Engineers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are developing a self-fixturing process that would enable ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 9, No. 3 (August 2016), pp. 756-763 (8 pages) ABSTRACT A concept of combining friction stir spot welding (FSSW) and clinching, denoted as ...

Unlike previous stir welding techniques, this process works on thick sheets of metal. The U.S. military annually spends several billion dollars on fuel, an expense that could be reduced by lowering ...

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 welding techniques expand the designer’s toolkit by creating strong bonds between dissimilar metals in a shorter time and with a smaller heat-affected zone Friction welding was first patented ...

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 ...

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced that its aluminum lithium plate is featured in NASA’s friction-stir welded, spun-form dome that makes its debut today at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.