Plastic Welding Certification Facility

STAR Process Heat Systems LLC announced a new plastic welding training center in Farmingdale, New Jersey which offers the novice and experienced plastic fabricator education, hands-on training and certification in plastic welding and portable extrusion welding in accordance to TWI (The Welding Institute, Cambridge United Kingdom) specifications.

As plastic welding guidelines do not exist in the USA or Canada, the program is based on proven European CEN (Committee for Standardization) and DVS (German Welding Society) plastic welding standards. The AWS (American Welding Society) recognizes the need for plastic welding standards and has recently formed a standards committee that has begun looking into the European standards.

In 2003 TWI affiliate Larry Rowold, President of RRE Inc–The Plastic Welding School located in The Villages Florida, signed a licensing agreement with TWI to offer the plastic welding training courses and CSWIP (Certification Scheme for Welding and Inspection Personnel) examinations in the USA and Canada. Administered by TWI Examinations LTD, the CSWIP program includes classroom curriculum, practical welding and testing according to the CEN standards for hot gas, extrusion, socket fusion, electro- fusion and wedge welding techniques. Class schedule is the third week of each month. Standard courses offered are: ATC61 – 3 Day Extrusion Welding, ATC62 – 2 Day Gas Appreciation, ATC66 – 5 Day Hot Gas Welding and ATC68 – 3 Day Plastic Welders Certification.

For more information, contact Sheila Carpenter, STAR Process Heat Systems, 1775 Highway 34, Building A-2, Colfax Complex, Farmingdale, NJ 07727, 877-782- 7747/732-282-1002, Fax: 732-282-1009, E-mail: starphs@starphs.com, Web: www.starphs.com.