Lightweighting

EWI is pleased to welcome HyCAL Corp. to membership. The company is a producer of martensite, dual-phase, complex phase, transformation-induced plasticity, quench & partition, and third-generation high-strength steels as well as hardened and tempered grades. HyCAL Corp. is located in Gibraltar, Michigan. 

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,...

With rapid growth in the space exploration industry, there is great demand for fuel efficient, lightweight vehicles with increased capacity for payload. Advances in production materials offer several viable options for space manufacturers. Next Generation Materials for Space Launch Vehicles, a paper by EWI Applications Engineer Mike Eff, examines the material needs of today’s LVs...