Can you turn one of the most frustrating parts of any automotive restoration into one of the most fun? Removing the spot welds prior to replacing rusted out panels is usually not fun. What it is, ...

It’s no secret that Honda builds some of the safest vehicles on the road today. Their products consistently perform well in both NHTSA and IIHS crash tests. A lot of work goes into earning these ...

Spot welding should easier than it looks. After all, it’s just a lot of current in a short time through a small space. But it’s the control that can make the difference between consistently ...

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Ningbo Bai Le Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. recently submitted a patent for a "Spot Welding Device for Automotive Shock Absorber Dust Covers," with the publication number CN120755473A, and the ...

Subaru is issuing a recall for precisely 2,107 Outback wagons and Legacy sedans from the 2019 model year over spot welds on “the duct below the cowl panel” that may not have been applied properly ...

Lexus is embroiled in a recall of 4,215 vehicles as a result of bad welds. While that’s trouble enough, the welds were potentially missed at the front shock mounting points, potentially making them ...

[Julian] needed to weld a bit of nickel to some steel and decided to use a spot welding technique. Of course he didn’t have a spot welder sitting around. Since these are fairly simple machines so ...

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 6, No. 2 (April 2013), pp. 279-285 (7 pages) ABSTRACT Failure modes and fatigue behaviors of ultrasonic spot welds in lap-shear specimens ...

This paper examines the effects of failure modes on the static strength and total energy absorption of aluminum spot-welded samples using experimental, statistical, and analytical approaches. The main ...