While arc welding has been used for decades to join metal parts on everything from cars to boats to airplanes, the basic technology behind this multi-billion dollar industry has changed little since ...

Ultrasonics can effectively join together thin, fragile conductive materials, such as copper, aluminum, nickel, brass, titanium, silver, and even gold, that are essential to advanced battery ...

Most combined cycle professionals understand that a joint between grade 91 steel and an austenitic stainless steel is considered a dissimilar-metal weld. For that reason, it requires special welding ...

Welding thin sheet metal can be challenging because you need to obtain adequate fusion while preventing distortion and burnthrough. The key skill is to control the heat across the sheet metal to ...

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Medical device tubing is ubiquitous. Available in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, it is commonly made from such materials as thermoplastics and silicone and manufactured using extrusion ...

The Australian Navy is researching cold spray, a form of additive manufacturing, to repair submarines. The tech blasts surfaces with tiny bits of metal at high speed, binding it to a surface. The ...