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Author: Joseph C. Benedyk  
Company: Illinois Institute of Technology  
Issue #: Vol. 64, No. 2  
Year: 2006  
Pages: 7  
  
Summary:   
The fourth installment of a four-part series (Parts I-III published in October and December 2005). This article provides an overview of the main ideas of papers that were presented at the SAE 2005 conference on the subject of traditional welding, friction stir welding (FSW), friction stir spot welding (FSSW), fricton stir stitch welding, and friction stir processing of aluminum. The author also reviews some of the current automotive applications of FSW and FSSW.

Product Code: art-00059