An oscillation jig includes: an oscillation jig base connected to an oscillation table; a first clamp member provided in the oscillation jig base; a second clamp member located at a position opposed to the first clamp member in an oscillation direction and configured to hold a first metal component together with the first clamp member; a link mechanism provided in the oscillation jig base, composed of a plurality of links connected together, connected to the second clamp member, and caused to extend and contract in the oscillation direction; and a clamp actuator configured to cause the link mechanism to extend and contract in the oscillation direction. When the first clamp member and the second clamp member hold the first metal component, a connection center line connecting connection centers of the respective links is made straight in the oscillation direction.

Disclosed is a method for producing a blade for a turbomachine, in particular for an aero engine. The method comprises providing at least one blade airfoil with a first platform region and at least one blade root with a second platform region and joining the blade airfoil and the blade root at the respective platform regions by a friction welding method at a common joint region of the platform regions, the blade airfoil and the blade root being made of materials which are different from each other. Also disclosed is a blade which is and/or can be obtained by such a method.

A friction welding method includes: applying axial force to first and second metallic components so as to force the components against each other at an interface therebetween, while oscillating the two components relative to each other in a cyclic motion, so as to generate friction and heat at the interface; rapidly stopping the cyclic motion; and applying a spike in the axial force to complete a weld between the first and second components.

The present disclosure provides a linear friction joining device which includes: a pressing device for pressing a second member onto a first member in a pressing direction; a vibrator for relatively vibrating the first member and the second member; a controller which is configured to bring the second member into contact with the first member by a position control, which depends on a measurement result of position sensors, to change the position control to a load control, which depends on a measurement result of load sensors, and to increase a pressing load toward a joining load; and a joining load reaching time adjuster which is configured to adjust a length of a joining load reaching time which is between the time when the position control is changed to the load control and the time when the pressing load reaches the joining load.

Solid-state joining of preformed features, such as bosses, flanges, gaskets, centralizers and other features to substrates or cast parts by a solid-state additive manufacturing process is disclosed. Joining can be between same or different materials using same, similar or dissimilar filler material than the materials of the feature and the part that need to be joined.

A system for forming a vehicle component includes a first metal sheet having an aperture, a second metal sheet contacting a lower surface of the first metal sheet, an anvil supporting the first and second metal sheets beneath the aperture, and a press bit disposed above the aperture.

A rotor for a turbomachine and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a lug with a lug body and an interface material disposed on the lug body. The method also includes friction welding the lug to a hub member via the interface material to define a projected structure for an outer radial area of a disc assembly of the rotor. The projected structure is configured to support a first side of a rotor blade of the rotor in cooperation with a second projected structure of the disc assembly supporting a second side of the rotor blade. The lug body and the hub member are made from different materials.

A method of friction welding a first workpiece to a second workpiece, includes the first workpiece with a first faying surface having a first faying length, the second workpiece with a second faying surface having a second faying length, the second faying length greater than the first faying length; positioning the first workpiece adjacent the second workpiece; reciprocating the first workpiece and the second workpiece against one another, the first faying moves relative to the second faying by a sweep length, a temperature at the first and second faying surfaces increases to create a weld interface; each of the first and second workpieces are consumed into the weld interface, adjusting the sweep length the sweep length remains equal to a difference between the second and the first faying lengths; and stopping the reciprocating and allowing the first and second workpieces to cool to weld the first and second workpieces together.

A turbine blisk for use in a turbine rotor assembly in a gas turbine engine includes a turbine blade having a base end with a discrete bonding surface; an intermediate component having a first bonding surface and a second bonding surface; and a portion of a rotor disc having an outer surface that includes a bonding area. The discrete bonding surface of the base end of the turbine blade is attached to the first bonding surface of the intermediate component, thereby forming a first joint. The second bonding surface of the intermediate component is attached to the bonding area of the outer surface of the rotor disc, thereby forming a second joint. The first joint includes a diffusion bond, while the second joint includes a linear friction weld.

A turbine blade is secured with a turbine disk by a retention assembly. The retention assembly is secured with the disk by forming a diffusion joint with the disk.