Polymer coated material (PCM) welding: a novel technique for joining dissimilar materials - Preliminary study

TWI Industrial Member Report Summary 454/1992

R J Wise

The aim of this work was to investigate a new joining technique for dissimilar materials. Although the main thrust of the work was in joining thermoplastic composite material to aluminium alloy, other material combinations were investigated, including thermoplastic composite/ceramic, and metal/ceramic.