Composite metal foams (CMFs) are intriguing materials, offering several big advantages over traditional solid metal. And while the welding of CMFs usually poses some challenges, it has now been been ...

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 ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have now identified a welding technique that can be used to join composite metal foam (CMF) components together without impairing the properties that ...

There isn't one welding process suitable for all applications, so you need to consider these factors: the type and thickness of the metal you're welding, how big the job is, whether you're welding ...

Humans have been welding at least since the advent of the first horseshoes and wagon wheels. Back then, the village blacksmith didn't have screw threads or Cherry rivets, electricity or gas. For those ...

Mechanical aptitude and the ability to visualize a finished product are just a couple of qualities needed to succeed as a welder, and ultimately, as a custom metal fabricator. Ryan Triatik, employed ...

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 ...

The welding of dissimilar metal joints in new and retrofit power plant boiler tubing has long proved challenging. New plants designed to operate at higher temperatures and pressures require advanced ...

Lyndon Institute’s Welding Metal Fabrication I & II classes recently visited the welding program at White Mountains Community ...