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Assembly and Joining - Page 16
- From The Additive Report
Wire-arc additive manufacturing can be used to build very large parts to near-net shape
- By Sue Roberts
- Apr 17, 2020
- Article
Collaborators Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions and Oak Ridge National Laboratories provide an overview of large-scale wire-arc additive manufacturing.
- From The Additive Report
Canadian makers 3D-print PPE in response to COVID-19
- By Kip Hanson
- Apr 16, 2020
- Article
An Ontario supplier of educational products mobilizes makers to 3D-print ‘tens of thousands’ of face shields for health-care workers.
- From The Additive Report
Continuous fiber 3D printing takes AM in new directions
- By Kip Hanson
- Apr 7, 2020
- Article
Continuous fiber materials counter a drawback of AM: anisotropy, or the tendency of an object to exhibit different mechanical properties along different axes.
- From The Welder
Destaco 84A40-1/84A50-1 power clamps save space
- Apr 3, 2020
- Product Release
Destaco has introduced its model 84A40-1/84A50-1 power clamps. Despite their very compact double-arm design, these pneumatically powered clamps produce high force and tolerance compensation for firmly holding sheet metal together during various critical assembly applications, such as welding. The...
- From The Welder
PTG Powerstir dual-weld-head friction stir welding machines produce matched weld seams
- Mar 27, 2020
- Product Release
Precision Technologies Group (PTG) has introduced a number of Powerstir dual-weld-head friction stir welding machines for use in the volume production of automotive battery tray floor assemblies from extruded aluminum panels. The machines provide an even, stable welding process through matched...
- From The Fabricator
Navien to open manufacturing plant in Virginia
- Mar 12, 2020
- News Release
Boiler and water heater manufacturer Navien has announced it will open a $77 million manufacturing and assembly facility, its first in the U.S., near Williamsburg, Va.
The project is expected to create 180 jobs.
- From The Welder
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology earns 2020-2021 Military Friendly School designation
- Mar 6, 2020
- News Release
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has earned the 2020-2021 Military Friendly School designation, as determined by Viqtory, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business that connects the military community to civilian employment, educational, and entrepreneurial opportunities...
- From The Fabricator
Advances in riveting and mechanical fastening
- By Bryan Wright
- Mar 5, 2020
- Article
Riveting might be old, but it’s not unchanging. The same could be said for other permanent mechanical fastening processes like staking, flaring, and hot upset forming.
- From The Welder
AWS establishes Certified Resistance Welding Technician credential
- Feb 28, 2020
- News Release
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, Fla., has launched its newest certification, the Certified Resistance Welding Technician (CRWT). Co-developed by AWS and the Resistance Welding Manufacturing Alliance, the CRWT provides a benchmark to evaluate resistance welding personnel and separates the...
- From The Fabricator
Superior Joining Technologies adds 5-axis machining capabilities
- Feb 25, 2020
- News Release
Machesney Park, Ill.-based Superior Joining Technologies Inc. has announced the recent asset purchase of Azimuth CNC. SJTI has acquired precision CNC machining equipment and highly trained staff, allowing it to enter the machining sector of the aerospace manufacturing industry by supplying complex...
- From The Additive Report
Miniaturization boosts demand for small 3D-printed parts
- By William Leventon
- Feb 24, 2020
- Article
3D printing of small parts is on the upswing for the same reasons more larger parts are being additively manufactured: to save on design time and tooling costs.
- From The Fabricator
Perfecting a projection weld in ultrahigh-strength steel
- By Sean Hubberstey
- Feb 23, 2020
- Article
With controlled pulse resistance welding, manufacturers have a new alternative for projection-welding ultrahigh-strength steels.
- From The Additive Report
Hardfacing: a new take on a very old technique
- By Kip Hanson
- Feb 18, 2020
- Blog Post
The hardfacing process, invented by the Stoody brothers 100 years ago, has morphed into a hybrid process.
- From The Fabricator
"Arc of Dreams" metal sculpture mimics nature along Big Sioux River
- By Sue Roberts
- Feb 15, 2020
- Article
Dale Lamphere, the artist behind the Dignity of Earth & Sky sculpture, helps make the dream of a stainless steel sculpture over the Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls, S.D., come true.
- From The Additive Report
The ‘symbiotic’ relationship between additive and subtractive manufacturing
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 6, 2020
- Article
MakerBot product manager Shawn Miely discusses the new Method X 3D printer and explains to Additive Report Editor Don Nelson how additive complements conventional manufacturing.
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