EuroStir ^® Newsletter No 4 - Summary

Introduction

This newsletter describes how information about friction stir welding (FSW) and the EuroStir ^® project has been released into the public domain during the period from 1 June 2002 to 30 November 2002 and provides details of FSW related events. The EuroStir ^® Collaborators have made significant efforts in publicising this EUREKA programme on 'European Industrialisation of Friction Stir Welding', and so far EuroStir ^® has been mentioned in more than fifty-five publications. ^[1-57] In addition to publications in papers and on the Internet, the EuroStir ^® Collaborators have also made contributions to friction stir specific meetings, as follows:

• First EuroStir ^® Workshop at TWI: 'Friction stir welding - making it work for you' (16 July 2002)
• Second EuroStir ^® Workshop at TWI: 'Friction Stir Welding - an intensive interactive day on the technical and economic benefits' (6 Nov 2002)
• EuroStir ^® Seminar at Instytut Spawalnictwa: 'New Technologies' (20 Nov 2002)
• EuroStir ^® Industrialisation Studies (for EuroStir ^® Collaborators only)

Collaborators

The EuroStir ^® project on European Industrialisation of Friction Stir Welding now has a budget of 8.5M ( Fig.1) and 43 Collaborators ( Table 1). ^[58,59]

The project is open to Collaborators from United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Poland, Spain and Sweden and from other EUREKA countries ( Table 2). Interest in being involved in the project is still high, and several prospective collaborators have requested detailed information on how to join the EuroStir ^® project.

Fig.1. The distribution of the 8.5M EuroStir ® budget over the eight EUREKA countries

Table 1: EuroStir ^® Collaborators as at 24 February 2003

PSG = Project Steering Group

Table 2: Government Observers as at 24 February 2003

1. Nicholas E D, Kallee S W and Brózda J: 'Zgrezwanie tarciowe z mieszaniem materialu zgrzeiny - 10 lat od wynalezienia procesu'. Seminar Nowosci w technologii oraz w urzadzeniach do zgrzewania metalli, Institut Spawalnictwa, Gliwice, 24 January 2001.
2. Scherer M: 'Nouveau départ pour la friction'. Industries and Techniques, No 824, March 2001, pp. 66-67.
3. Anon: 'UK House of Commons hosts EUROSTIR signing ceremony. Eureka News, April 2001, p. 2 www.eureka.be/ifs/files/public/Eureka/News/E_News/Languages/English/52eng.pdf
4. Nicholas E D, Kallee S W and Brózda J: 'Proces zgrzewania tarciowego z mieszaniem materialu zgrzeiny ma juz 10 lat'. Bulletyn 3/2001 (45) pp. 30-37.
5. Anon: 'Causing a stir in the House of Commons'. Welding & Metal Fabrication, May 2001 69 (4) p. 2.
6. Kallee S W: 'Welding contract causes a stir'. Metal Bulletin Monthly, May 2001 (365) p. 57.
7. Kallee S W and Dyson H B: 'Giant contract causes a stir in Parliament'. TWI Connect May/June 2001 (112) p. 1.
8. Kallee S W: 'Vertrag zur Förderung des Rührreibschweißens'. Schweissen & Schneiden, 6/2001, p. 332.
9. Anon: 'An international agreement [...] has been signed'. Welding and Cutting 0/2001, p. 11 and www.dvs-verlag.de/en/wac/NEWS_Automation_specialist.pdf
10. Anon: 'Prozesskette AFS (Aluminium Schaum Sandwich) - Stand der Wissenschaft und Technik'. www.prozesskette-afs.de/stand.html
11. Anon: 'Continued success for ESAB SuperStir ^TM'. Svetsaren 2001 56 (1) p. 15. www.esab.com/Templates/T005.asp?id=36618
12. www.weldnet.com.cn/chinese/kuixun/kuaixun16.htm CWA-WI-CMES Welding Newsletter, in Chinese, 15 June 2001.
13. Strombeck A von, Schilling C, Santos J F dos: 'Zrobotyzowane zgrzewanie tarciowe z mieszaniem materialu zgrzeiny - narzedzie, technologia I zastosowanie'. Bulletyn 6/2001 (45) pp. 49-57.
14. Eriksson L G and Larsson R: 'Friction stir welding - new technology changing the rules of the game in Al construction'. Svetsaren No 2-3, 2001, pp. 3-6.
15. Anon: 'Friction in competition with arc welding - Favouring the expansion of FSW in Europe'. Atouts 33, Feb 2001, p.2
16. Kallee S W, Nicholas E D and Thomas W M: 'Friction stir welding - invention, innovations and applications'. 8 ^th Incalco International Conference on Joints in Aluminium, Munich, Germany, 28-30 March 2001, pp. 1-1-1 to 1-1-13.
17. Dadson J R and Smith B J: 'News from TWI', Contact Video, 28, Summer 2001.
18. Kallee S W, Nicholas E D and Thomas W M: 'Friction stir welding - invention, innovations and applications'. Tube International, July/August 2001, pp 246-250.
19. Kallee S W: 'The world's largest Laboratory friction stir machine installed at TWI', Connect Sept/Oct 2001, p. 2.
20. Anon: 'Friction Stir Welding'. In Japanese. www.s-iri.pref.shizuoka.jp/tech/mach/me131032.htm
21. Anon: 'Largest FSW installation'. Aluminium Today, Oct/Nov 2001, p. 6.
22. Kallee S W: 'Industry exploits TWI services at Essen'. Connect Nov/Dec 2001, p7.
23. Davenport J, Kallee S W and Wylde J G: 'Europe follows Japan into friction stir welding'. Railway Gazette International, November 2001, pp. 777-780.
24. Boucher C: 'Le procédé friction stir welding aspects techniques'. Euroforum on Acier, aluminium, magnesium, alliages legers, ...: quells choix pour quelles applications? Saint James & Albany, 5-6 Dec 2001.
25. Kallee S W, Nicholas E D and Thomas W M: 'Industrialisation of friction stir welding for aerospace structures'. Third European Conference on Structures and Technologies - Challenges for Future Launchers, Strasbourg 11-14 December 2001.
26. Vortisch M: 'Vacuum clamping technology for friction stir welding'. Witte Info, December 2001.
27. dos Santos J F, von Strombeck A and Schilling C: 'Reibrührschweißen - Verfahren und Stand der Technik'. 2 ^nd GKSS Workshop Reibrührschweißen, GKSS Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht, Germany. 22-23 January 2002, p. 6.
28. Antonsson S: 'Friction stir welding in Denmark'. Svetsaren 2002 57 (1) p17. www.esab.com/ESABHtml/pdf/Svetsaren1-02.pdf
29. Kallee S W, Nicholas E D and Thomas W M: 'Reibrührschweißen: Erfindung, Innovationen und Anwendungen - Friction Stir Welding: Invention, Innovations and Applications'. 2 ^nd GKSS Workshop Reibrührschweißen, GKSS Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht, Germany. 22-23 Jan 2002.
30. Rasmussen J F: 'Første danske virksomhed med speciale i Friction Stir Welding.' Dansk Teknisk, February 2002.
31. Wraige H: 'A weld of opportunity'. Professional Engineering, 13 February 2002, pp. 37-38.
32. Stefanini S, Kallee S W and Nicholas E D: ' Lighter weldments - friction drives the means'. Welding & Metal Fabrication, February 2002, pp. 8-13.
33. Anon: 'Steeled for the future'. Eureka Bulletin, Issue 16, 2002, p 5. The following link needs approx 90 seconds to load: www.eureka.be/ifs/files/public/Eureka/Members/United%20Kingdom/Publications/Newsletters/eurekaBulletin_issue16.pdf
34. Anon: 'RIFTEC - Joint research upon friction stir welding'. SMT Tricept Times 2002, p 11.
35. Kallee S W, Nicholas E D and Thomas W M: ' Reibrührschweißen: Erfindung, Innovationen und Industrialisierung - Friction Stir Welding: Invention, Innovations and Industrialisation.' Seminar ' Reibrührschweißen (FSW) - ein modernes Fügeverfahren', Schweißtechnische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (SLV) Berlin-Brandenburg, 20 Mar 2002.
36. Woodroffe G: 'Railway Safety - Research Programme - Summary of Current Research - March 2002'. www.railwaysafety.org.uk/pdf/rscr_mar.pdf
37. Lorentzen T: 'First dedicated friction stir welding job shop in Denmark'. Connect Mar/Apr 2002, p 3.
38. Kallee S W: 'EuroStir ^® - EUREKA supported: European industrialisation of friction stir welding.' Workshop on Research in Welding for Aerospace and Related Sectors: Current Programme Update. DTI Conf Centre, London, 26 April 2002.
39. Anon: 'Workshop brings friction stir welding to industry's attention'. Engineering Capacity, May 2002, p 11.
40. Ussing S: 'Projekter: SASAK og EuroStir'. Letmetaldagen, Odense, Denmark, 15 May 2002, www.atv-semapp.dk/ARR2002/020515Letmetaldagen/020515_Letmetal_update0408.htm and www.atv-semapp.dk/ARR2002/020515Letmetaldagen/letmetaldag_program.pdf
41. Anon: 'Friction stir welding'. The Structural Engineer, Vol 80, No 10, 21 May 2002, p.11, ISSN 1466-5123. www.istructe.org.uk/thestructuralengineer/files/se/SE102002.pdf
42. Czwórnóg B: 'Form relating to proposals of Polish RTD institutions for cooperation with Japanese RTD institutions and enterprises in the field of advanced materials'. www3.jetro.go.jp/ma/tigergate/hightech/poland/pdf/Inst_Spaw_2/Inst_spaw_%202_partI.pdf
43. Anon: 'Friction stir welding workshop will benefit shipbuilding'. Maritime Journal, June 2002, p.13.
44. Anon: 'Workshop brings friction stir welding to industry'. www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/twi/twi102.html
45. Anon: 'Workshop brings friction stir welding to industry'. Finishing June 2002, p3.
46. Anon: 'Friction stir welding - brought to industry'. Aluminium International Today, June 2002, p17.
47. Dadson J R, Smith B J, Westerlund L, Kallee S W and Nicholas E D: 'TWI exhibits at the biggest welding and cutting show in the world'. Contact 29 Video, Summer 2002.
48. Shtrikman M M: 'A new friction welding method and prospects for its application (review)'. Welding International 2002 16 (5) p.393-397. Selected from Svarochnoe Proizvodstvo 2001 48 (11) 36-41. www.woodhead-publishing.com/journals/vol16.html
49. Fielding C and Kallee S W: 'First EuroStir ^® workshop a popular hit'. Connect Sept/Oct 2002, p.3.
50. Anon: 'Procédé Friction Stir Welding System ou Soudage par Friction Malaxage'.
51. Kallee S W, Thomas W M and Nicholas E D: 'Friction stir in aerospace - the industrial way - Part I'. TWI Bulletin, May/June 2002.
52. Kallee S W, Thomas W M and Nicholas E D: 'Friction stir in aerospace - the industrial way - Part II'. TWI Bulletin, July/August 2002.
53. Kallee S W: 'Friction stir welding'. Delivering Change - The Young Engineer's Railway Seminar, IMechE, Canterbury, 12-13 September 2002
54. Kallee S W, Davenport J and Nicholas E D: 'Railway manufacturers implement friction stir welding'. Welding Journal, Oct 2002, pp47-50. aws.org/wj/oct02/feature.html
55. Anon: In Chinese. The new plan of using the FSW process to join thick wall materials - first EuroStir workshop. www.weldnet.com.cn/chinese/news/2002102502.htm
56. Davenport J and Kallee S W: 'Friction stir welding - a competitive new joining option for aluminium rolling stock manufacturers'. European Railway Review, Oct 2002, pp 56-60.
57. Page M: 'Editor's message - friction stir welding' The Manufacturingtalk Newsletter, 12 Nov 2002.
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