General Motors just announced a new welding process it already implements in some cars that allows for increased use of the lightweight material, ultimately offering improved fuel economy. Using a ...

The 2016 Cadillac CT6 is the first fruit of General Motors’ labors to perfect the idea of spot welding between aluminum and steel. The process eliminates the need for rivets between the different ...

DETROIT -- General Motors is adding more lightweight aluminum to its vehicles. But unlike Ford Motor Co., GM is not spending hundreds of millions of dollars to retool its assembly plants for the metal ...

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DETROIT, MI-In an effort to improve the fuel efficiency of its vehicles, General Motors Co. plans to use a new aluminum welding technology "more extensively" starting next year. According to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although some engineers have had success in spot welding steel and aluminum together, it has largely been considered impossible to achieve reliable, continuous welds directly between the two ...

Dublin, Feb. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Spot Welding Equipment Market Size, Market Share, Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Growth Trends, Key Players, Competitive Strategies and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Microstructures and failure mechanisms of spot friction welds in aluminum 6111-T4 lap-shear specimens are investigated based on experimental ...

ABSTRACT Friction Stir Spot Welding (FSSW) is a relatively new solid state joining technology that has the potential to be a replacement for single point joining processes like Resistance Spot Welding ...