EWI’s Work with CermaClad™ Pipes Highlighted in Wall Street Journal
EWI’s engagement with Abakan Inc.‘s subsidiary MesoCoat on the development of the award-winning CermaClad™ technology was featured in the April 17 edition of the Wall Street Journal. The CermaClad high speed metal coating process has received numerous tech innovation awards in the past year. To learn more about EWI and CermaClad, read the full article: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130417-908337.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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EWI Hosts Welding Merit Badge Clinic for Area Boy Scouts
EWI hosted a welding merit badge clinic on Saturday 13 April for Boy Scouts in Columbus and the surrounding areas. The welding merit badge is one of the newest in scouting. It is the 128th current merit badge and was released on Feb. 24, 2012. The event was held at the EWI facility in Columbus […]
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Flexible Decontamination Method Drastically Reduces Secondary Waste Generation
The Department of Energy has a substantial fleet of nuclear facilities that have reached their end of life or are projected to be at end of life in the near future. Many of these facilities are contaminated with radionuclides, asbestos, lead based paint, or other forms of contamination. These facilities need to be deactivated and […]
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EWI Gets a Plug at the World Economic Forum
Hey, we are in the news again! This morning EWI received special mention at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in an important session on advanced manufacturing. In describing Ohio’s leading role in new manufacturing technologies, Governor John Kasich specifically named EWI as a leader in additive manufacturing, calling our capabilities “absolutely remarkable.” Additive […]
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Manufacturing Innovation for the Common Man – Laser Paint Stripping (Part 2 of 8)
So I’m not what you would call a handy person around the house and I generally pass on home projects unless forced to act. In fact I pretty much epitomize the quote “If a man says he will fix it he will. There is no need to remind him every six months about it.” I […]
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Detecting flaws in FSW can be a tough proposition
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is an advanced welding process that uses a third body (often called the “tool” or “pin”) to generate frictional heat between two parts to create a solid-state bond. Originally developed for thin sheet aluminum, the process has now been adapted for a variety of materials from soft metals (aluminum, copper, magnesium, lead) to […]
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EWI Named Top Ten Company on List of Ohio Innovators
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 […]
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How are Disney World, RPW, and the Auto Industry Connected?
My family and I just took yet another trip to the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando, Florida. We’re really huge fans, and I’m a little embarassed to say it was our 16th trip in the last 6-1/2 years. We are season pass holders, and our kids have essentially grown up in “The World”. On […]
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Get it Right – It’s Movember!
Well folks, Movember is upon us. Some of you call this no-shave November and use it as an excuse to grow a beard or a goatee or something like that. It is officially called Movember and growing a sweet moustache is the proper way to raise awareness and money for men’s health issues. Prostate cancer […]
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Adhesive Joining of Thermoplastics
Got a tough combination of molded components? Normally we weld, but sometimes the two materials are welding incompatible or the welding conditions are too extreme in temperature or time for the size of the part or complexity of the design. In that case, the option is to bond the materials. Bonding thermoplastics is a little tricky […]
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