aspects of the job were ‘design and build’ in nature, leaving the management team at Service Metal faced with many hidden challenges. For ex-ample, how do you keep the 1/2” bronze panels cool enough for hu-man touch in the blazing heat of July? Or keep them warm enough from icing over in the winter? How do you engineer letter centers for letters such as ‘D’, ’O’ or ‘R’, when the full perimeter of the letter has been drop cut?
You may recognize Joe Moretti from documentaries filmed on site during the productions for the History Channel or Discovery Channel. His talk will take you further into the production details from water jet cutting names into the panels, to welding the 3/4” stainless steel pedes-tals. The detail that is usually overlooked when observing the Memorial Monument is truly fascinating.
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STANDING COMMITTEES & SPECIAL OFFICES
2015 - 2016 AWS NJ Section OFFICERS
Chairman: VINCE MURRAY, AGL Welding Supply Co., Inc.Vice-Chair: LARRY ABERNETHY. BASF Secretary: GEORGE SHEEHAN, RetiredTreasurer: ALFRED FLEURY, A.F. Fleury Associates
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
AwardsBOB PETRONE CWI
CWI Services, LLC
CertificationERIC DOLAN CWI
Dolan Associates
CommunicationsAL FLEURY
A.F. Fleury Associates
Education/Student ActivitiesJAMES DOLAN CSP/CWI
Dolan Associates
GEORGE SHEEHAN Union County Voc-Tech
HospitalitySTEVE DAGNALL
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PublicityERIC DOLAN CWI
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Technical ProgramJAMES DOLAN CSP,CWI
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AL FLEURYA.F. Fleury Associates
DONALD SMITHSomerset County Voc-Tech
Safety & Health, Historian,Technical Rep, GUS MANZ
A.F. Manz Associates
District 2 Director HARLAND W. THOMPSON CWI
Underwriters Laboratories
September 16, 2015 6:00pmAWS NJ Section Meeting“Building the 9/11 Memorial”Mr. Joseph Moretti, Jr.Service Metal Fabricators
October 2 - 3, 2015 Welding Workshop for VeteransPSEG Mercer Generating StationSee article on page
October 2 - 3, 2015 Patriots Path CouncilBoy Scout JamboreeFocus will be on S.T.E.M. subjectsLiberty State Park, NJwww.libertyjamboree.ppbsa.org
October 11 - 17, 2015 AWS CWI Seminar & ExamPSEG Power, LLC South Plainfield, NJApplication deadline 9/7/15www.aws.org
October 21, 2015 6:00pmAWS NJ Section Meeting“Flux Cored Wire”Mr. Jay GinderESAB Welding & Cutting
November 9-12, 2015 Fabtech 2015AWS Annual Convention/ShowChicago, IL
November 18, 2015 6:00pmAWS NJ Section Meeting“MagneGas”Mr. Spyro VassiliouMagneGas Corp.
No meeting in December
Programs & speakers may changeIf your company would like to present a welding related technical program
please contact us: [email protected]
Term through 2016
STEVEN DAGNALLPraxair
AUGUST MANZA. F. Manz Associates
ROBERT PETRONE CWICWI Services, LLC
KEN STOCKTON CWIPSEG
Sr. Past ChairmanHERB BROWNE, CWI
Morris County Technical Inst
Term through 2017
ERIC DOLAN CWIDolan Associates
JAMES DOLAN CSP/CWIDolan Associates
DAVID GRIEPPassaic County Tech Inst.
DONALD SMITHSomerset County Voc-Tech
Jr. Past ChairmanPAUL LENOX CW, CWIHarris Structural Steel Fab.
