Fusing together steel components by applying heat to their melting point, welding processes were introduced into the Wear's shipbuilding industry during the 1930s. Did you know with a Digital ...

Dissimilar metal welding of titanium and aluminum alloys presents a multifaceted challenge owing to the inherent differences in their thermophysical properties and chemical affinities. The joining of ...

You may not have consciously thought about it, but the way we build cars is very different from the way we build airplanes. Your sedan or SUV has a smooth, unibody exterior because its individual ...

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Two things are missing in the factory that makes the body of the new 2015 F-150 out of aluminum: sparks and noise. They have been the hallmark of vehicle assembly for a century, ...

Out of Charleston, S.C., and then triumphantly back in again, steamed a new and empty steel cargo ship, the Carolinian. Only the closest look by a ship-wise observer would have seen why she was ...

Ford invested %24359 million to gut and redo the body shop at Dearborn Truck "The first day employees were ecstatic%2C" said Ron Ketelhut%2C chief engineer. "It was quiet." Two things are missing in ...

Ford Motor Co. and General Motors are now building cars the same way kids make their plastic model counterparts: They are gluing them together. The automakers aren’t cutting corners to reduce costs.