Last night marked the opening ceremony of the SkillsUSA 2011 National Skills & Leadership Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Miller is a proud sponsor of SkillsUSA and the individual welding, team welding fabrication, welding sculpture and World Skills welding championships.
Keep posted here throughout the remainder of the week for updates from the championship competitions and other happenings around this exciting industry event.
For photos from the event, keep clicking here. We’ll add more throughout the week: SkillsUSA Photos
Miller is excited to announce today the introduction of the new XMT® 450 MPa multiprocess welder. This new machine offers one of the industry’s most powerful and consistent options for Pulsed MIGwelding. It features increased power and duty cycle ideal for heavy carbon arc gouging and large diameter welding applications. It is also optimized for MIG, Stick, TIG, and Flux Cored welding processes.
This powerful new inverter-based power source features the reliability and arc performance of the XMT 350 MPa but with more amperage, exceptional power efficiency and additional programs for Pulsed MIGwelding with up to .052- and 1/16-inch wires.
If you’re attending, swing past the Miller display in the midway where you can test out the latest welding and cutting equipment and sign up to win Miller’s Great Race Getaway (two suite passes to the August NASCAR race in Bristol – includes airfare and lodging for two). You must be present at the race in Joliet this weekend to enter the getaway.
Elaine Larsen, driver of the Miller Jet Dragster highlights her experience from the Cavalcade of Stars in Norwalk, Ohio (May 13-15, 2011). Check out the dragster and learn about your opportunity to win Miller’s Great Race Getaway. The next opportunity to participate is at the 6th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by MillerWelders (June 24-26, 2011). Note: participants must be at the event to enter.
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. announces the launch of its 6th annual Welding Projects Challenge: What Drives You?, a competition to showcase the welding skills and talent of anyone in the industry. Between June 15 and August 10, 2011, contestants may submit a project in one of three categories (easy, moderate, difficult).
Judges will select five finalists from each category based on the project’s creativity, quality of presentation and craftsmanship. Each finalist will win a ’64 Custom™ auto-darkening helmet from the Performance Series™ line as well as a pair of MIGwelding gloves. After the finalists have been selected, the public will vote online to determine a winner for each category. Grand-prize winners will be announced September 23, 2011.
