7th International Symposium on Friction Stir Welding

This meeting, organised by the Friction Stir Welding Licensees Association and TWI Ltd of Cambridge, UK, is the main event on friction stir welding for 2008.

Many organisations have benefitted from the economic advantages of the process and this symposium will provide the latest information from industrial and academic experts from around the world in this and related technologies.

Contributions have been received from over 14 different countries comprising more than 80 oral papers. There will also be a comprehensive poster session.

Subjects covered will include:

New developments in the process and its control

Improved tool technology

Friction stir spot welding

Production applications

Metallurgical and mechanical properties

Welding Mg, Cu, steel, Ti etc

Welding dissimilar materials

Fundamentals and modelling

Process industrialisation

and many more.

The symposium is essential for all those actively interested in the process and its recent technical advances, future commercialisation and underlying science. It attracts delegates from all over the world, and will provide an excellent forum for networking with researchers, suppliers and users of the process.

Up-to-date information may be viewed on the website www.twi.co.uk/fsw

You can enrol by completing the online booking form at the URL below.

For further technical information, please contact Dr Philip Threadgill - philip.threadgill@twi.co.uk