Frictional heat creates perfect joints

What can be joined:

• Friction stir welding can join workpieces at butt joints, lap joints or right angles (T-joints) and also enable a wide variety of joining combinations.
• The process can also firmly bond multi-material joints and different materials with one another. Examples include Al-Mg joints, Al-Cu joints and Al-steel joints.
• We weld, among other things, materials produced by means of different production processes, such as cast and sheet metals, as well as different sheet thicknesses, as is the case with tailored blanks.
• Curved and three-dimensional seams can be joined by RIFTEC using appropriate plant technology.
• High welding speeds can be achieved above all with thin sheet metals.

The quality you can expect:

• Friction stir welded joints display even, regular surfaces.
• They stand out by virtue of their comparatively low distortion and high fatigue strength. This applies to deformation and to fracture-mechanical influences. And the seam area still can be formed with outstanding results.

Selected examples from our everyday practice