The NESC developed several innovative tools and techniques during an assessment to find the root cause of poor tensile ...

A fabricator that needs to weld thick plate in as few passes as possible often will turn to submerged arc welding (SAW), a legacy process that has dominated heavy fabrication for decades. Variations ...

A Combination of Techniques Leads to Improved Friction Stir Welding The NESC developed several innovative tools and ...

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 ...

Offers specifications for the practical use of each weld toe method, including equipment, weld preparation and operation Provides guidance on inspection, quality control and training, as well as ...

Whether you are a qualified engineer or a manufacturer, you most likely use welding on a regular basis when carrying out metalwork. Just to clarify, welding is a heating process that uses an electric ...

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 ...

Photo Credit: DLR CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 The DLR Center for Lightweight Production Technology (ZLP, Augsburg, Germany) is advancing automated processes for fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites in ...