A very smooth ‘polished’ weld surface can be reliably produced for over 1m long weld runs… (W 199) (1)

Weld surface = Superfície de solda

Changes to the coating surfaces were recorded following periodic observations every 24 hours. (W 425) (2)

Coating surface = Superfície de revestimento

Examination of the fracture surfaces also revealed that failure had involved pulling a plug or button from the parent band material. (W 426) (3)

Fracture surface = Superfície de fratura

(1) Static shoulder friction stir welding of Ti-6Al-4V; process and evaluation.

M J Russell 1 , P L Threadgill 1 , M J Thomas 2 and B P Wynne 2

1 TWI Ltd

2 IMMPETUS (Institute for Microstructural and Mechanical Process Engineering: The University of Sheffield)

Paper presented at 11th World Conference on titanium (Ti-2007), (JIMIC – 5), Kyoto, Japan, 3-7 June, 2007. 

(2) Improved corrosion performance of AZ91D magnesium alloy coated with the KeroniteTM process

S Shrestha a, A Sturgeon a, P Shashkov b and A Shatrov b

aTWI Ltd

bKeronite Ltd

Paper presented at Magnesium Technology 2002, Seattle, WA, 17-21 February 2002 and published by TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)

(3) Industrialisation of friction stir welding for aerospace structures

Stephan W. Kallee, E. Dave Nicholas and Wayne M. Thomas

TWI Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom

E-mail: friction@twi.co.uk

Paper presented at Structures and Technologies – Challenges for Future Launchers

Third European Conference, 11-14 December 2001, Strasbourg France.