Company At A Glane
Business Type
Metal Fabrication Shop
SR&ED Category
Experimental Development
Team Size
12
Scope
Welding, Material Behavior, Jig Design
Province
Ontario
The Challenge
The team encountered unpredictable failures when welding dissimilar metals. Standard techniques and published methods did not achieve consistent performance, forcing the engineers to investigate material behavior, stress profiles, and tooling adjustments beyond routine practice.
What We Doucumented
01
Uncertainty
Uncertainty
Material deformation exceeded predicted thresholds; no known method could guarantee stability under heat.
02
Iterations
Iterations
Material deformation exceeded predicted thresholds; no known method could guarantee stability under heat.
03
Knowledge Gained
Knowledge Gained
Material deformation exceeded predicted thresholds; no known method could guarantee stability under heat.
Results
Why This Qualified
- Required experimentation beyond known engineering methods
- Standard practice could not predict the outcome
- Multiple systematic tests were necessary to resolve unknowns
- New knowledge about material behavior was gained
