Manufacturing Innovation (Page 6)

Happy New Year from EWI! If the past 20 months have proven anything, it's that companies need to be nimble and adaptive to succeed in a rapidly changing and often uncertain economy. While EWI has always responded quickly to external challenges, our flexibility was put to the test in 2021. Many interrelated issues – including...

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...

Directed energy deposition (DED), which leverages commercial robotic welding systems, is an agile and economical large-scale additive manufacturing (AM) process. DED AM is low risk since it leverages existing welding process equipment, consumables, procedures, and standards – which all have decades of proven performance. Using DED “digital” computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software, component structures can be...