Heavy Manufacturing (Page 6)
January 25, 2021
We are pleased to welcome IMMI to EWI membership. IMMI develops, designs, tests, and manufactures safety restraints and systems for car seats, heavy trucks, school buses, recreational/off road, military, fire/EMS, motor coach, and construction vehicles. The privately owned company is headquartered in Westfield, Indiana, with seven additional global facilities. IMMI is also home to the...
DetailsJanuary 7, 2021
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,...
DetailsNovember 30, 2020
Low force friction welding, a hybrid technology developed by EWI and MTI, uses an external energy source to raise the interface temperature of the parts being welded, reducing process forces required to make a solid-state weld compared to traditional friction welding. Low Force Friction Welding of Bimetallics: Aluminum 6061 to 1020 Steel Tubes, written by...
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