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)  obtained Masters Degree in the Behavior of Metals at NJIT in the late 1960's.  Gus Manz (right), also an NJIT graduate, has numerous patents in the welding field related to the early power supplies for MIG welding and was the inventor of "Hot Wire TIG and MIG processes."  Gus was a colleague at the Linde Division of Union Carbide Development Laboratories.

Photo right is after the November 2009 Counselor Recognition Award Ceremony.  WA Technology President, Jerry Uttrachi on left; Al Fleury Counselor Committee Chairman center and Gus Manz, a colleague who taught me a great deal about arc physics etc.  These three "Jersey Boys" are approaching 150 years of welding experience!

Mr. Uttrachi has been a Trustee of the AWS  Foundation for the past 8 years and is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees.  He has served on numerous  AWS committees including Filler Metals Committees, Technical Papers Committee, Handbook Committees, Marketing, Exhibition & Publication Committee 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 American Society of Mechanical Engineers and serves as a Director of his local Section.

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.      “Basics of Semiautomatic (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:

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

11.    Interview, “Bridge Welding Global Style,"

Trailer Body Builders Magazine

12.   "Solution to Weld Shielding Gas Waste."  (See Article in Magazine)

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

American institute of Steel Construction

14.   "Innovations in Welding and Cutting." AISC 1997 Conference Proceedings

Tube and Pipe Association / FMA

15.   "Managing GMAW Shielding Gas Flow " 2005 Pipe Fabricating Conference Proceedings

 Welding in the World (IIW)

16.   "Gas Waste and Weld Start Quality Issues in Common GMAW Shielding Gas  Delivery Systems and Suggested Solution"

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. 

See Experience with Cellular and Lean Manufacturing

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