Arc Welding

2. This is AWS
American Welding Society
a visit with the world’s premier
organization dedicated to welding
and allied joining processes

3. AWS: Beginning at the Beginning
 Welding gives outstanding performance in
readying WWI war and transport ships for U.S.
Emergency Fleet Corp.
 Post war sees merging of Emergency Fleet Corp.
and Nat’l Welding Council into new society
 Its research arm evolves into today’s Welding
Research Council

4. A Rose by Any Other Name
 Society’s publication is titled
the Welding Journal in 1940
 Welding Journal offers peer
review, feature articles, late-
breaking news, book and product
reviews, and advertising on
cutting edge products
 Its 60+ awards include the
Editorial Excellence Award from
Folio magazine

5. Strength Through Sections
 First Section was Philadelphia, chartered in
May 27, 1920
 Today, there are 22 Districts housing over
170 Sections including 19 overseas:
Manama, Bahrain; Regensburg, Germany;
Kingston, Jamaica; Manchester, England;
Panama City, Panama; Lima, Peru; Helsingor,
Denmark; Taipei, Taiwan; Port of Spain,
Trinidad; Caracas, Venezuela; TelAviv, Israel;
and Chennai, India

6. The AWS Welding Show
 The AWS Welding attracts
thousands of professionals from
all over the world , along with
the Who’s Who of sister
associations staging their special
events from this annual AWS
gathering which has assumed
truly global status
 The AWS Welding Show is the
only annual Vertical Market
Welding Exposition in the United
States

7. Bulletin No. 1
 From inception, AWS was organized into
committees for writing standards
 Its first standard, “Standard Tests for
Welds” was Bulletin No. 1 (1921)
 Today, AWS has more than 170 ANSI-
approved documents at some point in their
standards cycle, requiring the know-how &
work of 1,500 volunteers

8. Consensus Building
AWS’ unique value to industry is that
it is an unbiased forum
for the exchange, consideration and
discussion of ideas
and proposals

9. The Flagship Standard
 D1.1 has had a 74-yr
evolution, keeping pace
with the design,
inspection and
workmanship
requirements for safe,
modern structures
 D1.1:2002 Now
Available

10. Fabricators Discover D1
 A comparison between 1986 users of D1.1
Structural Welding Code—Steel and 1996 users,
showed a 25% increase in use by fabricators — a
growing trend among the QA/QC minded
 Sister standard, D1.2-97 Structural Welding
Code — Aluminum has been revised
 All AWS standards are integrating SI and U.S.
Customary measurements

11. If You’re Good Enough Part 1
 AWS certification program launched in 1976
with Certified Welding Inspector
 36,000 professionals worldwide have been
certified to AWS QC1 Standard for AWS
Certification of Welding Inspectors
 Reciprocity exists between U.S. and select
programs of other countries
 Certified members receive Inspection Trends
magazine

12. You’re Good Enough Part 2
 AWS Welding Engineer
 Senior CWI
 Customized welder certification

13. The Soul of the Profession
 Welding for Communities -
AWS’ national public service
campaign launched 5 years
ago
 Wins recognition from
American Society of Ass’n
Executives in 1997
April 6-12, 2003

14. To Recognize Excellence
AWS Extraordinary Welding
Awards
 Historical Welded Structures
 Outstanding Development in
Welded Fabrication

15. To Recognize Excellence
 Recent Historical Welded
Structures and Outstanding
Development in Welded
Fabrication Award Recipients
include
 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 USS Cavalla
 The Pentagon
 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
 USS Wisconsin
Rock &
Roll
Hall of
Fame

16. AWS Online
 50,000 user sessions
monthly on http://www.aws.org
 Search back issues of
Welding Journal
 AWS JobFind
 Buy at the E-Store
 Secured electronic
transactions
 Free hyperlinks for
Sustaining Members
 Free Section website
service
 Online Buyer’s Guide

17. Membership Growth
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18. Who are we?
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19. The Intangible
 Membership means “I’m professional”
 I’m one of the nearly 50,000 engineers,
educators, researchers, welders, inspectors,
execs, and sales associates from all over the
world who’ve joined AWS
 My society is the largest organization in the
world dedicated to the science and technology
of welding

20.  Don’t miss the best & largest
fabrication show in the world April 8-10,
2003, in Detroit, Michigan
 Cobo Hall
 800 exhibitors from over 60 countries
 Technical talks from basics to R&D
 Make the right contacts
 Apply your networking skills

21. The mission of the American Welding
Society is to provide quality products and
services to our members and the industry,
which will advance the science, technology
and application of materials-joining
throughout the world.
“Thank you”