I just heard that EWI was listed on COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST’s prestigious “Central Ohio Innovators” list in 2012. While this may not be a surprise to EWI associates and partners, its great recognition for the leading-edge work – including nine patents between 2006 and 2010 – developed by our small corps of engineers. COLUMBUS BUSINESS […]
Read MoreEWI is well known for what we do here – cutting-edge research in materials joining, state-of-the-art laboratory testing and analysis, in-depth design reviews and onsite assessments that optimize our customers’ efficiencies, capabilities, and competitiveness. But what we have here is pretty remarkable, too. In the past year, EWI has been recognized by three outside […]
Read MoreLightweighting is an important focus for design folks in the automotive and aerospace worlds. Reducing the weight of a vehicle helps to improve fuel economy and reducing the weight of an airplane additionally enables more cargo to be carried. Magnesium-Aluminum-Zinc (Mg-Al-Zn) alloys have the highest strength to weight ratios of structural metals. AZ31B (Mg-3Al-1Zn) is […]
Read MoreIn this week’s edition of TIME Magazine, EWI has been recognized as a player in the recent economic success of our city and region. As the Curious Capitalist notes in the column “The Columbus Comeback,” EWI is part of the economic engine making the city’s economy hum again. In the article, TIME referred to EWI […]
Read MoreI’m not sure if “politicing” is used appropriately as a verb (kind of like “efforting”), but it seems accurate for what is happening these days around the deficit. On the positive side, the media is continuing to publicize the deficit as the major issue for the candidates to address. But in this case, “address” is […]
Read MoreWhen using a consumable-electrode process such as gas metal arc welding (GMAW) or submerged arc welding (SAW), the three primary process variables are arc current, wire feed speed (the rate at which the consumable electrode is fed from the welding torch), and arc voltage. Current and wire-feed-speed cannot be varied independently. To maintain the same […]
Read MoreYesterday in his monthly email to member companies, EWI’s President and CEO, Dr. Henry Cialone, encouraged manufacturers to get behind NNMI — the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation proposed by President Obama in March of this year. Dr. Cialone told members: Recent studies have shown that technical innovation is a primary driver of global manufacturing competitiveness. EWI and […]
Read MoreBelow are highlights from Mark Norfolk‘s presentation on Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) a few days ago at the ASM Symposium at GE’s Global Research Center in NY. Mark is a senior project manager at EWI and the CEO of Fabrisonic, an EWI spinout. Ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) is a novel new process that produces true metallurgical bonds with full density and […]
Read MoreEWI has 245 members! WELCOME to our newest members: Marinette Marine Corporation is a subsidiary of Fincantieri, one of Europe’s largest shipbuilders. Their innovative manufacturing techniques allow them to build some of the most technologically advanced vessels in the world. Pandjiris is recognized as the leader in North America in providing solutions for Fixed […]
Read MoreWhat does an EWI member company look like? It looks like a company standing strong and steeped in tradition bringing good things to light through imagination and hard work. GE It looks like a company dedicated to changing lives. ST. JUDE MEDICAL It looks like a company flying high forever seeking new […]
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