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Laser-welded blanks offer many advantages in automotive closures and structures, but base-material necking and cracking can be an issue. To provide better data for FE simulation modeling, EWI has developed a “mini-dogbone” tensile test for LWB formability evaluation. Hyunok Kim, EWI Forming Center Director, describes this work in Evaluating Laser-welded Blank Formability and Predicting Potential...

By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI It’s inescapable. Walk into a board meeting. Meet with a potential customer. Read the business news. ESG has emerged as a hot topic in manufacturing (and elsewhere), so I want to talk about it. But first, so we’re on the same page, let’s spell it out. At its...

Why do so many new products fail in the marketplace?How can you make sure that doesn’t happen to yours? There are many reasons for new product failure. However, mistakes made early on at the design stage are preventable. Understanding the interdependencies between materials, processes, and costs before you go to production can help you make...