A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11845142B2) discloses a tool for friction stir welding designed to join panel elements pre-fabricated from a weldable material. The tool comprises a ...

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 ...

• 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, ...

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 ...

NASA is using a massive friction stir welding tool at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to build its first flight structure for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS), after cranking out ...

The world’s first underwater robot to repair ships hulls with friction stir welding has reached a milestone with the finalising of the system’s concept design. The concept design of the RESURGAM ...