WHY CHOOSE AFW

Consistent Quality

American Friction Welding uses 4 parameters in the friction welding process to ensure consistent quality. See our Custom Quality Control Gauge to see the step-by-step process we developed for tight tolerance testing.

Flexibility

Some of our customers require more flexibility from a friction welder because of fluctuations that commonly occur in their industry.

American Friction Welding routinely assists customers with their unexpected deadlines or customized friction welding projects (among other demands). Our team does not consider any of these as obstacles. Don't be afraid to tell us about your special needs or circumstances.

Customer Care Responsivness

AFW's team of experts are always ready to help in critical situations. A major OEM serving the construction and agriculture industries experienced catastrophic damage to their friction welding equipment. While their new welding machine was on order, AFW quickly responded by providing critical friction welding support to minimize OEM part supply disruptions and production downtime.

AFW manufactured the required tooling within days and produced 4,800 welds over the next six months, demonstrating unique responsiveness in critical customer situations.

In another situation, AFW assisted a major producer of hydraulic cylinders when they faced similar machine challenges, and we responded accordingly.

PROACTIVE PREPAREDNESS

As a proactive measure, we recommend that manufacturers keep us prepared for unexpected supply disruptions that may arise. One tactical consideration is to allow us to produce the required tooling and sample parts in advance. This preparation eliminates rush tooling charges, downtime and loss of market share. With tooling and parts on-hand, we'll be ready to step in if the unexpected events occur.

Call AFW to discuss more details about tooling and sample parts production... or perhaps other unique ways that we may assist with your strategic sourcing.

Expertise in Welding Dissimilar Materials

Dissimilar materials normally not compatible for welding can be friction welded. (See List of Material Combinations) Don't see something on our list? A quick call (877) 845-7927 to one of our friction weldling specialists will give you answers about potential welding materials.

Weld Production Quantities

Since 2008, we've produced over 1.5 million successful welds for our customers.

In-House Tooling

We have a fully equipped in-house fixture and tool-making room.

Our ability to internally engineer, build and maintain our friction welding equipment demonstrates our commitment to providing the support and expertise that our customers expect.

Extensive Industry Experience

In 1986, American Friction Welding began providing friction welding for the printing and computer industries. It was soon realized that our services could be applied to various industries and we could still provide customers with a quality product at a cost-efficient price. This proved to be a desirable and profitable implementation that has enabled us to expand our facilities to be one of the largest job shops in the USA. American Friction Welding operates a 50,000 square foot, climate-controlled facility that is easily accessible to major interstates ensuring maximum logistics efficiency.