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Article: FILLER WIRE IS FOR WIMPS.(Welding)
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- Fabricating & Metalworking
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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FILLER WIRE IS FOR WIMPS
By Mike Blakely, Hirotec America
MAGNETIC PULSE WELDING IS BECOMING A TECHNOLOGY OF CHOICE, AND THIS EXAMINATION OF BASIC APPLICATIONS EXPLAINS WHY.
Magnetic pulse welding (MPW) is often viewed as a developing technology, but a growing group of experts know it as an efficient and reliable welding method filled with real-world advantages like reduction in overall cost, lowered cycle time, increases in first-time quality and elimination of heat-induced base-metal changes.
For example, we are currently investigating doors made from steel, aluminum and magnesium sheet welded with MPW into one cohesive structure ...