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What Is Friction Stir Welding? American Hydroformers
The welding technique, friction stir welding, was developed almost 30 years ago in 1991. Although it was invented many years ago, it has seen a high rise in demand over the past few years. One of the …
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Friction Stir Welding: What is it and How Does it Work?
Lauded as the most significant innovation in metal joining in the last decade, Friction Stir Welding (FSW) introduces a solid-state joining process that is environmentally friendly, versatile, and ene …
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Why You Can Trust Us with Your High-Temperature Metal Gas Forming
Here at American Hydroformers, we pride ourselves in keeping current with industry trends. That is just one of the many reasons why people to trust us with their high-temperature metal gas forming nee …
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Where Would We Be Without High-Temperature Metal Gas Forming?
Although your average American probably has not heard of high metal gas forming, that does not mean they have not taken advantage of products made possible (or made better) through it. Those of us in …
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The Automotive Industry and High-Temperature Metal Gas Forming
Although the process of high-temperature metal gas forming may not be common knowledge, most people benefit from this process on a daily basis. They just don’t know that they do.
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Higher Value Increases Use of Aluminum in Vehicles
In 2015, Ford’s F-150 was the first high-volume vehicle produced with an aluminum frame, reducing the F-150’s weight by 700 pounds. Since then, the need for strong, lightweight material is driving a s …
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A New Way of Doing: High-Temperature Metal Gas Forming
The birth of hydroforming has brought with it many advantages. When compared to mainstream production techniques, hydroforming has proved itself to be effective, quick, reliable and capable of outperf …
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American Hydroformers Employs Faro Edge Scan Arm HD
At American Hydroformers we recently obtained and implemented a new Faro Edge Scan Arm HD that enables enhanced product development, inspection, and quality control. As a 3D scanning and probing devic ...
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How Tube Hydroforming Can Help Cafe Standards?
CAFE Standards: The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (CAFE) standard enacted in 2014 imposes fuel efficiency and green house gas emission standards on the manufacturers of cars and medium a ...
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Though Struggles Exist, Hydroforming and Metal Stamping Thrive
U.S. manufacturing in the new tech age has brought with it many advances for those involved in the industries of metal stamping and hydroforming. However, at the same time, it has cont ...