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ACB Become Industrial Members

Mon, 04 August, 2025

We are pleased to announce that ACB have become Industrial Members of TWI.

For more than 80 years, ACB have been providing the aerospace industry with the construction and installation of machines for metal forming (sheet stretch forming, profile stretch forming, elastoforming, hot forming, superplastic forming, linear friction welding) and turnkey workshops. Their customers include companies involved in creating parts for aeronautical structures, engines, aircrafts, helicopters or aerospace industries.

Figure 1. LFW application for a structural part in titanium
Figure 1. LFW application for a structural part in titanium

Speaking on their membership of TWI, they said, “ACB is pleased to join TWI membership as an expert in linear friction welding (LFW) technology. We are excited to join this network of potential partners and customers. ACB has been offering LFW welding machines for over twenty years for applications on engines and now also on titanium structures. Just contact us for more information!”

As Industrial Members of TWI, ACB gain access to a unique package of benefits including impartial consultancy and technical support services, access to knowledge, information, technologies and innovation, plus opportunities to join a range of research programmes. We look forward to helping them achieve their membership goals.

For more information please email:


contactus@twi.co.uk