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  • FEASABILITY STUDIES & PROTOTYPES

    Friction welding is the ideal solution for many aerospace parts and applications, but is it the right fit for your project? Explore our development process to see how our engineers bring to life and optimize your ideas.
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  • CHOOSING A TECHNOLOGY

    Find out if Rotary, Linear, Friction Stir, Low Force or Plug welding is right for your application.

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  • EXPLORE ASTROSPACE MACHINES

    We’ve mastered the art of building friction welders for astrospace. Which one can we build for you? Click to explore which machine best fits your project’s needs.

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CUSTOMER STORIES

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE

With a cost savings of $1 million and the lead time cut in half, Aerojet Rocketdyne and MTI agreed that refurbishing and upgrading the Vertical Rotary Friction Welding (VRFW) machine originally built in 1981 would be the most cost-efficient and time-saving option to develop a next generation rocket engine for NASA.

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BALL AEROSPACE

When NASA needed help with special sensors on a satellite, MTI stepped in to offer an innovative
joining solution that could withstand the harsh environments of space travel.

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Can your material be forged?

The simple rule of thumb is this: If you can forge it, you can friction-weld it.

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