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Article: Welding method ignites thinking in Europe.
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- Tooling & Production
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
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It's not just a matter of passing the torch.
Nonvacuum EBW (electron beam welding) is no stranger to US and European manufacturers. In the early 1960s, efforts to use this technology was aimed at accomplishing high volume production of welding tubing at very high speeds. Since its inception, nonvacuum EBW has been used to weld a broad variety of automotive style production components, such as catalytic converters, steering column jackets, and numerous types of powertrain parts in the US and Europe. Recently, Audi adopted a non-vacuum electron beam welding program.
Nonvacuum EBW is performed directly in atmosphere. Although the process eliminates the need to ...