This is AWS American Welding Society

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This is AWSAmerican Welding Society
a visit with the worlds premier organization
dedicated to welding and allied joining processes
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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 Natl Welding Council into new society
• Its research arm evolves into todays Welding
  Research Council

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A Rose by Any Other Name

• Societys 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

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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
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The AWS Welding Show

• The AWS Welding attracts thousands of
  professionals from all over the world , along
  with the Whos 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

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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

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Consensus Building
AWS unique value to industry is that it is an
unbiased forum for the exchange, consideration
and discussion of ideas and proposals
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The Flagship Standard

• D1.1 has had a 74-yr evolution, keeping pace
  with the design, inspection and workmanship
  requirements for safe, modern structures
• D1.12002 Now Available

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Fabricators Discover D1

• A comparison between 1986 users of D1.1
  Structural Welding CodeSteel 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

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If Youre 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

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Youre Good Enough Part 2

• AWS Welding Engineer
• Senior CWI
• Customized welder certification

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The Soul of the Profession

• Welding for Communities - AWS national public
  service campaign launched 5 years ago
• Wins recognition from American Society of Assn
  Executives in 1997

April 6-12, 2003
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To Recognize Excellence

• AWS Extraordinary Welding Awards
• Historical Welded Structures
• Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication

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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
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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 Buyers Guide

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Membership Growth
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Who are we?
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The Intangible

• Membership means Im professional
• Im one of the nearly 50,000 engineers,
  educators, researchers, welders, inspectors,
  execs, and sales associates from all over the
  world whove joined AWS
• My society is the largest organization in the
  world dedicated to the science and technology of
  welding

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• Dont 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 RD
• Make the right contacts
• Apply your networking skills

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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