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In rapid response to the shortage of protective medical masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, EWI has developed an easy-to-produce, compliant mask prototype. The Vacuum Formed Stop-gap Face Mask design is now available to the public and free via open source. Download Mask Design The mask prototype was developed and tested over a six-day period...

Low force friction welding, a technology developed jointly by EWI and Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (MTI), combines resistance-based pre-heating with a translational relative motion to create a joint. The process has been successfully tested on metals and metal-based alloys. One such study is reviewed in Low Force Friction Welds in 4130 Steel: A Preliminary Microstructural Characterization,...

EWI and Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (MTI) are pleased to invite the public to a free webinar introducing the new joining technology, low force friction welding. The presentation will take place live on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at 11:00 AM EDT. EWI resistance and solid-state welding expert Jerry Gould will join MTI President and CEO Dan...