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“Unless they have worked
closely with the welding process,
the customer may not be aware
of some of the small changes they
can make to improve the pro-
cess,” says Lathrop, “For exam-
ple, if the customer manufactures
their part to the top end of the
tolerance, this then enables the
part to tolerate the weld
shrinkage and distortion created.”
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