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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 ...

If you want to weld aluminum, you might think skill-intensive TIG welding is the only way. However, if you already own a MIG welder, an add-on spool gun is a viable option. Retailing for $276, Miller ...

TIG welding isn't rocket science, it's actually closer to metallurgy. We get it. Most hobbyists are at the limit of their comfort zone with MIG welding, and mostly in non-critical areas at that. Our ...

Warren — General Motors Co. believes it is the first automaker to weld steel to aluminum through resistance spot welding, a technique it spent some two years developing and expects will save weight ...

An aluminum alloy developed in the 1940s has long held promise for use in automobile manufacturing, except for one key obstacle. Although it's nearly as strong as steel and just one-third the weight, ...

Lincoln Electric introduced the AlumaFab aluminum MIG welding system, a purpose-built solution designed to simplify and optimize high-volume aluminum welding. Developed through a partnership with MK ...

Since it is difficult to weld aluminum and copper with other methods, this process is a perfect method of combining aluminum and copper.. Welding, as implied by the name, usually involves the joining ...

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