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    Whiteboard Wednesday, How Friction Welding Benefits Your Industry, Friction Welding Technologies, Can Your Parts Be Joined?, Low Force Friction Welding

    Whiteboard Wednesday: Direct Drive VS Low Force Friction Welding for Axles

    In episode 2 of our 3 part Whiteboard Wednesday series, we compare the legacy Direct Drive joining technique to Low Force Friction Welding for Axles (and E-Axles!)

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    Friction Welding for Commercial Irrigation Applications

    Friction welding has been used for decades to join parts for aerospace, automotive and many other industries. And now, MTI is breaking barriers to join parts for commercial irrigation applications!

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    Whiteboard Wednesday, How Friction Welding Benefits Your Industry, Friction Welding Technologies, Can Your Parts Be Joined?, Low Force Friction Welding

    Whiteboard Wednesday: Direct Drive VS Low Force Friction Welding for Piston Rods

    In today's new episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, we compare the legacy Direct Drive joining technique to Low Force Friction Welding for Piston Rods.

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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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    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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    Contract Friction Welding from MTI: Making the Parts
    MTI's Manufacturing Services provides access to world-class machines in an affordable, single-source solution for contract friction welding.

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    MTI's LF35-75 Linear Friction Welder: A Closer Look
    What is the LF35-75 and how can it benefit your project? Check out this blog to explore some of this machine's unique features.

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    New Microwelder Machine Unlocks New Applications
    New applications are now unlocked (such as health care equipment, EVs, and consumer electronics) with MTI's newest and smallest machine, the Microwelder!

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    Can My Part Be Joined With Rotary Friction Welding?
    Can my part be joined with rotary friction welding? It's one of the most common questions we receive from prospective customers. In this blog, we will outline some of our qualifications to help you decide whether our technology is right for you!

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    A Step-By-Step Guide to MTI's Weld Development Process
    In this blog, we explain what a weld development is and why you need it.

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    How Can Low Force Friction Welding Improve The Automotive Industry?
    How can Low Force Friction Welding benefit the automotive industry? We take a look at some applications that could see the biggest improvements.

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