Friction Stir Welding – An innovative process for challenging materials

Friction stir welding produces fully tight and strong welds. As the material along the welding zone remains ductile, workpieces and components can still be formed and shaped in subsequent process and engineering steps.

The process can be used to join any metals. Low process temperatures produce a quality of welds and joints that no other method can match, in particular for light metals, such as:

• All aluminum alloys
• Non-ferrous metals, like copper and its alloys

• Die casts (zinc, aluminum, magnesium)

• Magnesium alloys

• Compound materials, from aluminum and copper to stainless steels