Issue 1 (2016)
Issue Highlights:
Welding the unweldable: TWI friction stir welds ODS steel
TWI, Cambridge/UK, has successfully joined a type of steel alloy considered unweldable using conventional fusion methods. As part of its core research programme into the friction stir welding of steel, TWI has welde...
Lighter with laser welding
For a definitive breakthrough of lightweight materials in the automotive industry, new processes for manufacturing, testing and measuring are necessary. For this, steelaluminium hybrid welds are of great interest, s...
Experience with regard to the welding of nickel alloys in pressure vessel construction - Tips from practice
Ever trickier substances are being processed in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. Thus, increasingly stringent requirements are also being imposed on the utilised materials and their proc...
