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Developing strong, reliable bonds between polymers and metals has traditionally required adhesives or mechanical fasteners, adding weight, complexity, and limiting design flexibility. These conventional methods can also hinder product repair and recycling. But what if you could create durable, adhesive-free joints using only heat and engineered surface features? In a new paper, Enhanced Polymer-to-metal Joining,...

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...