Coldwater Machine’s “Will It Meld” calculator helps determine viable dissimilar-materials joining

Coldwater Machine, a Lincoln Electric Company in Coldwater, Ohio, has launched a “Will It Meld” calculator on its website to help companies determine if dissimilar materials can be joined by its SpinMeld rotary friction welding systems.

Users can select the two materials they would like to weld from a drop-down list of over 35 substances. Depending on the selected materials, the result will either say the materials can be joined, the materials have not yet been proven to join, or to contact the company for more information on the application.

The SpinMeld system can join steels, aluminum, cast or sintered metals, magnesium, brass, ceramics with mixed metal connections, and dissimilar combinations of these materials.