Sheet Metal Welding Conference 2018 — Call for Papers
The AWS Sheet Metal Welding Conference (SMWC XVIII) has announced its call for papers on the topic of “Welding Solutions for Lightweight Vehicle Production.” The conference, sponsored in partnership with EWI and ALAW, will be held October 17-18, 2018, in Livonia, Michigan. According to Jerry Gould, EWI Senior Technical Advisor and SMWC Technical Co-chair, topics of […]
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EWI Validates New NanoSteel Alloy for Resistance Spot Welding
Recently, EWI helped NanoSteel evaluate and validate the weldability of this new sheet steel both to itself and to other commonly used sheet steels.
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Inertia Welding
This low-heat, solid-state joining process can join dissimilar materials quickly, and requires low operator skill.
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Detroit Sheet Metal Welding Conference is a Wrap!
The AWS Detroit Sheet Metal Welding Conference (SMWC) is a bi-annual event focused on new research in the areas of automotive joining and assembly. EWI has long been a event sponsor, and serves on the technical leadership team. The 17th conference (32rd year!) took place October 19-20. SWMC XVII featured three keynote presentations. The first, by Dr. Felix […]
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Linear Friction Welding
Linear friction welding allows for the solid-state joining of parts that are non-axi-symmetric and made of dissimilar or even non-weldable materials.
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Dissimilar Materials Weldability Concepts
This lecture covered dissimilar metals joining, its advantages and drawbacks, ways to enhance the process under various conditions, and guidelines for designing effective welding procedures.
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Highlights of EWI Webinar on Dissimilar Materials Weldability Concepts
On December 15, 2015, EWI offered an online seminar on Dissimilar Materials Weldability Concepts. The webinar was presented by Alber Sadek, EWI Senior Engineer in Materials Engineering…
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Manufacturing Innovation for the Common Man – Linear Friction Welding (Part 3 of 8)
Here’s a test to see if you’re a Common Man… If I asked you (95% of the people reading this blog) to describe what welding is, I’m guessing you would describe one of two things: Arcs and/or Sparks. When I started here at EWI as CFO, I pictured either a guy flipping down his welding […]
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Friction Stir Welding (FSW) Meet the Team – Zak Pramann
Today’s “Meet the FSW Team” features Zak Pramann. Zak has been at EWI for four years and comes to us fresh from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Being a metallurgical engineer, Zak provides a unique perspective to the FSW team – helping to explain the mechanics behind some of the FSW interactions […]
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Dissimilar Materials Joining
Design engineers are increasingly faced with the need to join dissimilar materials as they are seeking creative new structures or parts with tailor-engineered properties. Sometimes a part needs high-temperature resistance in one area, good corrosion resistance in another. Structures may need toughness or wear resistance in one area combined with high strength in another location. […]
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