Patent ID: 6325273
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B23K,B29C,B29K,B41J

Abstract:
A mobile friction welding machine comprising:a wheeled body adapted to support and carry a rotatable probe;a rotatable probe incorporating a probe incorporating a probe head having a plurality of protrusions suitable for creating a friction weld joint in work pieces to be joined when the probe head is rotated at speed;a means of rotating the probe at a speed suitable for forming a joint region in the work pieces;a track assembly adapted to guide the friction welding machine across the work pieces;a drive means attached to or associated with the body and adapted to drive the welding machine forward along the track assembly during use of the machine;a loading system adapted to place a downward load on the probe and to urge it into the work pieces;the machine being adapted, in use, to move across the work pieces and to form a joint region in the work pieces as it moves.