Are you looking for an innovative technology for aluminum welding or bimaterial assemblies? Is the economic competitiveness of welding an important criteria for you? Because innovation is at the heart of business concerns, Stirweld is democratizing Friction Stir Welding (FSW).
Stirweld team has developed a technology allowing the use of Friction Stir Welding (FSW) on all types of CNC machine. We support you in the optimisation of your machine park and the integration of a new know-how to offer to your customers.
Our FSW head for CNC offers identical performances as a special FSW machine (effort control, quality recording,...). Its other advantages:
- Low investment cost compared to special machines or FSW robotic stations.
- Adaptability: despite the absence of standard machining centres, the FSW head of Stirweld can be adapted to all CNC machines.
- Easy to use and to install: after the first installation, the user can mount and dismount the FSW head in a few minutes, easily switching from machining to welding and vice versa.
Our customers are in the automotive, space, aerospace and metal working industries.
Our products:
- FSW Head for CNC:
Our Friction Stir Welding head makes it possible the welding from any CNC, whether it is a 3, 4 or 5 axis machines. The FSW head brings the FSW features to your machining center: force control and recording, cooling, spindle protection against forces and vibrations.
- FSW Head for CNC with Retractable Pin:
Our Friction Stir Welding Head with retractable pin has all the functions of our standard FSW head: force control & recording, cooling, protection of the spindle against loads and vibrations. Its difference: the retractable pin fills the FSW exit hole, beneficial for aerospace applications. With its HMI, our FSW head with retractable pin results in 100% quality control of welds: FSW force control, pin length control, head temperature & usage, warning pop-up and data recording.
- Smart FSW Head for CNC
The Smart FSW Head, tailored for machining centers, represents an Industry 4.0 breakthrough, blending Friction Stir Welding technology with data analytics.
- FSW Spindle for Robot
Our robotic FSW solution permits you to weld with any high payload robot by bringing FSW functions to a standard industrial robot. Your robot becomes a hybrid tool combining welding and machining with an automatic tool changer. It opens a wide range of applications: 3D welding, welding of large parts.
- FSW tools
In Friction Stir Welding, the weld quality depends on geometry and quality of the tool. Our goal: provide you a solution for every type of materials and for every configuration of parts. Thanks to our strong experience in FSW, we offer you the best FSW tool on the market, combining quality, price, and reliability. Our tools are tested on a wear bench to control their reliability.
- FSW 3-day training
Stirweld experts offer you a training about Friction Stir Welding:
- Discovery of the FSW process, - How to weld from a CNC machine,
- The FSW process adjustment,
- Implementation of learnings on FSW machine,
- Impact of FSW parameters on welding quality,
- Production of typical FSW defect.