Manufacturing Technology (Page 9)

Tele-manufacturing offers the ability to accurately transfer manual skillsets from local personnel to remote automated systems. EWI has been innovating in tele-manufacturing over the past two years by developing a tele-presence welding system. Tele-welding allows a worker to operate welding equipment from a remote location while still in control of the welding process and torch...

While the VDA tight bend radius test is the standard in industry, it does not measure strain fracture limits. EWI has created a new bendability testing method that combines the VDA test with digital image correlation (DIC) to produce much more accurate results. The experiments conducted to validate this new approach tested seven different advanced...

2020 turned out a lot different than anyone expected. At EWI, we worked hard to meet new market demands and shifting industry needs. By redirecting our offerings to address the changing circumstances, we developed new R&D initiatives, joint projects, training programs, and innovative technologies to benefit the manufacturing sector. You can see some of 2020’s...