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Delphi, the Michigan Research Institute and NASA are to study the use of Delphi's Deformation Resistance Welding in the construction and repair of stationary objects.

, the Michigan Research Institute (MRI) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have entered into a research project to study the use of

's Deformation Resistance Welding (DRW) in the construction and repair of stationary objects.

As part of the project, Delphi will receive a $1.3 million grant to further develop Deformation Resistance Welding (DRW) and test its usefulness for welding different types of metals together in various configurations including tube to sheet and tube to tube.

The test results and process capabilities about the welding technology will be supplied to NASA, which will use the information to understand how DRW could be used to weld different types of metal structures on Earth and in space. Once the testing is complete and a research database developed, NASA could eventually use DRW to weld structures on the moon and Mars, if the in-space power required to accomplish the welds is small.

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