My name is James Cruz, and I’m an engineering manager here at EWI. One of the groups which I’m extremely fortunate to manage is a technology group called Friction Stir Welding (FSW). I can’t tell you the thrill I felt when I read my buddy Eric’s Facebook page last week and his status update read: […]
Read MoreToday’s FSW “Meet the Team” features Tim Stotler. Tim has been at EWI for almost as long as there’s BEEN an EWI – 26 years. Tim “grew up” on resistance and solid-state welding processes and is currently the Technology Leader for friction processes at EWI. Tim has literally been involved with the Friction Stir Welding […]
Read MoreIn the most recent EWI Insights, there is an article highlighting a recent Friction Stir Welding (FSW) study with Polypropylene with nanocaly filler. This welding study showed that superior weld joints could be obtained in thick section thermoplastic composites. The weld strengths obtained for 6 wt% nanocomposite were significantly higher than those found during other […]
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