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2.7 Applications
2.7.1 Industrial
The first unit developed by FSW machine was cooling apparatus honeycomb panel
for the fast chilling of fish in fishing containers [90]. FSW machines are commercially available for various industrial applications such as welding of large aluminum
hollow panels, shipbuilding, sea platform, high-speed ship deck superstructures etc.
[5]. Marine aluminum (Norway) make a pressed aluminum section for shipbuilding
and railway rolling.
2.7.2 Aerospace
United launch alliance employed FSW for Atlas V, Delta II and Delta IV for joining
its inter-stage superstructure module. Then came Boeing, which employed FSW for
welding of shipment wall beams for the Boeing 747 cargo freighter, toenails of Boeing
C-17 [91]. Longitudinal and circumferential diameter in propellant tanks of the delta
group of rockets had been produced in the USA by using FSW as shown in Fig. 2.13b
[92]. Shifting from arc welding to FSW in the manufacturing of propellant tanks of
space rocket has resulted in an enormous cost reduction. Ariane 5 is a space take-off
vehicle for massive weight lifting developed for the European Space Agency (ESA)
is welded using FSW [93]. Boeing successfully welded the aircraft superstructures,
they did lap welding of Al7075 sections [94]. FSW is also used for joining deflectors
of fighter planes. The Boeing company has done several projects for the US military
for the components of the base plate of the cargo section of the C17 Globemaster
III aircraft. NASA build the structure of the outer propellent-fuel tank of the Ares
Fig. 2.13 a Weld of Orion Exploration Mission-1 Crew Module [95], b fuel tank of rocket [96]
A. K. Choudhary and R. Jain
2.7 Applications
2.7.1 Industrial
The first unit developed by FSW machine was cooling apparatus honeycomb panel
for the fast chilling of fish in fishing containers [90]. FSW machines are commercially available for various industrial applications such as welding of large aluminum
hollow panels, shipbuilding, sea platform, high-speed ship deck superstructures etc.
[5]. Marine aluminum (Norway) make a pressed aluminum section for shipbuilding
and railway rolling.
2.7.2 Aerospace
United launch alliance employed FSW for Atlas V, Delta II and Delta IV for joining
its inter-stage superstructure module. Then came Boeing, which employed FSW for
welding of shipment wall beams for the Boeing 747 cargo freighter, toenails of Boeing
C-17 [91]. Longitudinal and circumferential diameter in propellant tanks of the delta
group of rockets had been produced in the USA by using FSW as shown in Fig. 2.13b
[92]. Shifting from arc welding to FSW in the manufacturing of propellant tanks of
space rocket has resulted in an enormous cost reduction. Ariane 5 is a space take-off
vehicle for massive weight lifting developed for the European Space Agency (ESA)
is welded using FSW [93]. Boeing successfully welded the aircraft superstructures,
they did lap welding of Al7075 sections [94]. FSW is also used for joining deflectors
of fighter planes. The Boeing company has done several projects for the US military
for the components of the base plate of the cargo section of the C17 Globemaster
III aircraft. NASA build the structure of the outer propellent-fuel tank of the Ares
Fig. 2.13 a Weld of Orion Exploration Mission-1 Crew Module [95], b fuel tank of rocket [96]