Talk:Friction stir welding

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The pictures used are nice, but it is hard to tell the direction of spin (that has to due with understanding the retreating and advancing edge stuff...)


There is certainly a heat-affected zone in FSW.

[edit] Other aircraft use

Airbus Industrie uses FSW on the main wing spar of their largest airliners. Two billets are joined together then machined due to there not being single billets manufactured in the size required.

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