Patent ID: 7735712
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. A rotary friction welding machine for joining or connecting components, comprising a first rotating spindle and a second non-rotating spindle and two magazines halves, wherein a first component of the components being connected to one another is positioned on the first spindle and a second component of the components being connected to one another is positioned on the second spindle, wherein several flywheel mass bodies are positioned on the rotary friction welding machine, wherein the flywheel mass bodies cooperate with the first rotating spindle such that at least one of the flywheel mass bodies can be brought out of operating engagement or into operating engagement with the first rotating spindle, wherein flywheel mass bodies that are in operating engagement with the first rotating spindle and flywheel mass bodies that are out of operating engagement with the first rotating spindle are positioned on the rotary friction welding machine, and wherein the flywheel mass bodies are moveable back and forth between the two magazine halves such that the flywheel mass bodies are in operating engagement with the first spindle in a position that is inserted into a first magazine half and out of operating engagement with the first spindle in a position that is inserted into a second magazine half.