CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR FRICTION STIR WELDING OF TITANIUM ALLOYS AND OTHER HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS

摘要

A friction stir welding system (FSW) including a FSW mill including a pin tool, a sensor system including one or more sensors configured and arranged to detect physical parameters of a FSW process performed by the FSW mill, and a controller connected to the sensor system and the FSW mill, wherein the controller is configured and arranged to control one or more operational parameters of the FSW mill during the FSW process.