Welding Articles

Welding alumna Erin M. Beaver, an intermediate manufacturing engineer for the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. in York, has been chosen as an "Emerging Leader" among the 130 recipients of this year's STEP Ahead Awards from The Manufacturing Institute. This is the 10th year for the peer-nominated awards, which honor women for their contributions and impact in both manufacturing and their communities.

Mark N. Hurd found himself perched about 140 feet above the Hudson River on a cold January day. A steel basket attached to the multijointed arm of a snooper truck stationed on the massive bridge above provided both workspace and sanctuary for the Pennsylvania College of Technology instructor.

Scharba, one of two students included in Keating's piece, steps up to the mic. The Newswatch 16 reporter captures some welding footage ... ... and interviews Colton in the Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center. High Steel Structures' recent donation of nearly $100,000 worth of scrap metal to Penn College prompted a Thursday afternoon visit by WNEP-TV's Chris Keating to the welding lab.

Jason W. Killinger (left), assistant professor of HVAC technology, leads the group on a Carl Building Technologies Center lab tour. Appropriately pausing for photos outside the Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center, home to the college's welding labs, are (from left) Loni N.

CLOOS Robotic Welding Inc. is renewing an entrustment agreement with Pennsylvania College of Technology for robotic welding equipment used for instructional purposes. CLOOS, a Corporate Tomorrow Maker at Penn College, has partnered with the college for entrustments since 2014. The latest renewal runs for two more years. It features the company’s QRC 320 upright robot with a V9 controller.

High Steel Structures LLC has donated nearly $100,000 worth of welding scrap to Pennsylvania College of Technology for instructional use in the college’s welding and metal fabrication programs. High Steel Structures has fabrication facilities in both Lancaster and Williamsport.

Laserline Inc. is continuing its commitment with Pennsylvania College of Technology to shape tomorrow’s workforce with a two-year extension of its laser welding equipment entrustment. The manufacturer of high-power industrial diode lasers for metal processing and other applications has entrusted a 2-kilowatt laser power source to the college since 2019.

BAE Systems Inc. has provided $10,000 in grant support for welding materials to be used in welding and metal fabrication programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The company is a longtime partner of the college’s welding program, recruiting students for operations in its York manufacturing plant.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students earned the most scholarships in the country from a foundation that promotes skilled manufacturing careers.

Welding students work with the ESAB Rebel EMP 285ic, a portable multiprocess unit. ESAB’s Robust Feed U6 wire feeder, coupled with an Aristo 500ix power supply, finds a temporary home on campus. Penn College welding alum Jason M. Brown (far right) returns to campus as a field marketing specialist for ESAB. He’s joined by the company’s regional sales account manager, Rob Mitchel.