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  Materials Joining Technology

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne specializes in these joining processes:

 
  • Welding and machining
  • Brazing and heat treatment
  • Electroforming and plating
Our primary focus is in joining of high temperature super alloys:
 
  • TIG welded nickel jointGas tungsten arc and electron beam welding of nickel, cobalt and iron based alloys
    • Effect of heat treatment, material form, alloy composition
    • Fissure avoidance techniques
  • Weldability testing
    • Microfissure causes, impacts and resolution
    • New crack resistant alloy compositions
  • ASME code welding
  • X-33 Aerospike honeycomb backup structureFurnace brazing
    • Dissimilar metals
    • Metal to non-metals (ceramics)