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Developing reliable ultrasonic welding parameters for polymer joining traditionally involves a time-consuming and costly trial-and-error process. For many companies, this leads to wasted materials, labor, and resources, particularly when validating welds through expensive fatigue testing. But what if you could predict welding parameters using standard material properties, before any physical testing even begins?  In Prediction...

The Additive Manufacturing Consortium (AMC), operated by EWI, is pleased to announce its 2025 research portfolio, which includes two continuations and two new projects: Faster L-PBF Consolidation Rates Via High-Powered Lasers (continued) – The goal of this project is to evaluate pathways to a 4-6x improvement in consolidation rates in L-PBF on a single-laser basis. All experiments are...

Advancing Polymer Weld Analysis to Prevent Fatigue Failures  At EWI, we always strive to solve the most pressing manufacturing challenges. We’re excited to announce the launch of a groundbreaking research initiative that focuses on a critical issue in polymer welding — identifying the relationship between intermolecular diffusion and fatigue failures using Heated After Cross-Section (HACS)...