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At the company’s factory in Warsaw, Ind., which sits on the campus of a former printing press, a robotic system will weld together the body and frame rather than use a metal stamper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
"I collect the job no matter how small it is, even if it is one door I will weld it happily to get paid," he says.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
It will weld XO sauce, intensely flavorful from chopped dried scallops and shrimp, to the surface of coiled cheung fun noodles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
And do you just somehow know that before the picture is over the sergeant will weld them into a first-class fighting unit, in the process winning their unswerving loyalty and affection?
From Time Magazine Archive
Steel is stronger than wrought iron, and will weld and harden and temper.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
