Consumer Goods

Welcome New EWI Member – ERICO International

EWI would like to welcome ERICO International into membership. In 1903, the Electric Railway Improvement COmpany (ERICO®) was created to supply power bonds, signal bonds and related welding equipment to railroads, mining and street railway industries. Today, ERICO® is a premier manufacturer of engineered products in the

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EWI’s Work with CermaClad™ Pipes Highlighted in Wall Street Journal

EWI’s engagement with Abakan Inc.‘s subsidiary MesoCoat on the development of the award-winning CermaClad™  technology was featured in the April 17 edition of the Wall Street Journal. The CermaClad high speed metal coating process has received numerous tech innovation awards in the past year. To learn more about EWI and CermaClad, read the full article: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130417-908337.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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SCC/HE of Bolts/Fasteners in Marine Environments

In the oil and gas industry, bolted connections are often used for high integrity systems and are thus vital for the long term performance of the given structure. As the oil and gas industry explores and develops reservoirs in deeper waters where operation and intervention costs are

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Enhanced Defect Detection and Sizing Accuracy Using Matrix Phased Array Ultrasonic Tools

EWI has released a Project Brief on “Enhanced Defect Detection and Sizing Accuracy Using Matrix Phased Array Ultrasonic Tools.” To read the complete document, click here.

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Flexible Decontamination Method Drastically Reduces Secondary Waste Generation

The Department of Energy has a substantial fleet of nuclear facilities that have reached their end of life or are projected to be at end of life in the near future. Many of these facilities are contaminated with radionuclides, asbestos, lead based paint, or other forms of

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Exciting Plenary Session at this Year’s TMS Meeting

One my personal favorite activities as a materials engineer is my volunteer support of TMS (The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, tms.org).  They are a first class organization and I always enjoy supporting their efforts on engaging the materials community. In that vein, I’m a co-organizer of

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Welcome New EWI Member – Automated Dynamics

    EWI welcomes Automated Dynamics to membership! Automated Dynamics manufactures advanced composite structures and high performance composite processing equipment. Through the development of innovative processes—automated fiber placement and automated tape laying—the company delivers strong, light-weight structures that solve complex problems for clients in the aerospace, automotive,

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EWI Gets a Plug at the World Economic Forum

Hey, we are in the news again! This morning EWI received special mention at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in an important session on advanced manufacturing. In describing Ohio’s leading role in new manufacturing technologies, Governor John Kasich specifically named EWI as a leader in

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Ultrasonic Metal Welding for Lithium-Ion Battery Cells

The three most common metal to metal joints in a lithium-ion battery pack are foil to tab, tab to tab, and tab to bus. All three joints pose joining challenges, but of the three, welding multiple layers of foil to a tab is the most challenging. The

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Manufacturing Innovation for the Common Man – Laser Paint Stripping (Part 2 of 8)

So I’m not what you would call a handy person around the house and I generally pass on home projects unless forced to act.  In fact I pretty much epitomize the quote “If a man says he will fix it he will. There is no need to

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