The 2009 US First Robotics Competition has come to an end.  Here are the results:

Team 57 Booker T Washington High Mentor: Kevin Sevcik

Georgia Regional: Quarter Finalist

Houston Regional: Semi Finalist

Team 2585 Bellaire High Mentor Dan Allford

Dallas Regional: Quarter Finalist

Houston Regional: 3 Wins 4 Losses

Team 3103 Duchesne Academy Mentor: Dan Allford

Houston Regional: Finalist

A Message from ARC Specialtties President Dan Allford: 

Congratulations to all the teams. It is an honor and pleasure to work with you.

We also had our friends Team 922 of Laredo High, a semifinalist at the Houston Regional, visit ARC Specialties for a tour of a robotics company.  Any other team who would like to tour ARC and see industrial robots in action please contact: dan@arcspecialites.com

DURUM and ARC Specialties will join forces for the world-renowned trade show Schweissen & Schneiden.

 The show will be held in Essen, Germany from September 14-19, 2009.  ARC Specialties welcomes friends, associates and clients to visit us at booth #2-309.  We hope to see you there! Auf Wiedersehen!     

Hardfacing is the application of a wear-resistant metal to a part's surface. To hardface the material's surface seen in this video, spherical carbides are incorporated into a welding puddle using Gas Metal Arc Welding process, or GMAW. The video was recorded in the Research & Development Lab at ARC Specialties in Houston, TX.  The camera used was invented by former CNES astronaut Jean-Loup Chrétien, who is now the president and founder of Tietronix Optics.