Technology Innovation

The Future of QA/QC in Advanced Manufacturing Speed, smarter sensors, and the human-in-the-loop advantage As reshoring, reinvestment, and rapid innovation reshape North American manufacturing, one area is emerging as a cornerstone of competitiveness: quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC). Manufacturers are facing unprecedented pressure to get products to market faster, operate efficiently, and ensure uncompromising...

As the electric vehicle industry continues to grow, the pressure on automotive suppliers and OEMs to deliver leak-free battery enclosures — an expensive and critical component — grows as well. Not reflected in the importance of these enclosures is the effectiveness of traditional leak detections methods. Current techniques may be expensive, difficult to implement, or...

In the past several years, EWI has successfully developed tele-manufacturing capabilities to remotely operate several fabrication processes. Our latest tele-task transformation is arc gouging. In a project supported by the Steel Founders Society of America (SFSA), EWI set out to automate specific manual foundry processes known for being difficult, dirty, and/or dangerous. Carbon arc gouging...