Faculty training heralds electron beam welder's delivery

Published 05.28.2019

News
Welding & Metal Fabrication
Faculty & Staff
Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News

Assembling for a group photo during training in Agawam, Mass., are (from left) welding instructors Aaron E. Biddle and Ty E. Rhinehart; James N. Colton, assistant professor of welding; welding instructors Ryan P. Good and Jacob B. Holland; Tony Slater, technical sales manager, Cambridge Vacuum Engineering; CVE field engineers Jorge Alvarez and Daniel Rosania; and Michael R. Allen, welding instructor. Faculty were trained on a 60-kilovolt electron beam welder, akin to one that is bound for Penn College this fall.Welding faculty intently listen to Alvarez ...... during instruction on the machine's operation and components.Penn College welding faculty recently undertook three days of training at Cambridge Vacuum Engineering Inc. on an electron beam welder that is very similar to the one that will be delivered to campus this fall. Electron beam welding – vital technology in the aerospace, automotive, energy, medical, semiconductor and military industries – is commonly used in the manufacturing of small components. Once installed in the greatly expanded Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center, it will be the only electron beam welder placed by CVE in any college or university within the United States.