WeldComputer® adaptive controls are in widespread use by military and commercial jet engine manufacturers. Some of the many aerospace applications include:
- Aluminum spot welding on fighter planes
- Aluminum and titanium spot welding on helicopters
- Spot welding on jet engines
- Cockpit parts in commercial airliners
- Rocket & missile components
- Honeycomb structures on aircrafts and jet engines
- Heat shielding on space shuttle engine
- Precision welding on superplastically formed titanium structures for next-generation aircraft
WeldComputer adaptive controls are used in the most critical military and defense applications for the Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA, National Laboratories, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
- WeldComputer is the only controls company represented on the D17 committee that writes the military specification for the industry.*
- Applications that rely on WeldComputer technology include:
- Antenna array on Patriot Missile
- Other missile system components
- Military jet engines
- Recouperator on engine to M1 tank
- Heat shielding on engine of space shuttle
- Aluminum spot welding on fighter planes
- Several provisions have been written in the most recent release of the D17 (Military) Specification for Aerospace Welding to allow manufacturers to take fuller advantage of adaptive control technology.
- Military approvals for defense contractors using WeldComputer adaptive controls to eliminate destructive testing date back more than 20 years.
- A major aerospace defense manufacturer welding aluminum with a WeldComputer adaptive control demonstrated a reliability exceeding 99.9999 percent.
*For a copy of the latest AWS D17 Standards, Specification for Resistance Welding for Aerospace Applications, contact info@weldcomputer.com
Automotive manufacturers use WeldComputer products to produce a wide variety of components including:
- Gas tanks
- Airbag inflator systems
- Shock absorbers
- Radiators
- Seat belt anchors
- Brakes
- Car batteries
The following are among the specialized medical devices that are made utilizing WeldComputer products:
- Pacemakers
- Implants
- MRI machines
Quality-oriented industrial component manufacturers use WeldComputer products in applications such as:
- Water heaters
- Fuel nozzles on gas ranges
- Firearms
- Steel containers
- Compressors for air conditioners
- Appliances
- Wire mesh
- Metal cabinets
- Shock absorbers
- Prison Chains
WeldComputer products are used in the manufacture of numerous electrical components, like:
- Batteries
- Wire contacts
- Relays
- Semiconductors
- Phased array transceivers