From the buildings people visit, to the homes they live in, to the roads they travel, the structural steel plate is a multipurpose construction material that provides fabrication versatility and ...

Structural steel is a standard construction material that is made from specific grades of steel and formed in a range of industry standard cross-sectional shapes. Structural steel grades are formed ...

Fasteners always will have a place in manufacturing assembly, but one of the Holy Grails of composites manufacturing is adhesive joinery that eliminates mechanical fasteners. Relieved of fastener ...

As they do in automotive, marine and other industrial markets (see “Part I,” via Learn More located under "Editor's Picks" on the top right), structural adhesives play an important part in aerospace ...

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...

Volkswagen has begun certifying prototype 3D-printed structural components, with the aim of producing 100,000 parts annually by 2025. VW is teaming with Siemens and HP to industrialize 3D printing of ...

High-volume cutting of aluminium structural parts is of major importance in the aerospace industry. Frame elements or wing parts are generally milled from solid materials, and often more than 90% of ...

Building construction is the anatomy and physiology of the structural fireground. Just as the human body must resist the assault of gravity and time, so must a building resist the assault of gravity ...