EWI welcomes Ingersoll Rand to membership. The corporation is committed to meeting the world’s growing critical need for clean air, safe and fresh food, and sustainable business practices. Brands in the Ingersoll Rand family include Club Car, Thermo King, and Trane, all of which work together to create sustainable solutions. FORTUNE Magazine named Ingersoll Rand among […]
Read MoreIf you plan to attend the annual Advanced Laser Applications Workshop later this spring in Michigan, be sure to catch EWI Technology Leader Stan Ream’s presentation on Tuesday, June 2, “Advancements in High-Power Focusing Optics.” EWI will also host a booth at the event, and members of our Lasers team will be on hand to speak […]
Read MoreEWI’s laser technology leader Stan Ream was featured and interviewed about his breakthrough patent on High-Powered Reflective Focusing Optics (HPRFO) for welding with a high-powered, solid-state laser in the July 2014 issue of The Fabricator. The technology allows for relatively long, uninterrupted stretches using high laser power, specifically 13 kW – without the need for […]
Read MoreCongratulations to EWI Laser Technology Leader Stan Ream who has been awarded a US patent for a newly developed high-power laser focusing optic. According to Stan, “A customer initiated a project to develop a high-power laser welding solution for their thick, aerospace material. During the early stages of process development it was determined that commercially […]
Read MoreThe Crazy Brilliance of Radio Frequency Welding When it comes to welding plastics, three contributing factors matter: heat, force, and duration. While there are multiple ways of controlling and applying each of these, the heating method defines the welding process: Welding Process Heating Method Vibration Surface Friction (linear) Spin Surface Friction (rotational) Hot Plate Conductive […]
Read MoreWe receive many questions about the difference between soldering and brazing. They are very similar joining techniques, both involving the melting of a filler metal to join two or more components without melting the base material of the components. The American Welding Society (AWS) defines brazing as such a process which involves a filler metal […]
Read MoreEWI welcomed more than 50 community visitors to its Columbus facility on October 4th as part of the national Manufacturing Day initiative. The event attracted interested students, parents, neighbors, business people, manufacturers, and state government representatives. Each session (one in the morning, one after lunch) included an overview presentation, a laboratory tour, and a Q&A period. To see photographs, […]
Read MoreSo 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 remind him every six months about it.” I […]
Read MoreU.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson was our special guest at a roundtable on the Future of American Manufacturing at EWI headquarters on Friday. The Secretary was taken on a private tour by President & CEO, Henry Cialone, and shown a variety of manufacturing technology innovations, including laser paint stripping, AcousTech(TM) Machining (EWI’s patented advanced ultrasonics […]
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