tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12008189.post-1161282092759456062006-10-19T11:17:00.000-07:002006-10-19T11:21:32.780-07:00One of the enduring issues in the U.S. shipbuilding industry has been a lack of qualified welders. There are never enough people to do the work.<br /><br />“The shipbuilding industry can never find enough welders, and welding is a core competence of shipbuilding,” says Frank Bordelon, executive director of the UNO Gulf Coast Region Maritime Technology Center <a href="%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9CThe%20shipbuilding%20industry%20can%20never%20find%20enough%20welders,%20and%20welding%20is%20a%20core%20competence%20of%20shipbuilding,%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D%20says%20Frank%20Bordelon,%20executive%20director%20of%20the%20UNO%20Gulf%20Coast%20Region%20Maritime%20Technology%20Center.%20Much%20of%20the%20work%20will%20take%20place%20at%20the%20UNO%20Maritime%20Technology%20Center%20of%20Excellence%20at%20Northrop%20Grumman%20Ship%20System%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s%20Avondale,%20LA,%20yard.">(per Assembly Magazine).</a><br /><br />In one angle of a solution, the the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has granted UNO $3.6 million to pursue tools to help develop robotic alternatives. Pretty interesting that we lay off craftsmen in shipyards, but can't seem to find enough welders...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12008189-116128209275945606?l=www.mig-welders-tig-welder.com%2Fwelders-blog%2Fdefault.html' alt='' /></div>Scottnoreply@blogger.com0