• OEM OF FOOD PUMPS
  A leading manufacturer of food pumps needed to reduce costs and increase machining capacity without sacrificing part integrity or the material's corrosive resistant character.
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"On keeping project on budget: We did bid out with competitors, but based on quality and competitive price, we did not want to switch."
— Food Equipment Manufacturer

• HYDRAULIC CYLINDER MANUFACTURER
  A joint in a piece of construction equipment needed to increase it's strength without accruing additional costs of preparation, welding and machine finishing.
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"On converting a project from
the die forging process, AFW has saved us considerable money."
— Engineer,
Oil Field Equipment Mfr.

• OEM OF CHEMICAL PUMPS
  A leading manufacturer of Chemical Pumps needed to reduce costs and increase machining capacity without compromising corrosive resistance of part or part integrity.
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"I like working with AFW. Our rep is personable and we get a very good response time. Lead times are good, along with status reports."
— Oil Field Equipment Mfr.

• ROLLER MANUFACTURER
  Leading manufacturers of printing, conveying and agricultural equipment needed to reduce roller material costs, weight and overall costs, while maintaining roller quality.
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"The AFW Sales team is very responsive in working through
the issues in any project."
— Hydraulic Pump Manufacturer

• VALVE MANUFACTURER
  A leading manufacturer of industrial valves needed to reduce material costs and increase machining capacity without compromising corrosive resistance of material and part integrity.
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"As far as timing and deliveries, AFW is right on the money.
If we need to push a job through, they are very cooperative."
— Oil Field Equipment Mfr.

• MEETING PUMP SHAFT MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES USING FRICTION WELDING
  by Joel Donohue, American Friction Welding, Inc.
  Friction welding as a way to reduce costs is a viable option for design engineering and new product development. This article provides background on friction welding for pump shaft manufacturing.
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"AFW is customer friendly. Our program required significant investment in equipment and, with a contract, AFW was willing to make the investment. Very nice!"
— Hand Tool Manufacturer

• FRICTION WELDING FOR FOOD INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING
  by Joel Donohue, American Friction Welding, Inc.
  How Friction Welding Can Save Food Manufacturing OEMs on Material Costs.
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"We understand each other and can confront issues together."
— Food Equipment Manufacturer

• MEETING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ROD MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES USING FRICTION WELDING
  by John Fischer, American Friction Welding, Inc.
  Friction welding has become widely accepted as an effective process and a proven alternative to complex forging and CO2 / fusion and flash-butt / resistance welding techniques.
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"We worked together on a product component to replace a casting process, then started a long-term contract. And, even after that,
AFW continued to improve the
processes to reduce costs."
— Food Equipment Manufacturer

• METALLURGICAL EVALUATION OF TWO FRICTION WELDED GRADE 1045 STEEL BARS
  by Craig G. Brown, metallurgical engineer at Stork Technimet Inc.
  
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