PRINCETON, WV—Three people were injured at the Conn-Weld assembly plant here when a machine caught fire and exploded during an attempt to put the fire out.

Farm tractors haven’t changed much since diesel engines started replacing steam power 100 years ago.

KWD Automobiltechnik GmbH manufactures side panels and assemblies for various car manufacturers at its Wolfsburg, Germany, plant.

A new technology could reduce, or even eliminate, the need for destructive and nondestructive testing of robotically welded joints.

Only Sonobond Ultrasonics’ units splice 100 mm2 wire bundles, and weld tinned or oxidized wires and sheet metal, creating solid-state metallurgical bonds with high conductivity, in just one pulse.