Wayne Thomas will talk about innovation in materials technology, with reference to the development of Friction Stir Welding.

The discovery/invention of Friction Stir Welding (FSW), was followed by a number of variants such as Skew stir™, Bobbin Stir™, Re-stir™, Com-stir™, Twin-stir™, Ras-stir™, Stir-lock™ Dual-rotation Stir™ and Pro-stir™. The use of carburising of refractory materials to increase the wear performance of the tool for welding steel was investigated. The investigation included the development of a hot friction coupling by the use of matching tapers. Investigations of weld integrity led to the development of a ‘through-hole’ impact test for the evaluation of root defects in FSW butt welds and “unrestrained bend” testing for lap joints. Other emergent technologies will be introduced by Wayne so as to explain a possible methodology for Discovery, Invention and Innovation of Materials Technology.

Date: Wednesday 12 April 2017

Time: Refreshments served from 18:00. Talk starts at 18:30.

Venue: Granta Room, Granta Centre, TWI, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6AL

PLEASE PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS MEETING - see the organiser's webpage.

RSVP (and for more information and directions) to either: Tom Howes (TWI) tel 01223 899523 or Alan Shand (LR Consultant) alan.shand1@virginmedia.com

A poster for this talk can be downloaded here.

This event is organised by the Eastern Counties Branch of The Welding Institute.