High Integrity Low Distortion Assembly - HILDA

摘要

HILDA is intended to pro-mote and facilitate the use of Friction Stir Welding (FSW) in the joining of steel panels and components in assemblies required for the shipbuilding industry in Europe. Presently this process is carried out using various techniques used in the fabrication and building of ships, these techniques involve high-heat input to establish localised consolidation of the metals being welded together.