PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Welding isn't just for aircraft carriers anymore. The U.S. Navy could be turning to ultrasonic welding to make its uniforms lighter, stronger and cheaper. And if the project by a ...

The last two decades have seen substantial improvements in ultrasonic plastic-welding machines. Bench-top models feature proportional-valve controls, linear encoders, line-voltage regulation, internal ...

A joint project of the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility and a Rhode Island company could see the military branch’s newest uniforms being fabricated by ultrasonic welding, rather than sewing ...

CHICAGO (Aug. 7, 4:40 p.m. EDT) — Stapla Ultrasonics Corp. of Wilmington, Mass., showed at NPE in Chicago a newly patented process for bonding thermoplastic films with thicknesses of less than 0.006 ...

Ultrasonics can effectively join together thin, fragile conductive materials, such as copper, aluminum, nickel, brass, titanium, silver, and even gold, that are essential to advanced battery ...

There are plenty of benefits to be had from ultrasonic welding for medical devices. But there are important things to consider. Ken Fine, Proven Process Medical Devices Ultrasonic welding is well ...

Anaheim, Calif. — Ultrasonic welding could save medical manufacturers on operating costs and improved energy efficiency through its use of short bursts of energy verses heat presses. Romanshorn, ...