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Friction stir welding. (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- FSW (Welding)
See also:
- Broader heading: Welding
Work cat.: Crawford, R. A Mechanistic study of the friction stir welding process, c2006 (Friction stir welding (FSW) was invented and patented by W.M. Thomas et al. of the Welding Institute in Cambridge, UK)
Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 3, 2007 (Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is an exotic solid-state joining process (meaning the metal is not melted during the process). This process is primarily used on aluminum, and most often on large pieces. It was invented and experimentally proven by Wayne Thomas and a team of his colleagues at the The Welding Institute UK in December 1991)