Even though 3D printers can fabricate complex shapes that would be nearly impossible to mill, they are not well suited to designs requiring bridging or with large empty spaces. To overcome this, ...

Friction welding as a way to reduce costs is a viable option for design engineering and new product development. Cost versus performance criteria—abrasion or corrosion resistance, mechanical strength ...

• The process is completed in a few seconds with very high reproducibility - an essential requirement for a mass production industry. Now, a new variant from the same stable of friction processes, ...

Friction welding uses frictional heat to forge parts together without melting them. Engineers can use friction welding to join dissimilar materials and tailor a design’s material properties.

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Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Waukesha-based American Friction Welding, a bi-metal friction ...

What it's used for: Joining pieces of spacecraft with friction instead of blowtorches. Thread is a mesh networking protocol that connects low-power smart home gadgets, and it’s one of Matter’s ...

AFW installs a new Thompson rotary friction welding machine, providing manufacturing capacity, redundancy, and scheduling flexibility. WAUKESHA, WI, US, November 15 ...

A NEW management team has taken the helm at Black Country friction welding firm Thompson following a reorganisation of the business. The company, which has reorganised following the split off of the ...

Printing metal as easily as it is to print with thermoplastics has been a dream for a very long time, with options for hobbyists being very scarce. This is something which [Rotoforge] seeks to change, ...