ABSTRACT
The demonstration projects selected were explosive metalworking, packaging, the surface quality of deep-drawing steels, and weathering steels. The program was approved, and work started on the Explosive Metalworking project in July 1974. In explosion welding, or cladding, two metal surfaces, driven together by explosive forces, weld together as a result of their high-velocity collison. The director of Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologica (IPT), Dr. Alberto Pereira DeCastro, began formulating plans in 1969 to develop methods by which IPT could better assist Brazilian industrial growth. Personnel from the Denver Research Institute visited IPT in January 1974 to discuss a formal linkage with IPT and to prepare a proposal under the Program of Science and Technology for Development objectives. The implementation of the program was divided into: original market survey; training of IPT personnel; facility development; production of the clads; and related production.
