Toronto

Chapter Contact
Christopher Rebelo

The听CWB Association Toronto Chapter serves the Greater Toronto Area. We are an active chapter made up of committed volunteers from across various industry segments, representing over 5400 CWB Association Toronto Chapter members in the GTA.

We meet from October to April every year, normally on the first Tuesday of the month in Toronto. In addition, the Toronto Chapter holds an annual golf tournament in honour of Mike Cherry, raising proceeds for educational scholarships to encourage young people to join this exciting and rewarding industry!

We encourage you to join us to share new experiences, learn and to network with others in your industry. Click the link below for information on our upcoming events. Our events are normally held in a dinner meeting format, with the ticket price shown including both the meal and the presentation. Come check out what you鈥檙e missing!

For any questions or ticket sales for events, contact anyone of the members of our local executive below or email us at:听toronto@cwbassociation.org

Toronto Chapter Executive

Christopher Rebelo Chapter Chair Ironworks Local 721 Toronto
Ryan Walters Vice Chair E.S Fox Ltd.
Doug Bruce Treasurer Weldforce 1 Inc.
Cristian Zanfir Communications Chair 阴APP导航
Craig Martin Secretary 阴APP导航
Victor Andrisani Executive Board Member 阴APP导航 Consulting
Emad Assaad Executive Board Member ASPA Engineering + Welding Solutions
Mohamed Sookwa Executive Board Member 阴APP导航
Martin Howe Executive Board Member United Association of Union Plumbers, Fitters, Welders, and Service Techs Local 46

The 26 Annual Mike Cherry Memorial Golf Tournament

When: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Where: 9503 Dublin Line, Milton, ON L9T 2X7

The Toronto Chapter has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the 26th Annual Mike Cherry Memorial Golf Tournament, which will be held at Granite Ridge Golf Club in Milton. Take advantage of this year's event to promote your company name to professionals in the world of welding and among your potential clients.

CLICK HERE for full details.

CSA Standard W47.1 (2019)

When: November 26th, 2019
Where: 阴APP导航 Building Room T2, 8260 Parkhill Drive, Milton, ON

The purpose of this presentation is to provide the audience with updates on what is being changed in the upcoming edition of CSA W47.1. The CSA W47.1 Technical Committee has agreed to the inclusion of new provisions for testing of welding personnel and procedures that will help fabricators welding steel materials less than 3mm thickness, stainless-steel materials of all thicknesses and for robotic welding applications. Also, in response to the request received from the marine welding industry the new edition of CSA W47.1 will have its own provisions for testing of welding personnel and procedures specific for Marine industry. All these new provisions that will be included in the new edition have been developed to help welding fabricators meet and exceed any other equivalent standards that are being used by the welding industry.

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Annual Golf Tournament

When: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Where: 9503 Dublin Line, Milton, ON L9T 2X7

The Toronto Chapter has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the 25th Annual Mike Cherry Memorial Golf Tournament, which will be held at Granite Ridge Golf Club in Milton. Take advantage of this year's event promote your company name to professionals in the world of welding and among your potential clients.

CLICK HERE for full details.

Student's Night

When: April 09, 2019
Where: 阴APP导航 Head Office, 8260 Parkhill Drive, Milton ON

Welcome to The Amazing Student's Night
With New Techniques & Technology in Welding & Research
Dinner:听 5:30-6:00 PM
Seminar: 6:00-7:00 PM

CLICK HERE for full information.

24th Annual Mike Cherry Memorial Golf Tournament

Date: Thursday, June 21st
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Granite Ridge Golf Club, 9503 Dublin Line Milton,ON L9T 2X7

The Canadian Welding Association -Toronto Chapter has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the 24th Mike Cherry Memorial Golf Tournament. Take advantage of this year's event to promote your company name to professionals in the world of welding and among your potential clients.

Students Career Night

Welcome to the amazing Students Night with new techniques and technology in welding and research.

When: Tuesday, April 10th
Where: CWB Head Office, 8260 Parkhill Drive, Milton ON, L9T 5V7
Dinner: 5:30-6:00
Seminar: 6:00-7:00

Tickets-
Students: $15
CWBA Members: $30
Non-Members: $35

Ultrasonic Testing of Welds: Upcoming Changes in CSA W59-2018

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

6:00 pm (dinner)
6:30pm (seminar)
阴APP导航, 8260 Parkhill Dr, Milton, ON L9T 5V7

This is a joint event with the CINDE Ontario Chapter ()

The upcoming edition of CSA W59 (planned mid-2018) is expected to include some significant changes to the requirements for the ultrasonic testing of welds. Paul Holloway of Holloway NDT & Engineering Ltd. will present an overview of the planned changes.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please contact 1-800-844-6790 Ext. 700 or Email: admin@cwa-acs.org or mohamed.sookwa@cwbgroup.org

23rd Annual Mike Cherry Memorial Golf Tournament

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Granite Ridge Golf Club
9503 Dublin Line, Milton

Student Career Night/Seminar

April 25th, 2017 5:30pm - 7:00pm
CWB Head Office, 8260 Parkhill Drive, Milton

Topic 1 - Laser Beam Welding of Hot Press Forming Steel in automotive applications

Hadi Razmpoosh
PhD Student Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering The University of Waterloo (UW)

Hadi will be discussing the application of tailor welded blanks (Laser beam welded) of ultra-high strength steel in automotive anti-crash components.

Topic 2 - Investigation of Rotational GMAW (SpinArc鈩) for Narrow-Gap Welding

Tyler Rudniki & Caleb Devries
Studends at Conestoga College, Mfg. Eng. Technology-Welding & Robotics Program

Tyler & Caleb will be talking about 鈥淭he current study examines SpinArc Welding technology. First, Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process with SpinArc Welding technology is used to produce a 戮鈥 thick square groove butt joint weld. This procedure will be compared with a prequalified CSA-W59 Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) procedure of the same material thickness. In addition, a design of engineering experiment will be used to reveal the effects of various SpinArc parameters on the resultant weld geometry.鈥

Topic 3 - A Comparison of Shear Strength and Tensile Strength in High Strength Brazed Joints using High Temperature Braze Alloy

Sean Morton
Student at Northern College

Sean will be talking about the changes of mechanical properties in high strength brazed joints using high temperature braze alloy.

For tickets contact mohamed.sookwa@cwbgroup.org / 416.209.0613

Try your hand at Welding

March 7, 2017 10 AM - 2 PM
CWB Head Office, 8260 Parkhill Drive, Milton

Welding is an industry that fuses our world: from planes, trains, automobiles and the majestic steel structures that make up the skyline of every major metropolitan city across Canada, Welding is the essential aspect of every construction phase. The Canadian Welding Association (CWA) Toronto Chapter is pleased to invite students from your school to attend our Student day. Students will learn about the vast career paths in the welding profession, see demos on Submerged Arc Welding and enjoy hands-on experience of welding some of the latest technologies. In addition, students will participate in the ultimate welding experience when they strike an arc on our virtual welding simulator. There will be friendly competitions, where the students will have a chance to win some prizes. It鈥檚 going to be a fun day filled with learning.听 We look forward to seeing you!

  • Win Prizes
  • Virtual Welding Simulator
  • Bussing assistance available
  • Lunch will be served

Please contact mohamed.sookwa@cwbgroup.org, 416-209-0613 for more details.