Adam Vaughan, MP Spadina - York

Adam Vaughan, MP Spadina - York

BIO: Adam Vaughan a member of parliament since 2014 and serves as ParliamentarySecretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and UrbanAffairs). Adam represents the riding of Spadina-Fort York. He is former Radio and TVJournalist and served on Toronto City Council.

Topic: Canada’s Economic Response Plan - GettingCanadians Back to Work and Protecting Jobs

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has proved as an economic crisis, affecting Canadiansfamilies, workers, and businesses across the country. To help Canadians, we acted fast andimplemented a series of benefits to ensure families could continue to pay their bills and helpemployers keep workers on the payroll. However, we know that more needs to be done. Torebuild from job losses and strengthen our economy, we will launch a campaign to createmore than a million jobs, extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy to next summer,rebuild an EI system that works for all Canadians, and introduce further support forindustries that have been hit the hardest, including travel and tourism, hospitality, andcultural industries like the performing arts. We intend to use our strengths to helpCanadians, businesses, and our entire economy weather this storm and come out of itstronger than ever before.

The session will touch on: * Creating jobs * Supporting workers and their families * Supporting women in the economy * Supporting businesses * Fiscal sustainability

Monday November 9, 2020 Speaking at 11:10AM to 11:40AM

Peter Warrian, University of Toronto

BIO: Dr. Peter J. Warrian is a Senior Research Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs& Public Policy, University of Toronto. He is Canada’s leading academic expert onthe steel industry. He was formerly Research Director of the United Steelworkers of Americaand Chief Economist of the Province of Ontario.

Topic: What’s Next for Industrial Welding

The presentation deals with two topics of interest to industrial welding.

First, what is the future of Metal Manufacturing? The anchor of metal manufacturing is theauto industry. The data come from the auto supply chain, not just the car companiesbut the supplier networks where most of the activity, value added and employment takesplace.

The second case is mining, not an area front of mind for most people but has lots of weldingactivity. Contrary to most opinion, the digital economy needs mining and lots more of it. And,for reasons of grade, most of that in future will be in underground mining. This is the type ofmining Canada has been historically good at and which is much more welding intensivethan surface or open pit mining.

Monday November 9, 2020 Speaking at 11:45AM to 12:15PM

Joe Barnes, Conestoga College

BIO: Joe Barnes is a Professor and the Coordinator of Welding Programs at ConestogaCollege in Cambridge, Ontario. Over his 20-year career he has worked in various rollsincluding Quality Assurance in the welding consumables industry, a Technical SalesRepresentative, and as an Applications Manager in the robotic welding industry.

Topic: Educating Welding & Robotics Technologists and Technicians

The expansion of the use of all types of welding automation in industry has driven thedemand for trained technicians and engineering technologists. Conestoga College haslaunched two programs that are specifically designed to help industry alleviate the growingworkforce need. These specialized programs are unique in North America as they are builtupon the solid foundation of welding skills and process knowledge, followed by significanthands-on activities in a dedicated welding robotics lab, and supported by the appropriatetechnician or engineering technologist level of education. Graduates from a three-year engineering technologist level program called “ManufacturingEngineering Technology – Welding & Robotics” are primarily recruited by robotic or weldingOEM suppliers, robotic integrators, and end-users into their manufacturing engineeringteams. A new program, “Welding Eng. Technician – Robotics” will help industry meet theneed for qualified shop-floor technicians to program, operate, and maintain automatedwelding systems. Both programs have optional co-op work terms and are delivered atConestoga’s state-of-the art Cambridge, Ontario campus using dedicated welding roboticsystems and supported by welding skills training, a metal fabrication shop, and weldinglaboratories including other types of hard automation.

Monday November 9, 2020 Speaking at 12:30PM to 1:00PM

Soroush Karimzadeh, Novarc Technologies

BIO: Soroush is the CEO and Co-Founder at Novarc. Previously, he was a ProductManager at Autopro Automation, managing industrial automation projects for oil and gasand mining companies. Prior to this, he was a project engineer at Kruger Products,designing, developing and implementing automated systems for paper machines andconverting lines. In 2011, he founded and led a startup technology company creating anovel SaaS CRM platform. Soroush holds an MBA in Strategy and Finance from theUniversity of British Columbia and is a professional engineer as well as a CFA charterholder.

Topic: Calculating ROI for Welding Cobots and Factors to Consider

This paper is intended to provide fabrication shops looking to invest in automation asufficient framework for calculating their ROI. The need for using automation and robots to face the skilled labour shortage is now anundoubted fact. Shortage of skilled welders has been met with unprecedented adoption ofcobots in fabrication and manufacturing. The unique proposition of having a human and acobot perform a weld, requires special consideration in calculation of ROI which is a crucialstep in the investment decision making process. In this paper we will outline the important production cost factors for calculating the ROI forcobots using application of cobots in pipe welding as a case study.


Gentry Wood, Apollo-Clad Laser Cladding

BIO: Gentry Wood is a research and development engineer at Apollo-Clad Laser Claddingin Leduc, AB. In early 2017 he nished his Ph.D. from the Canadian Centre for Welding andJoining (CCWJ) at the University of Alberta (UofA) where he worked on a novel approach tomodelling bead geometry for the laser clad processes. He has extensive experienceworking with hardfacing materials in particular nickel-tungsten carbide overlays for erosion-corrosion protection for ground engagement tools. Gentry is an expert delegate of theCanadian Commission of the International Institute of Welding (CCIIW) Commission IV onPower Beam Processes and a member of the American Welding Society (AWS) technicalpapers committee. His current work includes applying his Ph.D. research to improveprocess efficiency and develop Apollo’s additive manufacturing capabilities using directedenergy deposition processes. He has been a member of the CWB Association since 2011,and is currently serving as the NAC chair for CWBA National and serving as Chair of theEdmonton Chapter.

Topic: Closed-Loop Feedback Control of Pool Widthin Industrial Scale Directed Energy Deposition

The use of sensors in directed energy deposition (DED) technologies is becomingincreasingly necessary to guarantee quality and consistency of industrially manufacturedcomponents. With the high speeds and degree of automation associated with theseprocesses, manual parameter adjustments are no longer possible to counteract processfluctuations and prevent defects in large builds. This presentation will outline the work ofApollo-Clad Laser Cladding in using thermal imaging technology to closed-loop feedbackcontrol the width of a deposited bead for additive manufacturing using DED technology.


Joyce Lam, PCL Industrial Management Inc.

BIO: Joyce Lam is PCL Industrial’s Welding Engineer, as well as a Quality Professional(CWB Level II, ABSA Welding Examiner). Ms. Lam has more than 8 years of experience inindustrial construction and design. Joyce has contributed to numerous conferencepresentations, journal papers, and in-house training programs.

Topic: Digitally Connecting Interested Stakeholders in aPressure Pipe Spool Fabrication Environment

The onset and persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic during this year and potentially forthe near future has created numerous challenges for businesses, government and citizens.With construction/manufacturing being deemed an essential service and with the economyin various degrees of shut down, the challenges to continue to operate safety have onlybeen amplified.

The presentation focuses on how PCL has adapted and risen to the challenges imposed bythe worldwide pandemic. Several methods and initiatives used to preserve productivity, andby extension safety and quality, are presented and discussed; including safety access,safety measures, electronic welding data management and digitally connecting front linepersonnel with management, clients and inspectors.


Duncan Beaumont, Translas Canada

BIO: Duncan Beaumont is a senior executive with fifteen years of industry experience.Since 2003 he combines his passion and knowledge to provide answers to one of NorthAmerica’s big challenges: the ability to create a healthier, cleaner and better workenvironment for welders. His specialist knowledge and affinity for high-performance weldingequipment inspired him to work for Translas; a company founded by welders for welders toengineer innovative clean air solutions with one goal in mind: worker’s health. Duncanprovides assistance to the Welding & Fabrication Sector with the selection andimplementation of air quality solutions. He helps design the best overall systems that alignwith the company's goals. With a deep understanding of evolving regulations and Hi-Vacuum collection technologies, he works with companies to balance health and safety,regulatory and economic needs.

Topic: The Necessity of Health & Safety Practices While Implementing New Technologies in Welding & Welding Automation Processes

By implementing advanced technologies to improve worker’s health, manufacturers not onlyincrease productivity, safety and profitability but also increase employee satisfaction and theability to attract new skilled talent. ROI of worker’s wellness initiatives by new technologiesimplemented in the manufacturing processes is of outmost importance to a lot of plantmanagers and business owners. In a fast-paced world where timelines are more pressingand expectations are higher, technology and worker’s health is key, and adapting newprocesses is crucial. How new advanced technologies can provide a solution; forprofitability, productivity, retaining and attracting workers; is what we would like to presentan answer to at the Virtual Welding Industry Day event. Initiating change and approving newtechnologies in Canada is key to success and blending environmentally conscientiousstrategies with the emergence of welding automation is paramount to worker’s health.


Ken Mui, Lincoln Electric

BIO: Ken attended Michigan State University where he obtained his B.Sc in MechanicalEngineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in British Columbia. Ken is anApplication Engineer for the Lincoln Electric Company. He has been with Lincoln for over 25years and has a broad range of experience in all arc welding processes and weldingmetallurgy.

Topic: Optimizing Arc Cone to Puddle RatioWith Hyperfill Twin Wire Pulse GMAW Transfer

For more than 15 years the welding industry has understood and applied the value ofwaveforms tuned for thin materials and high travel speeds. The combination of an arc tunedwith the optimized Aø/Pø ( Arc Cone to Puddle Ratio : Albright 2018 ), paired with highperformance consumables have enabled the automotive industry to achieve higher tacktimes and linear travel speeds than at any other time in its history.

During this time the industries that produce large heavy weldments have had few optionsprimarily increasing the electrode diameter, or transitioning to a Tandem GMAW solution,which have inherent challenges.


Presentations could change due to unforeseen technical or circumstances beyond our control.

Time Slot Presenter Title Organization Session Topic11:00-11:10 Dan Tadic Interim Executive Director CWB Association Introductions/Welcome Address

11:10-11:40 Adam Vaughan MP Spadina-York Federal Government Canada’s Economic Response Plan - Getting Canadians Back to Work and Protecting Jobs

11:45-12:15 Peter Warrian Senior Research Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

University of Toronto What’s Next for Industrial Welding?

12:15-12:20 Susan Crowley Executive Director CWB Welding Foundation Getting to know the CWB Welding Foundation12:20-12:30

12:30-1:00 Joe Barnes Professor & Welding Program Coordinator

Conestoga College Educating Welding & Robotics Technologists and Technicians

1:05-1:35 Soroush Karimzadeh Chief Executive Officer Novarc Calculating ROI for welding cobots and factors to consider

1:40-2:10Gentry Wood Research & Development Engineer Apollo Clad Closed-Loop Feedback Control of Pool Width in Industrial

Scale Directed Energy Deposition2:10-2:15 Joe Saundercook Manager, Fund Development CWB Welding Foundation CWB Welding Foundation: Spark something amazing!2:15-2:25

2:25-2:55 Joyce Lam Welding Engineer PCL Industrial Management Inc.

COVID 19 – Digitally Connecting Interested Stakeholders in a Pressure Pipe Spool Fabrication Environment

3:00-3:30 Duncan Beaumont Executive Director Translas Canada Industries The Necessity of Health and Safety Practices While Implementing New Technologies in Welding and Welding Automation Processes

3:35-4:05 Ken Mui Application Engineer Lincoln Electric Optimizing Arc Cone to Puddle Ratio With HyperFill Twin Wire Pulse GMAW Transfer

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WELDING INDUSTRY- November 9th, FULL SCHEDULE

Adam Vaughan, MP Spadina - York

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