Cracks in an industrial pressure tank caused the explosion and fire that killed 17 people and caused $100 million in damage last year at the Union Oil Refinery in Romeoville, says a report issued ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year that ...

The welding code and construction contract for the suspension-span roadway of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge each contain a universal rule: “No cracks.” That rule applies to any new steel ...

Tainted welding wire is one reason for microscopic cracking in the partially completed hull of the nation’s first Seawolf submarine, causing the work to be scrapped at a cost that could exceed $100 ...

A manufacturing issue, not a design flaw, led to a six-inch crack along a weld seam on the hull of Littoral Combat Ship, USS Freedom, during heavy weather trials in February, Navy officials said today ...

SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. (AP) — FirstEnergy Corp. and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission say a crack has been found in the weld of a western Pennsylvania nuclear reactor, but that no radiation leaked from the ...

No cracks: the ceramic welding system in action. (Courtesy: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering) A low-power pulsed laser has been used to weld ceramic materials together in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) – A “weld indication” ...