Plastics & Metal Welding Assembly

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Automotive manufacturers are using the technology to inspect battery compartments and other safety-critical assemblies.

Engineers at the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) recently developed a new joining and additive manufacturing process that enables adhesive-free joining of metal and wood components.

Two of the newest soldering tools will be on display at this year’s ASSEMBLY Show.

XIAOLAN, China—Comau has designed and deployed a flexible body-in-white (BIW) manufacturing line for JMC Ford’s assembly plant here, which produces high-end pickup trucks. 

The new WeldMAX Model MH-15100 from Sonobond is the industry’s largest, most powerful, and most rugged ultrasonic spot welder.

Ultrasonic welding joins copper sleeves to aluminum bus bars to facilitate assembly with threaded fasteners.

New technology shows promise for joining dissimilar materials without fasteners or adhesive and without damaging either part.

A collaborative robot boosts capacity at a small manufacturer of metal brackets.

Engineers have many options for welding plastic parts, including ultrasonic, vibration, laser and hot-plate welding. Two of the newest machines for joining plastic parts will be on display at The ASSEMBLY Show this fall.

Ultrasonic welding creates solid-state metallurgical bonds with high conductivity.