Lanny Newton

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**** * ****** ***** ** ( Cave City, KY 42127

Phone: 270-***-**** ( Email: ab0qqm@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To continue my career in the welding industry.

Education

Bowling Green Technical College Bowling

Green, KY

. 1997-1999 Weld Technologist

Degree

. 2011-2012 Associates Degree in

Welding Technology

. AWS certified in horizontal, vertical, and over-head

positions, open root beveled tests in the GMAW, SMAW, and

GTAW processes.

. Experience in oxy-fuel welding, cutting, and brazing

process.

. Experience in automated CAD oxy-fuel and plasma cutting

equipment.

. Competed in VICA skill Olympics at state level in 1997 and

1998.

. GPA 3.95

Employment

Southcentral Kentucky Community College

Glasgow, KY

. 2013- present

Weld Instructor

. Teaching GTAW course (lecture and laboratory). Explaining

the fundamentals of the GTAW process and working with

students to gain hands on abilities.

. Creating Step Testing for SMAW courses.

Fusion Welding Solutions

Detroit, MI

. 2012- present

Weld Engineer

. Began working at General Motors (Bowling Green, KY) on

aluminum Corvette frame launch.

. Duties include: performing/documenting equipment checks on

GMAW, spot welding, and laser welding equipment (weld

verification through weld coupons and destruct samples,

ensuring all equipment meets GM standards), robotic

programming of welds in assembly line to GM specifications,

ensuring all process sheets have corrected notes to match

robot programs, creating any documentation or programming

details to make the line user friendly, working with GM

personnel to help them learn about the Fanuc, Lincoln, WTC,

SMC, Proteus, and Highyag equipment, ensuring all programs

are up to date with documentation on new revisions or part

changes, troubleshooting open welding issues as they arise

(robotic programming, data adjustments, equipment set up),

assisting the Destruct/Inspection Group with any

documentation or following up on any weld concerns.

. Daily monitoring of Weld Water System.

. Developing an increased knowledge of aluminum GMAW welding,

resistance welding, laser welding, and Flow Drill Screw

process (understanding each process's effects on different

alloys and joint designs).

. Developing knowledge of GM standard for assembly line

process: safety regulation, HMI controls, robotic programs,

weld classification/ development process, material

classification, and general cell set up.

. Developing ability to write custom logic for the Fanuc

controller to help monitor contact tip changes, part

counts, inspection parts, laser consummables, etc.

. Integrating fully robotic cap changers (programming and

debug).

Bowling Green Metalforming

Bowling Green, KY

. 2004-2008

Weld Technician

. Beginning experience in Quality Department. Helped set up

initial cross sectioning procedure, weld destruct process,

weld length process, and weld defect tracking procedure

along with training new employees in these practices.

Worked on Ford Explorer, Ford Heavy Duty pickup, Ford D3

platform, Ford 520 platform, Mercedes front and rear cradle

platform on prototype builds into PPAP phase and eventually into

daily production. Duties included setting up prototype area

(installing welding equipment and work fixtures, organizing

parts, and developing build process flow) along with manual

welding/ building the frames themselves.

. Line installation duties included: installation of weld

equipment, debugging of assembly cells, setting up welding

programs including weld data, torch angle, and proper stick

out.

. Continued experience into Maintenance Department (May

2005). Daily duties include: creating and adjusting weld

programs on Fanuc robots (external and internal torch dress

styles) using Lincoln single and tandem GMAW welding

processes as well as the Fronius tandem GMAW process.

Preventative Maintenance work on: welders, wire feeders,

ebc and 4/0 cables, and Tregaskiss torch cleaners.

. On the job experience built robotics skills with re-

sequencing and reducing cycle times for welding programs,

background editing, program adjustment, teaching using dual-

arm robotics, set up of weld length registers, use of if

statements- jump labels- inputs/outputs- error recovery- in

weld programs, material handling robot experience. Further

welding experience built skill set: using multi-process

welding (various Lincoln waveforms for different needs,

i.e. large gaps, tight torch angles, odd joint designs,

dealing with arc blow/tool magnetization, and varying joint

location).

. Understanding of resistance welding process and basic

troubleshooting of weld issues and some equipment.

. Assisted Maintenance with basic troubleshooting and

replacement of prox cables, air lines, cylinders, and

clamps.

. Train new production employees in welding consumables

change procedure and how to identify weld defects during

production.

. Completed several training courses consisting of: Lincoln

Automated Center set up of tandem GMAW, Fronius Center for

tandem GMAW, Fanuc Robotics, Konecrane overhead crane,

forklift operating, lockout/tagout procedure, basic

hydraulics, and First-Aid responder.

. 2008- 2012 Weld

Coordinator

. Supervising welding over assembly lines including setting

up manning for all shifts and programs, ensuring spare

parts and consumables are on hand for welding equipment,

improving process and implementation of new Engineering

changes, improving quality and containment/ finding root

cause (8D and 5Y process) of any weld related quality

issues.

. Work with integrators include: Paslin Company, Valiant

Robotics, Centerline, and FH Robotics.

. Work with vendors/suppliers include testing and/or trialing

new or experimental product, tracking usage, coordinating

training and technical support for new product, control of

quality and cost of incoming supplies, organizing on hand

supply with local suppliers (Airgas, Neil-Lavielle, and

direct buys). Suppliers include: Lincoln, Fronius,

Tregaskiss, American Torch Tip Company, Centerline, Syner-

G, and Wire Wizard/Elco, among others.

. Set up refurbishment program for select welding consumables

to cut waste cost.

. Overseeing training program for Production employees to

understand weld defects and begin learning how to weld in

repair areas.

. Installation of testing cell for trials/future business

(aluminum GMAW welding for BMW, galvanized welding using

Lincoln and Fronius power sources, use of different welding

gases for cost savings or on different materials).

Stupp Bridge Company

Bowling Green, KY

. 1999-2004

Assembly Welder

. AWS D1.5 certified in:

o GMAW horizontal, FCAW vertical, SAW horizontal, SAW

tandem horizontal, SAW twin arc horizontal to

unlimited thickness.

o SMAW three inch thickness vertical position, mild

steel to stainless steel fillet weld vertical

position, and SMAW overhead fillet weld.

. Completion of multiple procedure qualification records to

develop baseline weld parameters for FCAW and SAW

processes.

. Completion of procedure qualification records using

experimental filler wire and fracture critical base

material for University of Cincinnati and University of

Dayton.

. Knowledge of D1.5 bridge welding code covering weld

defects, weld appearance, and non-destructive testing.

. Operation of overhead crane, automatic and handheld plasma

cutter, oxy-fuel cutting torch, automated SAW equipment,

and forklift.

. Daily duties included fitting bridge girders and welding

which would require being x-rayed, ultrasonic, or magnetic

particle tested.

References

Rick Dockery

Weld Instructor/South Central Kentucky Community College

270-***-****

Jim Ashworth

Weld Inspector

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James Ward

Lead Welding Engineer/General Motors

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1-810-***-****

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