| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Driver side airbag inflator - cross-section |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Passenger side airbag |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Steel, Low Carbon to Steel, Low Carbon |
| Application: |
| Hybrid passenger side airbag inflator |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Application: |
| Driver and passenger side airbag inflators |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Application: |
| Side-impact airbag inflators |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Figure 1 of 2
Passenger side airbag inflator and cross-section |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Figure 2 of 2
Passenger side airbag inflator and cross-section |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Figure 1 of 2
Wheel rim |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Figure 2 of 2
Wheel rim cross-section |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Steel, Low Carbon to Steel, Medium Carbon |
| Application: |
| Forgings can be welded to barstock, tubes, plates and the like, as shown with these drive shafts |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Experimental aluminum suspension link |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Aluminum Alloy to Aluminum Alloy |
| Application: |
| Experimental chassis component |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Steel, Low Carbon to Steel, Low Carbon |
| Application: |
| Retainer-differential bearing blank cross-section (left). Bearing housing retainer for transaxle (right). |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Application: |
| Transmission part |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Nickel-Based Heat Resistant to Steel, Medium Carbon Alloy |
| Application: |
| Hollow engine valves for lightweight and liquid-cooled applications |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Steel, Medium Carbon to Steel, Medium Carbon |
| Application: |
| Flanged axle |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Steel, Medium Carbon to Steel, Medium Carbon |
| Application: |
| Experimental hollow automotive rear axle. Tubing welded to hub forging and spline blank. Replacessolid forging for weight reduction. |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Materials: |
| Nickel-Based Heat Resistant to Steel, Medium Carbon Alloy |
| Application: |
| Bi-metallic engine exhaust valves showing head and stem components, as-welded valve and welded valve with flash removed by shearing. |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Application: |
| Automatic transmission output shaft. Stamped steel flange welded to barstock. |
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| Technology: |
| Rotary: Inertia or Direct Drive Friction Welding |
| Application: |
| Fan shaft bracket assembly. Barstock welded to plate replaces machined forging. |
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