American Friction Welding (AFW) launches a complete redesign of their teamafw.com website today. The site features new content, a fresh interface with enhanced navigation...
American Friction Welding’s 33 years of expertise results in full-strength, defect-free friction weldments. Our customers demand high-quality and standardized production processes...
When you have a fabrication need that’s outside your regular realm of business, we encourage you to talk to us at AFW about our turn key supply chain management services. No matter what the...
When you have a fabrication need that’s outside your regular realm of business, we encourage you to talk to us at AFW about our supply chain management services. No matter what the challenge, we...
There is a surplus of fabrication subcontractors when it comes to outsourcing jobs. However, there are very limited options for solid state joining, with only a handful of subcontractors in North...
It’s hard to believe, but too good not to share so you can utilize for your organization’s own gain. We are always amazed at the huge cost savings that can be had using friction welding, even on...
Is there an optimal lot size that makes a compelling case for a part to be considered as a friction weldment? This is a question we hear often and there are a couple of factors to consider. In....
Find new methods to produce legacy parts. Have you been tasked with efforts to spearhead these types of activities within your company? When I talk to manufacturing engineers and supply chain...
One of the main advantages of using a friction weldment is the ability to create a full surface bond that will be as strong as the parent material. When high strength is warranted in such a part...
AFW is committed to meeting your demands, in both the production and delivery of your product. With the summer season about to be in full swing, holidays, summer hours, and even shutdowns have...
American Friction Welding has installed and is now running a 50 ton Thompson friction welding machine in our facility to increase production capacity. Read the press release from Thompson below...
Conserving Resources Shrinks Environmental Impact Friction welding offers improved efficiency in part fabrication. Recent news about international efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions...
Innovation on the Shop Floor What if a shop manager can solve the near-net conundrum? The payoff will be improved CNC machining throughput and reduced material expense. In many cases, Friction...
The Quality Standards of your Friction Welder are as critical as the benefits of Fiction Welding – let’s look at how important choosing the best Standard can be. Three Standards are...
Friction welding is categorized in the welding industry because heat is focused on the interface between two objects to join them. Despite the name, it is unusual to think that the Friction...
Chemical Company Requests Method to Bond Copper to Stainless Steel Recently, we received a request to produce a bi-metal pipe configuration created from a bond of copper to stainless steel...
Risk Reduction Risk Reduction through Redundancy makes sense, doesn’t it? For those of us in manufacturing, keeping production flowing is a basic responsibility. Even so, did you know that not...
Manufacturing Challenge for Metal Part Fabricators Several years ago, an industrial manufacturer of electric utility components was experiencing fallout with its cylinder fabrication process...
Reduce Material Waste and Machine Time in Your Pump Impeller Operations Were you with us when we examined the case for Bi-Metal pump shafts? The evidence is conclusive that bi-metal pump shafts...
Near-Net Shapes Reduce Metal Costs Further with Greater Volume Let’s take another look at opportunities to improve pump impeller fabrication methods. Our previous exploration of this...
Combine Castings, Forgings, Bar Stock, and Stampings Design Choices A design engineer planning to fabricate unique part shapes has several choices in metalworking industries. Parts can be cut...
Significant Savings Claim for Friction Welded, Bi-Metal Pump Shaft Blanks There is an AFW circulating that claims dramatic savings for manufacturers who use friction-welded, bi-metal pump shafts...
Friction Welding is a preferred joining method of multiple industrial manufacturers for a variety of compelling reasons: Weld Integrity — A design engineer might need the superior strength of its...
Avoid These 5 Pitfalls in Manufacturing Change...
Friction Welded Net Shapes Reduce Your Lead-Time...
I saw this terrific post called 7 Advantages of Friction Welding from Mr. Miles Free of The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA). Friction welding is a lesser-known joining process that...
Linear Friction Welding Has Matured From Concept To An Applied Science It is ready for mainstream manufacturing, and now AFW can offer expanded capabilities with this technology to industrial...
Friction Welding is Revolutionary for Many Do you have the courage? I ask because friction welding often entails technical changes in operations and cultural changes for company staff. Friction...
