Manufacturing Technology

"The Effects of Subsystem Performance on Static and Dynamic Properties of Inconel 718 Built with Laser Powder Bed Fusion", a collaborative paper authored by several EWI associates, including Data Science Director Alex Kitt, Post-Doc Research Fellow Zachary Corey, Engineering Group Leader Luke Mohr, Senior Technicians Cameron Carter and Bryan Donahue, Principal Engineer William Mohr, and...

Welding thick parts efficiently and effectively is a huge challenge in heavy industry. The extra steps that manufacturers need to take to ensure quality can be costly and time-consuming – not to mention the possibility of introducing other problems like distortion and waste. EWI has developed and tested several new methods that are now being...

This past September, EWI was awarded a $17 million, 3-year contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop convergent manufacturing (CM) platforms for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sustainment. The project is now being managed under the auspices of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Technical development work is already taking place at EWI’s labs...