I am doing an assignment for collage on friction (spot)welding and dont have the first clue about it. any information and pictures on the subject would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time A. Rowley

-- Andrew David Rowley (papa_rowl@hotmail.com), December 11, 2001

Answers

Response to general inquire

Your best source is Edison Welding Inst. They have done the studies on friction stir welding and I presume, spot welding. I don,t have their web address however their phone is614 486 9400

-- tom mitchell (info@atekcorp.com), December 13, 2001.

Response to general inquire

FYI - The Edison Welding Institute is at http://www.ewi.org/

-- Sam Snow (2snows@mailandnews.com), December 13, 2001.

Response to general inquire

Here are some pages: http://www.fpe.co.uk/resistance.htm http://www.mtiwelding.com/ There is also a thompson friction welding web page, but I do not have the address.

-- Jose Campos (welding@prodigy.net.mx), December 18, 2001.

Another source would be Newcor in Bay City MI. They have built friction welders for tubing and rods, possibly applications like yours too.

-- David Bacon (dbacon@updatetechnology.com), April 19, 2002.