AFW News Friction Welding Symposium Video Discover the benefits and advantages of friction welding, real-world applications... Posted October 6, 2021 View the Symposium Video The BizTimes recently featured AFW in a Made In Milwaukee Article “Automation Drives Growth at American Friction Welding” - View the PDF reprint below... Posted June 9, 2021 Read the Made In Milwaukee Feature American Friction Welding Releases New Line Card! View AFW’s new Friction Welding Line Card webpage and download the PDF... Posted April 12, 2021 View Friction Welding Line Card Webpage Please Join American Friction Welding for an OPEN HOUSE! AFW cordially invites you to an open house on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, from 1 pm to 6 pm. You’ll tour our... Posted September 3, 2020 Read the AFW Open House Article American Friction Welding Continues to Grow With New Facility American Friction Welding (AFW) has moved into a new 63,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility... Posted April 6, 2020 Read the AFW New Facility Article American Friction Welding Appoints Director of New Business Development We are pleased to announce that Pete Caruso is American Friction Welding’s newly appointed Director of New Business Development. Pete is a sales veteran... Posted July 17, 2019 Read the New Business Development Article American Friction Welding Announces Website Redesign American Friction Welding (AFW) launches a complete redesign of its teamafw.com website today. The site features new content, a fresh interface with enhanced navigation... Posted May 1, 2019 Read the AFW Website Redesign Article Friction Welds and the Welding Company You Can Count On American Friction Welding’s 33 years of expertise results in full-strength, defect-free friction weldments. Our customers demand high-quality and standardized production processes... Posted February 6, 2019 Read the Friction Welds You Can Count On Article Is Your Design Worth a Second Look? When you have a fabrication need that’s outside your regular realm of business, we encourage you to talk to us at AFW about our turnkey supply chain management services. No matter what the... Posted October 22, 2018 Read the Second Look Article Ask Us About Our Turnkey Solutions When you have a fabrication need that’s outside your regular realm of business, we encourage you to talk to us at AFW about our supply chain management services. No matter what the challenge, we... Posted June 21, 2018 Read the Turnkey Solutions Article Quality Solid-State Joining in Action There is a surplus of fabrication subcontractors when it comes to outsourcing jobs. However, there are very limited options for solid-state joining, with only a handful of subcontractors in North... Posted January 25, 2018 Read the Solid-State Joining Article Amazing but True... Even on Small Lot Sizes It’s hard to believe, but too good not to share so you can utilize for your organization’s own gain. We are always amazed at the huge cost savings that can be had using friction welding, even on... Posted May 5, 2017 Read the Amazing but True Article Lot Size and Cost Savings Is there an optimal lot size that makes a compelling case for a part to be considered as a friction weldment? This is a question we hear often and there are a couple of factors to consider. In.... Posted February 6, 2017 Read the Lot Size and Cost Savings Article Cost Reduction & Efficiency Gains Find new methods to produce legacy parts. Have you been tasked with efforts to spearhead these types of activities within your company? When I talk to manufacturing engineers and supply chain... Posted October 27, 2016 Read the Cost Reduction & Efficiency Gains Article Worst Case Scenario One of the main advantages of using a friction weldment is the ability to create a full surface bond that will be as strong as the parent material. When high strength is warranted in such a part... Posted August 4, 2016 Read the Worst Case Scenario Article Is On-Time Delivery Important to You? AFW is committed to meeting your demands, in both the production and delivery of your product. With the summer season about to be in full swing, holidays, summer hours, and even shutdowns have... Posted June 17, 2016 Read the On-Time Delivery Article AFW Adds 50 Ton Friction Welding Machine American Friction Welding has installed and is now running a 50 ton Thompson friction welding machine in our facility to increase production capacity. Read the press release from Thompson below... Posted May 31, 2017 Read the AFW Adds 50 Ton Friction Welding Machine Article How to Reduce Your Environmental Impact in Manufacturing Conserving Resources Shrinks Environmental Impact Friction welding offers improved efficiency in part fabrication. Recent news about international efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions... Posted April 22, 2016 Read the Environmental Impact Article Increase CNC Machining Efficiency Innovation on the Shop Floor What if a shop manager can solve the near-net conundrum? The payoff will be improved CNC machining throughput and reduced material expense. In many cases, Friction... Posted April 12, 2016 Read the Increase CNC Machining Efficiency Article Quality Standards Make a Critical Difference The Quality Standards of your Friction Welder are as critical as the benefits of Fiction Welding – let’s look at how important choosing the best Standard can be. Three Standards are... Posted January 29, 2016 Read the Quality Standards Article How Does Friction Welding Work? Friction welding is categorized in the welding industry because heat is focused on the interface between two objects to join them. Despite the name, it is unusual to think that the Friction... Posted August 9, 2015 Read the How Does Friction Welding Work Article How To Bond Copper to Stainless Steel With Friction Welding Chemical Company Requests Method to Bond Copper to Stainless Steel Recently, we received a request to produce a bi-metal pipe configuration created from a bond of copper to stainless steel... Posted June 27, 2015 Read the Bond Copper to Stainless Steel Article Friction Welding Insurance Risk Reduction through Redundancy makes sense, doesn’t it? For those of us in manufacturing, keeping production flowing is a basic responsibility. Even so, did you know that not... Posted June 5, 2015 Read the Friction Welding Insurance Article How to Friction Weld Thin-wall Tubes for Pressure Containment Manufacturing Challenge for Metal Part Fabricators Several years ago, an industrial manufacturer of electric utility components was experiencing fallout with its cylinder fabrication process... Posted May 18, 2015 Read the Friction Weld Thin-wall Tubes Article What Are Your Alternatives for Pump Impeller Fabrication? Reduce Material Waste and Machine Time in Your Pump Impeller Operations Were you with us when we examined the case for Bi-Metal pump shafts? The evidence is conclusive that bi-metal pump shafts... Posted April 21, 2015 Read the Pump Impeller Fabrication Article How to Optimize Pump Impeller Fabrication Near-Net Shapes Reduce Metal Costs Further with Greater Volume. Let’s take another look at opportunities to improve pump impeller fabrication methods. Our previous exploration of this... Posted March 29, 2015 Read the Pump Impeller Optimization Article How Can You Join Metal Into Unusual and Complex Shapes? Combine Castings, Forgings, Bar Stock, and Stampings Design Choices A design engineer planning to fabricate unique part shapes has several choices in metalworking industries. Parts can be cut... Posted March 26, 2015 Read the Join Unusual and Complex Shapes Article How to Cut Pump Shaft Costs with Bi-Metal Design Significant Savings Claim for Friction Welded, Bi-Metal Pump Shaft Blanks There is an AFW circulating that claims dramatic savings for manufacturers who use friction-welded, bi-metal pump shafts... Posted March 26, 2015 Read the Bi-Metal Pump Shaft Article Welding Dissimilar Materials with Friction Technology Friction Welding is a preferred joining method of multiple industrial manufacturers for a variety of compelling reasons: Weld Integrity — A design engineer might need the superior strength of its... Posted March 26, 2015 Read the Welding Dissimilar Materials Article The Challenge of Launching New Product Ideas Avoid These 5 Pitfalls in Manufacturing Change... Posted March 26, 2015 Read the Launching New Product Article A Service Center Like No Other for Metal Part Fabricators Friction Welded Net Shapes Reduce Your Lead-Time... Posted February 17, 2015 Read the Friction Welded Net Shapes Article Friction Welding – Is it Feasible for You? I saw this terrific post called 7 Advantages of Friction Welding from Mr. Miles Free of The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA). Friction welding is a lesser-known joining process that... Posted January 15, 2015 Read the Friction Welding Feasibility Article New Technology Available – Linear Friction Welding Linear Friction Welding Has Matured From Concept To An Applied Science. It is ready for mainstream manufacturing, and now AFW can offer expanded capabilities with this technology to industrial... Posted November 21, 2013 Read the Linear Friction Welding Article Contact American Friction Welding today for more information or to request a quote! 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