• 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, ...

CTC prepares ultra-thick aluminum for friction stir welding as part of its support for Vivace and Starlab in the development ...

Thought LeadersDr. Oleg Panchenko Head of Lightweight Materials and Structures LaboratoryPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University AZoM talks to Dr. Oleg Panchenko about his work with the ...

Friction stir welding joins previously unweldable materials. Friction stir welding, a relatively new process, is having a tremendous impact on welding dissimilar alloys. It was developed in 1991 by ...

Fontaine Commercial Trailer Inc. announced it assembles its Revolution brand all-aluminum platform trailer using StirLITE friction stir welding, just as the aerospace industry uses friction stir ...

Sensors provide real-time, non-contact temperature data during machining and welding, improving accuracy and efficiency. The technology is adaptable for friction stir welding, enabling precise thermal ...

This car door was made stamped out of a blank of aluminum made up of a heavy-gauge piece of aluminum joined to a lighter-gauge sheet. The heavier metal was used on the right side of the door (white ...

Figure 4. Hexaganal CP Ti structure showing angled TSW welds. Photo: NASA USW Prototype system at MSFC. Photo: NASA Figure 3 Completed TSW of .5-in (12-mm) thick CP Titanium. Note the minimal thermal ...

To create the new iMac, Apple’s thinnest desktop yet, the designers used friction-stir welding to join the aluminum body. Unlike arc welding, the more standard way to fuse metal plates, a friction ...

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, promises many benefits in all domains, and rocketry is no different. The European Space Agency's Future Launchers Preparatory Program (FLPP) is investigating the use of ...