Automotive (Page 11)

With an array of enhancements in recent years, laser welding offers many advantages as a joining process for automotive components. EWI Principal Engineer Eric Stiles has written Laser Welding for Automotive Electronics to present a range of advantages and applications of laser welding for vehicle parts and products. You are invited to download this paper...

The use of polymers in automobile manufacturing is commonplace these days – for good reason. Replacing metal parts with plastic components contributes to lighter overall weight, greater fuel efficiency, ergonomic exteriors, safe and stylish lighting, comfortable interiors, and improved noise reduction. It can be tricky, though, to join polymers – to each other, metal parts,...

The integration of advanced high-strength steels in automotive body-in-white manufacturing has made vehicles lighter, improved crash performance, and reduced noise, vibration and harshness. However, the use of AHSS materials has also been correlated to spot weld cracking, especially with Gen 3 steel grades. EWI’s new H-coupon test was developed to assess the influence of gap...