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Inconel 718 components produced using additive manufacturing (AM) generally require heat treatment to form strengthening precipitates and optimize the phase fractions of all precipitates. Work done at EWI has been focused on developing a heat treatment procedure specifically for AM-generated IN718 parts. The results of this research are discussed in Optimization of the Post Heat...

EWI is pleased to welcome Essentium to membership. The company manufactures and delivers industrial 3D printers and materials offering a 3D printing platform that can be applied in prosthetic sockets, orthotic devices, low temp jigs and fixtures, rapid prototyping, and castings. Essentium serves the aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, contract manufacturing, and biomedical industries and is...

EWI and MTI, developers of the new joining methodology low force friction welding, have continued a series of materials studies over the past year to qualify the new process for a variety of metals. A new paper by EWI Senior Technology Leader Jerry Gould, Application of Low Force Friction Welding to a 6061-T6 Aluminum Alloy,...