Friction Welding & Friction Stir Welding - UNIDO-ICAMT

Programme Objective & CoverageUNIDO ICAMT and Indian Welding Society, Bangalore Center in association with PES Instituteof Technology, Bangalore; ETA Technology, Bangalore; IISC, Bangalore jointly organized atwo day workshop on “Friction Welding and Friction Stir Welding Technology” during 24- 25November 2011 at UNIDO ICAMT, Bangalore.About the WorkshopThe inaugural function of the two day workshop was presided over by Mr. M.S. Dhakad,Programme Director, UNIDO ICAMT and Mr P.S. Nair, ETA Technology Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore.The Programme Director highlighted the importance of friction welding technology in a dynamicmachine tool industry. Mr. Nair shared the growth story of ETA Technology in the context offriction welding. Dr K. Narasimha Murthy, Chairman, Indian Welding Society, Bangalore Centerwelcomed the gathering and Dr V.P. Raghupathy, Professor, PES Institute of Technologydelivered the vote of thanks.The workshop intended to benefit design and manufacturing engineers from Automobile,Aerospace, and Process Engineering Sectors by improving their knowledge base and skill levelsand also obtaining first-hand information on the intricacies of the new manufacturingtechnology.The list of the participants and their affiliation is indicated in Annexure -1. In all 40 personsparticipated in the workshop. To all the delegates of the workshop “Participation Certificate’s”authorized by Mr M.S. Dhakad, Programme Director, UNIDO ICAMT and Dr K. NarasimhaMurthy, Chairman, Indian Welding Society, Bangalore Center were distributed.Friction welding (FW) and Friction Stir Welding (FSW) are important classes of solid-statewelding processes which find immense applications worldwide. Wherein the combination of fastjoining times (order of a few seconds), and direct heat input at the weld interface, yieldsrelatively “melt-free” and "clean" joints. These are new technologies and require in-depthknowledge of the process parameters and a multitude of metallurgical phenomena.The objective of this workshop was to bring to focus all the technological issues to the forefrontand help the practicing engineers to come to grips with the latest cutting edge technology. Itbrought experts from GRIET, Hyderabad, DMRL, Hyderabad, WRI, BHEL, Trichy, LPSC,ISRO, Annamalai University, ETA Technology, Bangalore and IISC, Bangalore to delivertechnical lectures on various aspects of Friction Welding, Friction Stir Welding and share theirrich experience.4