Ever wondered how those powerful welding machines that join metal get made? It’s quite a process, really. It starts with just raw metal and ends with a sturdy piece of equipment ready for tough jobs.

Thermoplastic composite (TPC) welding has been a key topic for CW since the March 2006 feature, “Thermoplastic composites gain leading edge on the A380”. That article described GKN Fokker’s (Hoogeveen ...

Components for the aerospace or transportation industry are typical applications for fibre-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composites. These components often require the production of large, complex ...

Several techniques are available for joining thermoplastic composites, including resistance welding and ultrasonic welding. While resistance welding uses Joule heating inside an electrically ...

Welding creates problems for fleet managers because construction equipment does not fall into a neat category. A welder cannot qualify a hard-facing procedure to a structural steel welding code, for ...

Thermoplastic composites welding has the potential to significantly improve the sustainability of commercial aircraft production. Tier 1 airframer Collins Aerospace (Charlotte, N.C., U.S.) claims on ...

WENZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, April 2, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / — Keygree’s ARC-500FS four-station manual welding equipment is designed to address the persistent problems that are common in traditional ...