Development of a low cost processing unit for friction stir welding
Acronym: Lostir
Funding body: European Commission
Status: Completed
Purpose built FSW machines are very expensive, making it difficult for many product manufacturers to justify implementation of the technology. An alternative approach is to adapt milling machines. However, standard milling machines lack the process monitoring equipment required to ensure high quality welded joints. LOSTIR will develop a low cost FSW system that can be retro-fitted to milling machines to facilitate this.