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Industry News
8 September 2015
Lincoln Electric supports aspiring
engineers
A WELDING technology company
and the son of its founder have joined
resources to support the work of an
innovative welding engineering training
scheme in the USA.
With a $1mn donation, Cleveland,
USA-based Lincoln Electric and
David Lincoln have co-funded the first
endowed professorship in welding
engineering at The Ohio State
University. Lincoln Electric also donated
or consigned nearly $420,000 worth of
welding equipment and technology for
use by Ohio State students and faculty.
A cornerstone of Lincoln Electric’s
success has been welding engineering
expertise and product innovation,
according to Christopher L Mapes,
Lincoln Electric’s chairman, president
and chief executive officer.
“The endowment at Ohio State
honours that legacy and places Lincoln
Electric at the forefront of welding engi-
neering education. It also underscores
our commitment to develop future
welding experts who will continue to
drive innovation in our industry.”
Founded in 1895 by John C Lincoln,
an Ohio State electrical engineering
alumnus (1888), Lincoln Electric is
a global provider of comprehensive
arc welding, cutting and joining
solutions. David Lincoln is a successful
entrepreneur and philanthropist. He
founded the Lincoln Laser Company
and a real-estate business in Phoenix,
Arizona, USA.
Residing in the Department of
Materials Science and Engineering,
the endowed welding engineering
professorship will facilitate recruitment
of a new faculty member during the
2015-2016 academic year.
“Gifts that support our programmes
and students are extra special when
they originate from the family of a
distinguished alumnus like John Lincoln
and the company he established,” said
College of Engineering Dean David B
Williams. “Lincoln Electric and David
Lincoln are steadfast in their belief that
education drives innovation.”
Welding equipment provided by
Lincoln Electric will benefit more
than just the welding engineering
programme. Students and faculty in
mechanical and aerospace engineering,
integrated systems engineering and
agricultural engineering will also use the
latest arc welders, training simulators,
fume extraction units, plasma cutters,
software and safety equipment.
Additionally, manufacturing research
collaborations and partnerships will
utilise the new technology.
Lincoln Electric is a leading company
in the design, development and
manufacture of arc welding products,
robotic arc welding systems, plasma
and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and
has an established global position in
the brazing and soldering alloys market.
It has 47 manufacturing locations,
including operations and joint ventures
in 19 countries and a worldwide network
of distributors and sales offices covering
more than 160 countries.
A former Lincoln Electric board
member, David Lincoln is the chairman
of the Claremont (CA) Lincoln University
and served on the board of the
Claremont School of Theology for a
number of years.
Ohio State’s welding engineering
programme is the only ABET-accredited
undergraduate programme in North
America. It also offers master’s and
doctoral degrees, including a nationally
ranked online master’s option.
Lincoln Electric – USA
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(left to right) Prof John Lippold, Dean David B Williams, David Lincoln, Lincoln Electric North
America president George D Blankenship, and Prof Mike Mills
Copper tube plant equipment sale
MACHINERY International Corporation,
USA, has been awarded a contract to
sell the machinery and equipment of
the Crane Copper Tube Plant located
in Sydney, Australia.
The sale will include a Schumag
3 draw cascade line, 3,500-ton BLH
extrusion press, four spinner blocks,
four drawbenches, and a large quantity
of finishing lines.
The company was also recently
awarded a contract to sell the assets of
the Profil Desnoyer Copper Tube Plant
in Tunis, Tunisia.
This sale includes six Schumag
lines, MRB spinner blocks, a 1,600-
ton press, a complete copper tube
fittings department, and several large
drawbenches.
Machinery International Corp – USA
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