Several structural design considerations should be taken into account for economical and efficient welding. Many of these apply to other joining methods, and all apply to both subassemblies and the ...

Welding is often a cost-effective way to fabricate. Welding is often a cost-effective way to fabricate. It does not require overlapping materials, so it eliminates excess weight caused by other ...

The fatigue behaviour of welded joints remains a critical area of study due to its profound implications for the longevity and safety of infrastructure and industrial components. This research area ...

This course provides a basic study and application of commonly utilized welding processes as well as additional topics such as: welding blueprint reading, OSHA 10 hour and welding safety, weld joint ...

Thermoplastic composite (TPC) welding has been a key topic for CW since the March 2006 feature, “Thermoplastic composites gain leading edge on the A380”. That article described GKN Fokker’s (Hoogeveen ...

Welding creates problems for fleet managers because construction equipment does not fall into a neat category. A welder cannot qualify a hard-facing procedure to a structural steel welding code, for ...

There are plenty of benefits to be had from ultrasonic welding for medical devices. But there are important things to consider. Ken Fine, Proven Process Medical Devices Ultrasonic welding is well ...

This pole suffered a failure in the welded seam at an overlapping slip splice. A tubular steel transmission pole generally consists of a series of welded assemblies. The pole shafts and arms are ...