Friction stir welding (FSW) is not necessarily a new welding process, but the implementation of it was slowed significantly ...

Humans have been welding at least since the advent of the first horseshoes and wagon wheels. Back then, the village blacksmith didn't have screw threads or Cherry rivets, electricity or gas. For those ...

A strong weld does not begin when the arc starts or the laser beam hits the joint. It begins earlier, when the metal su ...