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Navy tests out new way of making clothes: welding

By Jennifer McDermott
Published October 8, 2014 11:22am ET
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Navy tests out new way of making clothes: welding
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Welding isn’t just for aircraft carriers anymore. The U.S. Navy could be turning to ultrasonic welding to make its uniforms lighter, stronger and cheaper. And if the project by a Rhode Island company and the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility is a success, it could help bring manufacturing back from […]

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Welding isn’t just for aircraft carriers anymore.

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