FRICTION WELDING MATERIALS

Friction Welding of Similar or Dissimilar Materials

The most common industry materials and combinations for friction welding include carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, high speed steel and aluminum, plus other metals or alloys.
Although we provide materials for our customers' friction welding projects, we're not a materials broker or warehouse. See Product Examples

Uncommon Material Combinations

Friction Welding is NOT LIMITED to Material Combinations shown below.

If you do not see the materials or dissimilar welding material combinations that you are interested in joining, please contact our Friction Welding Application Specialists for more info.

MATERIAL GUIDE FOR FRICTION WELDING

STAINLESS STEEL WELDING

302 SS	to	1020, 1045, 410 SS, 440 SS
303 SS	to	1018, 1045, 1117
304 SS	to	304, 1020, 1045, Hastelloy B, Hastelloy C
309 SS	to	1010
316 SS	to	316, 1018, 1020, 1045, 1117
321 SS	to	8630, 321 SS
347 SS	to	17-4 PH
410 SS	to	1045
416 SS	to	1018, 1045, 440 SS
440 SS	to	440 SS
17-4 PH	to	1117, 17-4 PH, 310 SS
CARP 20	to	1018, 1020, 1045, CARP 20
2205 Duplex	to	2205 Duplex, 1018

Mechanical Properties and the Friction Welding of 416 Stainless Steel

ALUMINUM WELDING

Aluminum	to	Carbon Steel
1100	to	1100
2024	to	2024
6061	to	6061, 356 Cast
6061 T-4	to	1100, 6063 T-4
6063	to	6063, 356 Cast
M-821	to	8740

2010 Survey showed #1 Materials Joining Challenge is the increased use of new materials or material combinations, such as Aluminum to Steel

OTHER WELDING MATERIALS

Carbide 3411	to	1020
Sintered Carbide	to	1018
INCO 600	to	INCO 600
INCO 713C	to	1036, 1040, 4140, 5140, 8630
INCO 713LC	to	5140, d979
INCO 718	to	INCO 718, AMS6304, INCOLOY 901 , WASPALOY
INCO 751	to	1045, 4140
Inconel X	to	8645
Molybdenum	to	Molybdenum
Monel 400	to	Monel 400, 1020, 1026
Nickel 200	to	Nickel 200
T-1	to	4140
Tantalum	to	1018, 302 SS
Titanium	to	1018, 1100 Aluminum, Titanium
Tungsten	to	Tungsten
Tungsten Carbide	to	1020

Growing molybdenum markets are power generation, construction, and transportation, by ASM International

Titanium - Surface Treatments and Cleaning

CARBON STEEL WELDING

1008	to	1037, 1052
1010	to	1010, 8620
1013	to	1018, 1117
1018	to	1018, 1052, 1141, 5130, EX-TEN50
1020	to	1020, 1037, 1095, 1140
1040	to	1040, 1045
1041	to	1041
1045	to	1141, 4150, 8620, EX-TEN50
1049	to	1049
1085	to	1017
1095	to	1020
1117	to	1117
1141	to	1141
T-11	to	T-11
T-22	to	T-22
14B36	to	14B36
15B37	to	15B37

Important Machining Factors of Carbon Steels, such as the best "grade types"

ALLOY STEEL WELDING

3140	to	2112
4032	to	4032
4115	to	4115
4130	to	1034, 4130, 4140, 4142
4140	to	1020, 1035, 4140, 4142
4340	to	4340
5120L	to	1026, 5120L
51200	to	1040, 8620, 51200
5130	to	1018
8620	to	1018, 8620
9310	to	9310
9650	to	6150
98BV40	to	98BV40

HIGH SPEED STEEL WELDING

H-13	to	1018, H-13
M-1	to	1040, 1045, 1050, 1070, 8650
M-2	to	1045
M-4	to	Matrix Alloy
M-7	to	1045
M-10	to	1045
M-50	to	M-50
S-1	to	1080

OTHER NON-FERROUS WELDING

Aluminum	to	1045, Bronze
Brass	to	Brass
Bronze	to	Steel
Copper (Cu)	to	Copper, Silver, 1020

Friction Welding Mild Steel-Bronze: Effect of friction welding parameters on mechanical and microstructural properties of dissimilar AISI 1010 - ASTM B22 joints, a study by AWS

Photo below shows two metals friction welded for an electric diode.

Welding dissimilar materials - such as those used in this Electric Diode

Welding 416 Stainless Steel

Normally, resulfurized stainless steel is not considered weldable. However, if the design of the part accounts for the directional nature of the material and the weld, friction welding can be used to fabricate parts from Type 416. read more...

MATERIALS DISCLAIMER

While American Friction Welding provides materials for the friction welding projects of our customers, AFW is NOT a materials broker or warehouse.

American Friction Welding
115 North Janacek Rd.
Brookfield, WI 53045
(262) 797-8840

"Friction is ideal for welding dissimilar metals with very different melting temperatures and physical properties, such as copper to aluminum, titanium to copper, and nickel alloys to other steels. As a rule of thumb, forgeable metallic engineering materials are friction-weldable, as well as castings and powdered metals."

- Ralph Chalmers,
Sr. Editor, SME