Jerry Uttrachi, President WA Technology, LLC

Email: guttrachi@aol.com

Capabilities:  Welding process and consumable assessment, selection and automation.  Assistance with reduction in shielding gas waste and training welders and supervisors on the technical aspects of its control.  Welding process training.  Extensive practical experience increasing welding productivity and submerged arc welding in pipe production.

Academic Background/Affiliations: Mr. Uttrachi has a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Management from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).  He is a member of ASME and AWS. A recent honor was being selected as an AWS Counselor for his leadership and training efforts.  The citation for that award  included the following wording; "- -he has trained a whole generation of salesman, end users and distributors in a wide variety of welding processes and equipment through personnel training and development of training materials." 

Mr. Uttrachi was inaugurated as 2007 President of the American Welding Society at their annual Exhibition in Atlanta Georgia.  The photo left was taken at that ceremony with his "classmate," Harry Ebert (left) who graduated as a Welding Engineer in 1948 then he and Mr.  Uttrachi (center) were obtaining Masters Degree in the Behavior of Metals at NJIT in the late 1960's.  Gus Manz (right), was a colleague at the Linde Division of Union Carbide Development Laboratories and is also an NJIT graduate.

Mr. Uttrachi has been a Trustee of the AWS  Foundation for the past 7 years and is currently Vice Chairman.  He has served on numerous  AWS committees including Filler Metals Committees, Technical Papers Committee, Handbook Committees, Marketing, Exhibition & Publication Committee (PEMCO, which he chaired for 9 years,) New Product Development and the Membership Committee.  He currently is a member of the Metric Practice Committee, Intellectual Property Committee and Conference Committee.  He is also a member of the AWS Board of Directors as Past President..

Publications: 

Published in The AWS Welding Journal:

1.      “Three-Wire Submerged Arc Welding of Line Pipe”; (See recent summary)

2.      “A New DC Power System for Submerged Arc Welding”;

3.      “Electroslag Welding Speeds the Making of Ships”;

4.      “Multiple Electrode Systems for Submerged Arc Welding”  (See recent summary)

5.      “What You Should Know About GMAW (MIG) Welding.”

6.      "NASCAR Race Team Demands Quality Welds.”  (See Article; includes 4130)  Also see "Welding 4130" or "Welding Race Cars" on this site.

Welding Design & Fabrication:

9.   "What Do Robots Need in Welding Equipment,"

10.     Interview, “Bridge Welding Global Style,"

Trailer Body Builders Magazine

11.   "Solution to Weld Shielding Gas Waste."  (See Article on Magazine Site)

12. "Texas Fabricator Reduces MIG Welding Shielding Gas Waste."  (See Article in Magazine Site)

Production Experience: Mr. Uttrachi has worked with a number of industries in defining methods and approaches for solving welding problems.  The welding process developed for submerged arc welding of pipe has been installed in a number of countries around the world including; USA, Mexico, South America, Middle East, Japan, UK, and Italy.  The system is capable of producing high quality, high speed welds without interference from defects caused by arc blow. 

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