Manufacturing Innovation (Page 7)

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...

The partnership between EWI and the City of Lynchburg, VA, is the only one of its kind in the country. With support from local government, the regional Office of Economic Development & Tourism works hand-in-hand with EWI to connect Lynchburg manufacturers with resources and talent to innovate and streamline operations. “The unique partnership between the...

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...