• The process is completed in a few seconds with very high reproducibility - an essential requirement for a mass production industry. Now, a new variant from the same stable of friction processes, ...

Friction stir dovetailing joins thick plates of aluminum to steel. The new process will be used to make lighter-weight military vehicles that are more agile and fuel efficient. The U.S. military ...

Mazda Motor Corporation claims to have developed the world's first aluminium joining technology using friction heat to be applied in the aluminium body assembly process for cars, saying that energy ...

Innovations in Friction Welding benefit a host of industries. Seeking new ways of improving production, focusing on driving quality for cost effective solutions; David Hoel from American Friction ...

NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding. Friction stir welding uses ...

June 2, 2005 Mazda has developed the world’s first direct spot joining technology to join steel and aluminum. Mazda has applied for more than 20 patents related to this process which was first ...

As chief engineer for all resistance and forge welding activities at the Edison Welding Institute, Jerry Gould has focused on resistance spot welding and coated-sheet steels. He has published more ...

Lockheed Martin has begun its first friction stir weld process on an Orion crew module Ground Test Article at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. This ground test article will serve ...

View of the factory building at Alu Menziken Euromotive GmbH in Ranshofen/Upper Austria. When it comes to welding extrusion press profiles, automotive supplier Alu Menziken relies on the LaserHybrid ...