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Maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations are essential to sustain and extend the life of numerous systems including aerospace, energy, defense, heavy equipment, and railroad. Aircraft engine MRO alone is a $30B global industry, projected to grow beyond $40B within five years. Overall, global aircraft MRO will exceed $100B annually within the next few years. ...

The Additive Manufacturing Consortium: Cutting-edge Access to Applied R&D By Mark Barfoot Do you feel isolated within your company as you try to adopt metal additive manufacturing? Do you wish that you had access to cutting-edge research findings that could help accelerate the learning/adoption curve? EWI’s Additive Manufacturing Consortium (AMC) is a great place to...

Material variation in sheet metal can cause several problems when forming, including cracking, wrinkling, and springback. The key to minimizing these problems is to evaluate your material before production, gather the relevant data, and work within your variability parameters. Accurately assessing the formability of a new or challenging material is not always easy, but it...