The lack of skilled welders is expected to reach critical mass in 2024, with a projected 300,000 shortfall. The American Welding Society has called for greater automation. Today on Tech Tuesday, we take a look at bridging the labor shortage through automation.
Path Robotics raises $56M Series B for automated welding
Columbus, Ohio-based firm Path Robotics today announced the completion of a $56 million Series B. The round, led by Addition (featuring Drive Capital, Basis Set and Lemnos Lab) brings the robotic welding company’s total funding to $71 million.
Adding another piece to the broader automated manufacturing puzzle, the company is focused on robotic welding. The system uses scanning, computer vision and AI to adjust itself to different parts, understanding that sizing parts is a kind of imperfect science. Add to that the additional difficulty of working with highly reflective metals and you’ve got some interesting robotics problems to solve.
American Welding Society Launches “AWS Certified” to Reach Younger Workforce
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Welding is among the most crucial and essential skilled trades that impact everyday life, yet the number of skilled welding technicians and professionals continue to decrease. To impact this decline, the American Welding Society has launched a new initiative targeting students and early career welders, titled AWS Certified. Becoming AWS Certified ensures that as the next generation of our welding workforce is developed, the integrity of how welding processes and procedures are performed will remain as consistent as our century-young organization. AWS Certified targets welding students and early career welders.
Apr 26, 2021
HUNTINGTON The Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University has scholarship opportunities for underrepresented students as part of its effort to expand opportunity, build a more diverse workforce and help bridge the manufacturing skills gap.
Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Hearst Foundations, rural low-income, female and minority students enrolled in the Machinist Technology/CNC and Welding Technology programs are eligible for scholarships for career skills classes that are offered in collaboration with Mountwest Community and Technical College.
The institute has trained nearly 750 individuals, delivering hands-on learning and intensive interaction with instructors that has resulted in students earning more than 2,500 national industry certifications from the National Institute for Metalworking Skills and American Welding Society. In 2019, the entire Machinist Technology/CNC senior class boasted job offers prior to graduation.
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