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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aluminum MIG welding—also known as gas metal arc welding (GMAW)—is gaining traction across industries, and for good reason. As companies look for ways to reduce weight, improve corrosion resistance, ...

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 ...

For some materials and material combinations the use of fusion welding is not practicable. Intermetallics may be formed at the joint interface or cracking may occur at or near the interface, which ...

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 ...

Since it is difficult to weld aluminium and copper with other methods, this process is a perfect method of combining aluminium and copper.. Welding, as implied by the name, usually involves the ...