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Cold spray is one of the fastest metal additive manufacturing (AM) production techniques in the world. It offers an effective method for applying unique coatings and making repairs with similar or dissimilar metals. It eliminates heat affected zones and can be used on heat sensitive materials. It is an environmentally friendly process, particularly when compared...

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...

The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) recently selected projects to receive cost-shared R&D under the opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002192, Extreme Environment Materials for Power Generation. One of the projects selected is Robust Dissimilar Metal Friction Welded Spool for Enhanced Capability for Steam Power...