Abstract— Friction welding method is one of the most simple, economical and highly productive methods in joining similar and dissimilar metals. It is widely used in the automotive, aircraft and aerospace industrial applications. For many applications it is often necessary to join aluminium (6061) to make finished part. In this project the main aim is to weld the small thickness of aluminum (6061) plates for that friction welding machine used is of higher cost. Here the aim is reduce the cost of friction welding machine with simple parts like three phase A.C induction motor, bush, frame stand, friction tool, universal vice, vertical moving bed, horizontal moving bed, etc. The result expected would be of same strength as that of old friction welding machine. It is very easy and at same time production time is very much reduced. This machine is best suitable for mass production.

Index Terms— Aluminium, Friction tool, Production

Cite: G Selvakumar, R Maguteeswaran, P Nandhakumar, M Sathish, E Vignesh, and A Peramanan, " Manufacturing and Assembly of Friction Welding Machine for Aluminium," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 143-149, April 2014.