News & Announcements (Page 74)

EWI has released an in-depth report on the state of the U.S. offshore wind (OSW) industry. Published earlier this month, Offshore Wind Energy in the United States: Emerging Industrial Activity and Heavy Fabrication Opportunities, predicts an imminent tipping point that will create a new, hundred-billion-dollar industry involving heavy fabrication as its core activity. To date,...

Rosie Matthies examines her welding handiwork in the EW microjoining lab EWI recently hosted two secondary school teachers as part of the Ohio STEM Learning Network’s Manufacturing & Engineering Externship Program (MEEP). Mary Tugend of Metro Early College Middle School (Columbus) and Rosie Matthies of Shawnee High School (Springfield) spent two days shadowing engineers and...

How can you control or compensate for springback in stamped parts when using new, advanced high-strength sheet metals? EWI has recently developed a specialized tool that is capable of assessing springback behavior without any wrinkling or necking on the tested part. The work is described in S-rail Test Tool for Evaluating Springback with High-strength Aluminum...