NDE and Inspection (Page 6)

At EWI, we love to show off our R&D labs! Over the course of a year, we usually host about 100 tours at both our Columbus, OH, and Buffalo, NY, facilities. During the pandemic, however, tours had to be halted completely, and outsiders were unable to come see our new capabilities and offerings in person....

The integration of advanced high-strength steels in automotive body-in-white manufacturing has made vehicles lighter, improved crash performance, and reduced noise, vibration and harshness. However, the use of AHSS materials has also been correlated to spot weld cracking, especially with Gen 3 steel grades. EWI’s new H-coupon test was developed to assess the influence of gap...

In-situ process monitoring has been around for a while in most manufacturing industries – from the trained eye of a supervisor to an automated manufacturing execution system. Additive manufacturing (AM) is no different; it uses sensors to provide both a better understanding of the process and valuable data that can be analyzed to infer the...