Welding, Assembly & Cleaning Blog

Tips for Effective Ultrasonic Plastic Welding

Jim Cahill — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:33:00 GMT

…an industrial technique whereby high-frequency ultrasonic
acoustic vibrations are locally applied to workpieces being held together under pressure to create a solid-state weld. It is commonly used for plastics, and especially for...

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Plastic Parts Assembly—Adhesives or Welding?

Jim Cahill — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:35:13 GMT

From sleek, curvy headlights on fancy automobiles to built-for-purpose designs such as earbuds, medical devices and consumer packaging, plastics are part of our daily lives. Adhesives have typically been used in assembling these plastic parts into their...(read more)

Advantages of Ultrasonic Welding for Packaging Applications

Jim Cahill — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:34:54 GMT

Today on the final day of PACK EXPO 2017, Emerson’s Mike Mediana presented on the topic, Migrating from Traditional Package Sealing Technologies to Ultrasonics in Flexible Packaging Applications . Mike’s presentation focused on how consumer preference...(read more)