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    Leading the Way with Industry 4.0 in Friction Welding
    Industry 4.0 has taken the manufacturing sector by storm, and at MTI, we've been listening to our customers while innovating the first Industry 4.0 product in the world of friction welding: the MTInterface™ system.

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    Whiteboard Wednesday: Test Your Knowledge of Our Joining Applications
    This episode of Whiteboard Wednesday is a bit different - join us this week to test your knowledge of MTI's joining applications!

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    FWT Direct Drive Friction Welders, An MTI Group Company
    FWT Direct Drive Friction Welding machines are CE compliant and ISO certified, built to the strict quality standards of all MTI machines. FWT provides a robust and proven solution to various industries across multiple applications.

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    Restore Efficiency: Rebuild Critical Spare Parts
    Spare parts are the heart of your friction welding machine. Don't wait to replace, because unexpected machine downtime can lead to a catastrophic shift in your production.

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    Whiteboard Wednesday: Rotary VS Linear VS Low Force
    This episode of Whiteboard Wednesday explains the key differences between Rotary Direct Drive, Linear, and Low Force Friction Welding. See how MTI took the Direct Drive process and applied it to other friction welding forms.

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    Whiteboard Wednesday: Rotary Friction Welding Processes - Direct Drive, Inertia & Hybrid
    This episode of Whiteboard Wednesday explains the key differences between the three Rotary friction welding processes - Direct Drive, Inertia, and Hybrid - and how all Rotary processes evolved from Direct Drive.

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    Friction Welding for Tap and Cutting Tools
    Cutting and tap tools are a high-volume, widely used application among various industries. In this blog, we discuss how friction welding and MTI provide a turn-key solution.

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    Case Study: Low Force Friction Welding for Automotive
    Seeking a joining process that would produce a smaller flash formation, one automotive company worked with MTI to find a new process for their tubular applications.

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    MTI UK's Subcontract and Machine Build Capabilities
    MTI's European location in Kingswinford, UK offers Subcontract welding, Machine Build, and world-wide support coverage! Included are value-added pre and post-weld services such as material sourcing, heat treating, metallurgy and more.

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    MTI's 2022 Year in Review
    MTI looks back at 2022's accomplishments and plans ahead for 2023.

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    With This Ring, I Thee Weld
    In 2020, an MTI Field Service Engineer and a metallurgist at the plant he was visiting fell in love. Thanks to some ingenuity from a group of engineers at MTI, Reinhardt was able to solidify their marriage with the very thing that brought the two together: friction welding.

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    MTI Announces Acquisition of Friction Welding Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
    Manufacturing Technology, Inc. announced the acquisition of Friction Welding Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a Direct Drive Friction Welding company in Pune, India. 

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