For companies, incorporating aluminum wherever possible offers several advantages: Weight reduction - Aluminum is about ...

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Welding. There’s something almost supernatural about being able to melt metal and use it to glue other pieces of metal together. It’s an experience you must have if you’ve never done it before.

As manufacturers, particularly in the automobile industry, continue to work toward incorporating lighter metals like aluminum with heavier steel, the ongoing problem has been how to successfully weld ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran February 18, 2013 Comment Now! Acura engineers have come up with a new welding technique that allows them to join ordinary steel components with lightweight aluminum pieces in a ...

If you want to weld aluminum, you might think skill-intensive TIG welding is the only way. However, if you already own a MIG welder, an add-on spool gun is a viable option. Retailing for $276, Miller ...

Although some engineers have had success in spot welding steel and aluminum together, it has largely been considered impossible to achieve reliable, continuous welds directly between the two ...

Warren — General Motors Co. believes it is the first automaker to weld steel to aluminum through resistance spot welding, a technique it spent some two years developing and expects will save weight ...