11/06/2018 Highlights from FAST Live FAST Live is the only dedicated fastening, bonding and assembly exhibition for design engineers, production professionals, manufacturers and buyers and has become the best place to see and discuss ...
01/02/2018 A Dutch startup planned to 3D print a stainless-steel bridge over a canal, but not all has gone to plan Building bridges has been a preoccupation of mankind for centuries. Over the years, designs have been as varied as the materials used to build them and while you may think engineers have got it all ... 2 comments
10/06/2015 An ideal weld As the oil and gas sector moves to deeper waters and the tolerance of welds get ever tighter, alleviating problems during installation and operation is more important than ever. Justin Cunningham ...
10/06/2015 Welding lighter materials Welding is as old as manufacturing itself and had become the method of choice for joining metallic components until the environmental lobby required the increased use of lighter materials. Paul Gay ...
10/04/2014 Pipe welding problems solved? Global expenditure on pipeline construction and servicing is expected to reach $216billion over the next five years, with over 270,000km of extra pipeline expected to be installed. However, one of ...
13/02/2014 Infrared welding system offers high welding seam strength For some years now, infrared welding has been gaining significance as compared with hot gas welding and established processes such as hot plate welding and vibration welding. Now, a leading provider ...
14/11/2013 Adhesive bonded studs Vs. traditional welded studs Sheet metal is one of the fundamental material forms used in metalworking. It can be easily cut and bent into various shapes with countless everyday objects relying on the process for manufacture.
14/02/2013 Train carriages benefit from multi-head friction stir welding Improved integrity, overall weight and cost savings are now being routinely achieved by using multiple head friction stir welding (FSW) in the manufacture of aluminium alloy railway carriage bodies.
15/11/2010 The sticking point Eureka's Joining & Fastening Round Table event concluded that much greater knowledge and consideration of joining techniques is needed.
13/07/2010 Safety first Tom Shelley reports on some of the cutting edge developments in the oil and gas sector.
13/07/2010 Welding techniques boost aerospace British-developed technologies allow the fabrication of more advanced rocket fuel tanks and nozzles as well as ground based products.
09/02/2010 Process modelling improves aero engine design Rolls-Royce uses modelling of aero engine disc manufacturing processes to enhance the understanding of process, material and component design interactions. Justin Cunningham reports.
05/01/2010 A clear future for plastic bonding A fast way of joining plastics and synthetic fabrics, especially those that are transparent 1 comment
08/06/2009 Joining high strength steels Progress in arc welding and brazing high strength steels. Tom Shelley reports
13/07/2008 Brazing joint boosts titanium enclosures A new type of brazing joint will help designers to improve the thermal properties of hermetic titanium enclosures
19/06/2008 Joined together Delegates at the Joining Technologies Design Day learnt about lots of new techniques in joining – and the best way to pull their fingers apart after a superglue accident. Lou Reade reports
06/05/2008 Explosive thinking Aluminium can be welded to steel for ships and offshore structures by incorporating explosively bonded transition joints
10/04/2008 Joining in Advances in bonding, welding, joining and fastening will be explained in greater depth at Eureka’s ‘Joining Technologies’ Design Day next month
09/02/2008 Time for a little bonding Two techniques developed at Fraunhofer Institutes could lead to stronger glasses that are made more quickly and cheaply. Lou Reade reports
24/09/2007 Close bonds in the new stone age Tom Shelley reports on leading edge developments in joining ceramics
12/06/2007 It’s bond – ultra-thin bond Ultra-thin materials can now be joined without using glue or welding filler wire, as Julie Bieles reports
14/05/2007 Join together Tom Shelley reports on a technique similar to adhesive bonding that will join dissimilar materials to one another
15/06/2004 Fingers align tubes for perfect joining Perfect welding of tubular components requires lining them up and keeping them lined up during the process
13/09/2002 Forward with fastening Tom Shelley reports from market leaders on the rosy future for fastening and joining
01/05/2000 Difficult materials joined in fast bondage Novel ways of quickly and inexpensively bonding substances that are normally hard to join
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