In-space manufacturing is a big challenge, even with many of the same manufacturing methods being available as on the ground. These methods include rivets, bolts, but also welding, the latter of which ...
No longer confined to vacuum chambers, Plasma Arc Window electron-beam welders could produce high quality welds on large structures such as airplanes and ships. Those considering electron-beam welding ...
A high-power (120kV, 60kW) electron-beam welding system has been developed for the first time in the country, paving the way to the domestic production of a local vacuum** high-power electron-beam ...
In the manufacture of heat exchanger components for aircraft, it was found that using the pulsed TIG method to weld the inlet and return manifolds was giving excessive porosity. Consequently an ...
Steel and Construction Company Introduces the Next-Gen Beam Rotation System that Dramatically Improves Easy Beam Access and Operator Safety KANARRAVILLE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BZI® (bzi.com), ...
Research center Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) is researching ways to make welding thick plates in shipbuilding more reliable. The scientists are developing a multi-laser beam welding process with ...
In-space manufacturing is a big challenge, even with many of the same manufacturing methods being available as on the ground. These methods include rivets, bolts, but also welding, the latter of which ...
Remember the 80’s movie, Flashdance? The female lead, Jennifer Beals, was a welder by day in a Pittsburgh steel mill and for many people that was their first glimpse of what a welder did for a living.
Instead of relying on fasteners to keep structures together in space, astronauts may need to use lasers to weld on the lunar surface. Reading time 3 minutes As space agencies look to establish human ...