Friction Processes (Page 4)

A standard electric vehicle (EV) automotive battery can be decomposed into cell level, module level, and pack level. A cell mainly includes the anodes and cathodes, a module includes multiple cells, and a pack includes multiple modules. 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...

Currently, recycling industrial scrap metal is expensive, messy, and inefficient. Nevertheless, the goal of reducing the 25 million tons of metal waste produced each year remains top priority in the manufacturing industry. EWI has developed a new scrap metal recycling method that consolidates and extrudes a metal byproduct suitable for industrial re-use faster and in...

At EWI, we love to show off our R&D labs! Over the course of a year, we usually host about 100 tours at both our Columbus, OH, and Buffalo, NY, facilities. During the pandemic, however, tours had to be halted completely, and outsiders were unable to come see our new capabilities and offerings in person....