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How friction stir welding is applied to specific component families, with the joint geometries, materials and acceptance tests that matter.

StirLight friction stir welding services: research partnerships, feasibility trials, process development and UK production welding from prototype to volume.

Where friction stir welding runs in marine and rail: aluminium panels, carbodies and superstructures, plus steel-ship repair and portable FSW research.

In-house UK friction stir welding: gantry and robotic FSW platforms, process development, and low to medium-volume production welding.

Bond lines add thermal resistance, creep under load and age in coolant. Adhesives, gaskets and friction stir welding compared for liquid cold plates.

Resistance spot welding was built for steel. On aluminium it burns electrodes. Friction stir spot welding compared for sheet, busbars and braze repair.

Porosity, distortion and rework are built into fusion welding of aluminium. How friction stir welding compares with TIG and MIG, and when arc welding wins.

News from StirLight on friction stir welding, including funding, research, process development and UK production welding.

StirLight has raised 1.25 million pounds of investment and grant funding to commercialise StirSense, its friction stir welding quality platform.

Open roles at StirLight, a UK friction stir welding company. Hands-on process development and production welding for aerospace, defence and EV work.

Vacuum and CAB brazing compared with friction stir welding, TIG and MIG, adhesive bonding and bolted covers for cold plates, including where brazing still wins.

Laser and electron beam welding still melt the metal. Where solid-state friction stir welding outperforms beam processes, and where beams keep the edge.

Every rivet adds mass for life, and every drilled hole is a fatigue initiator. How friction stir welding compares with riveting, and where fasteners still win.

Numbers-first comparisons between joining processes, including where the incumbent process is still the better engineering choice.

Operations Director at StirLight. Over 20 years in technology development, intellectual property management and commercialisation in friction stir welding.

Technical Director and co-founder of StirLight. Over 15 years in friction stir welding, PhD research, 20+ peer-reviewed papers.

Who writes and signs off StirLight technical content, their credentials, and how process claims on this site are reviewed.

Commercial Director and co-founder of StirLight, responsible for how feasibility and production work is scoped and staged.

StirLight is a UK friction stir welding company. Technical, commercial and operations leads cover authorship, scoping and delivery from trial to production.

Contact StirLight in Holmewood, Derbyshire to discuss a friction stir welding feasibility trial, process development or a specific production project.

StirLight is a UK friction stir welding specialist. Solid-state joining from feasibility trial to production when brazing, TIG or bonding hits its limits.

StirLight explains how it collects and processes personal data under UK GDPR and outlines users’ data rights.

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