Summary:

This entertaining presentation pinpoints the industry’s reluctance to change and contrasts the easy steps leading to improved productivity. Welding methods, processes and parameters all play a part in the finished weld. Quality also improves when productivity is done properly. The presenter strongly believes that no matter what the present procedures are, improvements are always possible and various examples of efficiency gains are always achievable. Welding economics are taught and pointed out in this presentation. We are all now in the global market and the need for welding productivity methods and techniques has never been greater.

Speaker Biography:

Jim is a Mechanical Engineering Technologist specializing in welding and concentrating on the wire welding processes. Jim graduated from Durham College in Oshawa many years ago and has loved the art and science of welding ever since. If there ever becomes a recognized career position such as a Welding Economist, Jim would love to be the first one.

Jim has been a Welding Specialist for years and has worked in many industries of manufacturing and fabrication, including steel making, agricultural, structural and oil and gas. He has also enjoyed working for himself as a welding consultant for 3 years prior to joining the Linde Group as their welding specialist for the northern Midwest region of Canada.

Jim is a devout family man, married with 4 daughters, 3 ½ son-in-laws and 4 wonderful grandchildren. Jim enjoys home renovations, loves a game of golf, sharing welding experiences and telling stories, some of which could even be true.

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