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 ...

01]Set the flow of pure argon shielding gas to 16 to 18 cubic feet per hour (CFH) for aluminum that's up to 0.500 inch thick. A percentage of helium can be added for thicker aluminum parts to increase ...

As long as the auto industry has existed, various automated and non-automated processes have been developed to bond two or more pieces of metal together through the art of welding. Normally, how a car ...

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 ...

General Motors has developed what it says is an industry-first aluminum welding technology, which allows it to use more aluminum in the construction of its cars rather than heavier conventional ...

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 ...

Just one set of standard copper electrodes produced 50,000 high-quality welds on automotive-grade aluminum sheet. The remarkably long electrode life resulted from polishing the copper electrodes ...

When we saw the headline from General Motors announcing a "breakthrough in welding," we had to bite. We know how you've been waiting for a breakthrough in welding, you're frustrated that welding has ...