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Laser welding techniques are exceptionally well suited for the electrification industry due to the technology’s high speed, low-heat input, precision, and versatility. However, changing the variables of a laser welding application – power, wavelength, travel speed, material, and more – can greatly impact the success of a weld. Laser specialists Dean Langenkamp and Jacob Hay...

Because large industrial systems, structures, and components experience shifting stresses and loads throughout service life, risk of fatigue failure is high. Improving fatigue performance in heavy manufacturing is therefore an important priority. The good news is that many specialized methods for slowing crack formation and predicting fatigue failure have been developed in the past decades....

Selecting the right material for a new medical device -- especially when it comes to polymers -- is critical to the success of the product. Material failures are costly and common; more than a third of FDA recalls are due to material problems. Preventing Material Failure in Plastic Products: A Resource for Medical Manufacturers, written...