Friction Welding Process Advantages

• Dissimilar metals can often be easily joined, even some considered incompatible or unweldable.
• The Friction Welding process is at least twice - and up to 100 times - as fast as other welding techniques.
• Friction welders are versatile enough to join a wide range of part shapes, materials and sizes.
• Joint preparation isn't critical... machined, saw cut, and even sheared surfaces are weldable.
• Resulting joints are of forged quality, with a 100% butt joint weld through the contact area.
• Since there is no melting, no solidification defects occur, e.g. gas porosity, segregation or slag inclusions.
• Powder metal components can be welded to other powder metals, forgings, castings or wrought material.
• No consumables required - no flux, filler, or shielding gases required.
• The machine - controlled process eliminates human error, and weld quality is independent of operator skill or attitude.
• It's ecologically clean - no objectionable smoke, fumes, or gases are generated that need to be exhausted.
• No weld spatter and few sparks produced.
• Power requirements are as low as 20% of that required of conventional welding processes.
• No special foundations or power supplies are needed.
• Process parameters easily monitored.
• Friction Welding equipment is easily automated for high production rates.
• Pre-calculable parameters for most materials and geometry. The process can, therefore, be mathematically scaled (i.e. small samples can be used for large parts development).