Well, GM's new resistance spot-welding process uses a patented multi-ring domed electrode. The new process saves about 2 pounds of rivets in aluminum body parts. Want to see it action? Look no ...

Notice the absence of rivets. For composites, this not only eliminates the ... Though TenCate-Toray does not develop welding technology itself, it does support a variety of industry and customer ...

The method allows GM to avoid riveting steel to aluminum ... Department in 2013 granted GM $1.3 million to develop a new welding technique of aluminum to advanced high-strength steel.

“For a long time, we’ve used fasteners, rivets, or other mechanical means ... we may need in-space welding.” NASA is hoping to use laser beams to potentially assemble large structures ...

It is a pioneer and market leader in self-pierce riveting, a mechanical fastening process for joining two or more sheets of material where welding is difficult, for example aluminum. The ...