SOUTH BEND, IN – Manufacturing Technology Inc., (MTI) announced it will develop North America’s largest Linear Friction Welder, in terms of force capacity and tooling envelope, and deliver it to LIFT – Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow – for use in lightweight metals research and development projects, based in Detroit.
MTI Announces Partnership with LIFT to Deliver North America’s Largest Linear Friction Welder to Detroit
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Whiteboard Wednesday: Near Net Shape with Additive Manufacturing
Topics: Whiteboard Wednesday, Linear Friction Welding, Near Net Shape
Two buzz words in the manufacturing industry today are near net shape manufacturing and additive manufacturing. Both terms are manufacturing processes that save time and money when producing parts.
Whiteboard Wednesday: Linear Friction Process
Topics: Whiteboard Wednesday, Linear Friction Welding, Near Net Shape
Linear friction welding is similar to direct drive rotary friction welding since both are a constant energy input process. But unlike rotary, linear friction welding uses linear oscillation (a repeated back and forth motion) to create a solid state weld. There are two components of the oscillation that drives the energy input: