EWI Overview

EWI Background Established in 1984 North America’s largest materials joining organization 140 staff – World-class expertise Global support capability Membership-based

Client/Member Profile Serving Over 300 Customers and 3000 Locations Worldwide EWI Manages the US Navy Joining Center (NJC) For a detailed list of EWI’s current members please visit Please note that some members are “stealth” and thus not published in the member list EWI Overview

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

Contracted Engineering Services Materials Joining R&D Feasibility Studies Procedure Development Prototyping Production Optimization Failure Analysis Training Over 500 projects per year … Confidential … Customized … Flexible

3 rd Party Assessments/Audits EWI Conducts Unbiased 3 rd 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 materials Conducted 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

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