Note to readers: I published a letter from Ray Guilbert regarding skip welding patch panels into place back in the July 2007 "Professor Hammer" column. This has generated more mail than any column in ...

After botching many welding jobs, I have established baselines for any weld I now attempt: 1. Clamp the pieces, then add more clamps. Professional welders can strategically spot weld pieces they are ...

Industrial fabrication is experiencing a transformation driven by the convergence of rising production complexity, stricter quality standards, and increasing global demand for precision components.

The SIDEFFECT project aims to develop and evaluate dynamic induction welding for thermoplastic fuselage in a low cost and high speed context. The final demonstrator integrates the geometric ...

Completion of the 8-meter-long thermoplastic composite (TPC) fuselage section comprised continuous ultrasonic welding of the MFFD’s right-hand (RH) longitudinal fuselage joint (left) and resistance ...

BETTENDORF, Iowa -- If you can picture something being made of metal, the welders at Local 91 Sheet Metal Workers Union can probably build it. Apprentices could be seen working on a massive steel tank ...