Do you want to become a certified welding inspector?

This winter, EWI and the CWB Group will launch a Certified Welding Inspector Prep Course for individuals planning to take the AWS CWI/CWE exam.* The first session will be held at EWI’s New York office in Buffalo, NY, February 13-17, 2023. A second class will take place at EWI Headquarters in Columbus, OH, June 5-9, 2023.

The CWI course will cover all the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to qualify for certification including:

• Welding fundamentals and processes
• Inspection
• Metal properties and destructive testing
• Nondestructive evaluation methods
• Workmanship requirements
• Procedure qualification requirements
• Code study
• Welding inspection practicum

Both sessions will be taught by CWI Instructor Richard DePue, a senior inspector with more than 35 years of international experience across all industrial sectors. Rich holds numerous industry certifications in welding, inspection, and NDE, and has received four quality achievement awards for his work.

Registration is now open for both sessions. Space is limited, so early registration is highly encouraged. To sign up, click the class date button below:

This course is presented jointly by EWI and CWB as part of their strategic alliance to offer comprehensive support services to the welding industry. Look for more educational programs from EWI and CWB in the coming months.

* AWS exams are not included in the prep course and are the responsibility of the participant to schedule.

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Earlier this month, EWI engineers Jerry Gould and Lindsey Lindamood received the A.F. Davis Silver Medal Award for their paper “Capacitor Discharge Spot Welding of Aluminum, Part 2: Electrode Life Assessments.” The award is given annually to works published the previous calendar year that represent the best contributions to the progress of welding in specific categories. The paper, published in the AWS WELDING JOURNAL November 2021 issue, won for the “Machine Design” category.

A major challenge for high-volume resistance spot welding of aluminum is the limited lifespan of the electrodes. This issue is related to the use of medium-frequency direct current power ((MFDC) which produces excessive heat and accelerates wear rates. To address these factors, EWI’s R&D team introduced capacitor discharge (CD) technology for spot welding. The results demonstrated that CD welding not only would produce robust welds, but that its use could double electrode life.  In addition, the developed technology was seen to dramatically increase the efficiency of the resistance spot welding process.  This greatly benefits the technology’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) footprint.

Jerry Gould is Senior Technology Leader at EWI. His work focuses on resistance and solid-state processes including new variants of the technology. He is the author of more than 175 technical papers and articles on resistance welding, solid-state welding, and welding metallurgy, and holds eight patents.

Lindsey Lindamood, Applications Engineer, is a cross-disciplinary specialist at EWI whose work covers a broad range of technologies. In addition to her work in advancing and expanding the capabilities of resistance welding, she is involved in nondestructive testing and weld monitoring.

The A.F. Davis Silver Medal Award was presented to the authors during the AWS Awards Recognition Ceremony at FABTECH in Atlanta on November 8^th.

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EWI is pleased to introduce two new online training courses, Welding Metallurgy and Fundamentals of Nondestructive Testing. These web-based, self-paced courses are geared toward manufacturing engineers, technicians, and managers, and both offer the opportunity to earn professional development hour (PDH) credits.

Welding Metallurgy provides an overview of 1) physical metallurgy, 2) welding metallurgy of steel, and 3) welding metallurgy of stainless steels. Each of these three sections can be completed individually as micro-courses or taken as one comprehensive course.

Fundamentals of Nondestructive Testing (NDT) introduces students to three common nondestructive evaluation technologies – surface inspection, radiography, and ultrasonics. The course covers applications, advantages, limitations, and best practices in NDT.

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Both courses are made available through the CWB Online Learning Resources Platform. All content and supporting resources are accessible from anywhere though a single, web portal. Online materials include lessons, activities, exams, links to articles, digital textbooks, and more.

EWI’s online learning program is made possible through the EWI-CWB strategic alliance which enables welding professionals and companies to achieve their goals and enhance their competitive advantage within the manufacturing industry. More online courses in the program will debut in 2023.

To check for updated offerings, visit the Training & Classes page on ewi.org.  

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