LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio research analysts predict the global friction welding machine market to grow at a CAGR of around 5% during the period 2018-2022, according to their latest report.

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.

Moog Inc., East Aurora, N.Y., and Thompson Friction Welding, Clinton Township, Mich., recently teamed up to develop the world’s largest linear friction welding machine. The new machine is capable of ...

Thompson Friction Welding'sE100 extends the use of linear friction welding through its ability to weld anarea nearly twice as large as previously achieved (a surface area of 10,000 mm 2).It also uses ...

How do you measure tight-tolerance parts on a plate gage without stumbling into subtle errors? George Schuetz explains his process.

Duke University materials scientists have developed a computer model of how a "quasicrystal" metallic alloy interacts with a gas at various temperatures and pressures. Their advance could contribute ...

SOUTH BEND — It's 20 feet tall, weighs about 400,000 pounds and is now moving down the highway from South Bend to Connecticut — it's the world's largest friction welding machine. The gargantuan piece ...