Joining processes

The defining factors in the competitive environment are speed, weight, quality and customer-centric solutions. This applies particularly to light metal-processing companies, which compete intensely with one another. Companies that quickly fulfil their customers’ needs and integrate them into their production process have crucial competitive advantages.

Friction stir welding and friction spot welding are key joining processes whose quality and cost-to-performance ratios provide our customers with huge advantages:

• The joints are of outstanding quality and have a higher static and dynamic strength than conventional welded joints.
• The smooth weld seam ensures great surface quality.
• The flawless joints – neither pores nor cracks arise – minimize the number of rejects, reducing reworking costs to a minimum.
• Our sophisticated plant technology, which features modern friction stir welding centres with three and five-axis, ensures the maximum possible design freedom.

We are also a pioneer in terms of environmental compatibility, since neither friction stir welding nor friction spot welding create toxic fumes. In addition, all of the components can be recycled as pure materials because they are welded without the use of additional materials.