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July 2023
Editorial
(Resistance) Welding is Fundamental
As someone who has sold resistance welding (RW) equipment for more than a decade, I may at first seem a little biased when I say RW is a huge part of our everyday lives, but it plays a bigger role than many realize. It’s easy to think of the RW process as primarily used in cars.
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