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EWI – We Manufacture Innovation
Learn about EWI and our mission to help manufacturers breakthough their technical barriers to compete successfully in a competitive global marketplace.
Adhesive Bonding Processing
View a step-by-step demonstration of joining metal parts with adhesives.
Advanced Automation
EWI offers many options to help manufacturers increase their competitiveness through emerging automation technologies.
Aluminum Resonance
This video clip offers a slow-motion view of displacement during resonance testing of an aluminum pipe at EWI.
Arc-Directed Energy Deposition
This application demonstrates how arc welding processes can be used for additive manufacturing of large parts.
AREVA US Drilling
This video offers a demonstration of field repair of nuclear power plant vessel through ultrasonic drilling.
Buffalo Manufacturing Works operated by EWI
Welcome to the EWI New York facility, Buffalo Manufacturing Works. Here’s what we offer.
Butt Joint Gap Reduced
In laser welding, the gap between parts should not exceed 10% of the thickness of the thinnest components. Here’s why.
CMT + Pulse Fillet Weld Produced on a Ti 6-4 Sheet Metal T-joint
This clip shows the CMT + pulse fillet weld produced on a Ti 6-4 sheet metal T-joint.
CMT Fillet Weld Produced on a Ti 6-4 Sheet Metal T-joint
This clip shows the CMT weld produced on a Ti 6-4 sheet metal T-joint.
Coherence Scanning Interferometry
High-resolution, non-contact surface measurement provides 3D measurement to inspect component surfaces for flaws.
Cross Weld Tensile of Yield Undermatched Weld
EWI offers digital image correlation capabilities as well as a wide array of testing.
Dynamics of Resistance Spot Weld
This short video offers a comparison between alternating current (AC) and medium-frequency direct current (MFDC) spot welding.
EWI UltraThinSeal at Pack Expo
EWI Associates introduce a breakthrough technology in ultrasonic package sealing.
Fabrisonic
Fabrisonic technology combines ultrasonic metal welding with in-process machining to create a groundbreaking way to additively manufacture highly complex components.
First Build on Sensor Test Bed
This video shows the production of nickel alloy 625 prisms using L-PBF an EWI’s open architecture sensor test bed.
Focus Variation Areal Surface Topography
This non-contact, 3-dimensional measurement system is automatable, and allows multiple parts of a component to be measured in one sequence.
Forming
The forming process produces less material waste than casting or machining, and uses less energy per part during high-volume production.
Friction Stir Welding
EWI’s gantry-based friction stir welding system allows for the welding of large objects with complex contours.
Friction Stir Welding for Additive Manufacturing
This time-lapse video demonstrates the use of FSW in additively joining 1/2-inch sheets of 7075 aluminum to form a 3D shape.
Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum
EWI has successfully welded several aluminum alloys using friction stir.
High-power Laser Focusing Optics
This welding demonstration uses EWI’s unique, high-power laser-focusing optic system on a 3/4″ wall steel pipe.
Hybrid Laser Arc Welding
HLAW combines the deep penetration of laser welding with the gap-filling ability of gas metal arc welding to create a process capable of high travel speeds on thick materials.
Inertia Welding
This low-heat, solid-state joining process can join dissimilar materials quickly, and requires low operator skill.
Laser Beam Loses Focus During Weld
Here’s what happens when during a high-speed fiber laser weld when the beam goes out of focus.
Laser Cladding
This precision deposition method creates low-dilution, high-quality build-ups for wear resistance, corrosion resistance, component repair, and additive manufacturing.
Laser Cutting
EWI has designed, developed, and built hight-speed motion equipment for precise, non-contact laser cutting of metals.
Laser Paint Stripping
EWI’s laser paint stripping process effectively and cleanly removes coatings without media blasing or chemical stripping.
Laser Plastic Welding
Laser plastic welding is a time-saving process that creates minimal flash and doesn’t mark parts.
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
View highlights of EWI’s research in laser powder bed fusion including our custom-build testbed and our work using the EOS M280 L-PBF system.
Laser Powder Direct Energy Deposition
This video shows a build of a rocket-like part using laser metal deposition technology on the RPM 557 additive manufacturing system.
Laser-based Pipe Inspection
EWI’s laser pipe inspection system inspects surface features such as mismatch, undercut, insufficient reinforcement, concavity, lack of penetration, and lack of fusion on ID welds of riser pipes.
LCR Stratagem
LCR Strategem has developed a laser coating removal robot that uses EWI’s groundbreaking laser paint stripping technology.
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.
Micro GTAW
Micro-TIG welding joins fine elements at a much lower cost than laser welding systems. Applications include battery tabs, wire welds for medical devices, and precise edge welding of electrical terminals.
Q-Switched Fiber Laser for Paint Removal
Multiple layers of paint can be removed without damaging the base aluminum using a Q-switched fiber laser and scanner.
Reciprocating Wire Feed GMAW
This automated welding process allows the creation of precise-edge build-ups, and is effectively used for repair of aerospace components as well as other applications.
Refill Friction Stir
This process enables solid-state spot welds to quickly join sheet metal with out affecting material properties.
Robotic Gas Metal Arc Welding
This precisely automated, highly repeatable process is used to fabricate ships, trucks, tractors, and pressure vessels. It also has seen application in corrosion-resistant cladding and high deposition rate additive manufacturing.
Robotic Gas Metal Arc Welding for API RP2Z Testing Coupons
View a quick demonstration welding pipe for RP2Z testing using robotic GMAW.
Structural Integrity and Modeling
EWI’s structural integrity and modeling team help manufactures predict microstructure, stress, and distortion; qualify joining methods: validate failure criteria; and reduce destructive testing. Several examples are shown in this video.
Tensile Comparison Al using DIC
This fast, low-heat process works well for multi-layer, thin-foil welds common in battery applications. In many cases, it is the ideal option for consumer electronics and medical devices.
Ultrasonic Metal Welding
This precisely automated, highly repeatable process is used to fabricate ships, trucks, tractors, and pressure vessels. It also has seen application in corrosion-resistant cladding and high deposition rate additive manufacturing.
Ultrasonic Plastic Welding
Using ultrasonics in plastics welding is fast, efficient, and effective. It requires no consumables and produces no fumes.
Ultrasonic Soldering
This process using high-frequency ultrasonic vibrations is effective in joining many dissimilar material combinations.
Ultrasonic Thin Film Package Sealing – EWI UltraThinSeal
EWI GreenSeal, at patented ultrasonic system for thin film package sealing, saves time and material, reduces waste, and most-importantly, produces a superior seal to other ultrasonic methods.