EWI Overview

EWI Background

Established in 1984North America’s largest materials joining organization 140 staff – World-class expertiseGlobal support capabilityMembership-based

Client/Member Profile

Serving Over 300 Customers and 3000 Locations WorldwideEWI Manages the US Navy Joining Center (NJC)For a detailed list of EWI’s current members please visit http://www.ewi.org/resources/member_list.asp

Please note that some members are “stealth” and thus not published in the member list

EWI Overview

State-of-the-Art CapabilitiesState-of-the-Art Capabilities

Fully equipped, 132,000 sq. ft. facility

Process capabilities• Resistance• Laser processing• Arc welding, automation• Solid-state• Plastics, adhesives

Supporting technologies• Materials engineering• Computational modeling• NDT• Full-service materials, mechanical testing

Staff• Two-thirds of staff hold advanced degrees• Practical & theoretical experience

Membership ValueMembership Value

Rapid Access to the latest world-wide published articles

Open access to experts for day-to-day technical support

Information Services

Consulting

Visits to EWI Objective design & process reviews

Cooperative Research

Advancing cutting-edge materials processing technologies

Contract Engineering

Services

Confidential, in-depth solutions to specific joining technology challenges

Areas of Interaction

Process Development

System Design

Material Development

Material Selection

Code / Quality Interpretation

Joining Technology Development

NDE Technology Development

Custom FEA/CFD/Modeling

Technology Deployment

Prototype & Preproduction

Decommissioning

EWI Overview

Organization Structure

Matrix Organization

EWI Overview

Aero

Auto

MedM

icro

Heavy

Energy

Aero

Auto

MedM

icro

Heavy

Energy

Restance & Solid State Welding

Arc & Laser Welding

Engineering & NDE

Micro-Joining

Automation

Lab Services

Expertise level: Red=Low, Yellow=Moderate, Green=High

Contracted Engineering Services

Materials Joining R&DFeasibility Studies Procedure DevelopmentPrototypingProduction Optimization Failure AnalysisTraining

Over 500 projects per year … Confidential … Customized … Flexible

3rd Party Assessments/AuditsEWI Conducts Unbiased 3rd Party Fabrication and Technology Audits- Site Assessments- Vendor Audits- Quality System / Procedure Reviews- Return on Investment Calculations- Equipment Recommendations.

Selected Tech

Joining process development methodology

Phase 0

•Design review

• Identify economic drivers

• Performance requirements

•Team buy-in

•Agree to SOW

Phase 1

•Initial feasibility studies

• Process/material down selected

Phase 2

•Statistical based process robustness studies conducted

Phase 3

•(a) P-PAP prototypes

•(b) Equip spec.s developed

Phase 4

•Customer meetings

•Training

Phase 0

Goal setting & project planning

Phase 1

Process feasibility

Phase 2

Process robustness

Phase 3(a)

Advanced development services

Phase 3(b)

Equipment specification

Phase 4

Launch

Project initiated

Examples of process development projects

Intier supplier High strength requirements caused a change in materialsConducted design/process selection review meeting at EWI- Reviewed planned process/design - Two processes identified as leading candidates

EWI project- Process feasibility/comparison- Process optimization/projection design- Equipment specification- Process validation trials- Met with supplier and OEM for process review

Reported savings >$550,000

The Advantage of Early Involvement