FRICTION STIR WELDING AND PROCESSING​​​​​​

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

23-25 Jun-2027 | VANDERVALK ENSCHEDE

Welcome to the 2027 Friction Stir Welding and Processing International Conference

Organized by the University of Twente, the Netherlands

Joining aluminum and other materials in solid state through a rotating tool has inspired many of us. What started in the early 1990s has become an important technology to join many hard-to-weld materials providing excellent microstructures and impressive mechanical properties. The stirring nature of the friction stir welding tool has also been used to locally improve the material’s microstructure through a process called friction stir processing. The advantages of the friction and plastic deformation induced by rotating tooling have in the last decade been extended to additive manufacturing where products and structures can be fabricated in solid-state in a layer-by-layer fashion. Most recently, repair and recycling approaches have emerged based on the same principles. Join us in these remarkable developments in solid-state joining, processing, additive manufacturing and beyond.

More information will follow shortly.

Mark you calendars

Please mark your calendar and reserve the dates of the FSWP2027 conference taking place from

23 – 25 June 2027

The program comprises keynotes lectures and oral presentations along with an exhibition of industrial partners, all within the relaxed, green and open atmosphere of the Twente region.

Organization committee

Lead organization

dr. ir. T.C. Bor

Ton Bor is an associate professor in the Production Technology chair of the Engineering Technology faculty. He received his master degree on Materials Science with honors in 1994 on the topic of solid-state welding of ceramics in the Welding Technology group (prof. G. den Ouden) of the Technical University of Delft. Then, he continued at this university with a PhD in the sections Physical Chemistry of the Solid State (prof. E.J. Mittemeijer) and Micromechanics of Materials (prof. E. van der Giessen) on strain fields in crystalline solids. After completion of the PhD in 2000, he continued his stay in both sections with a post-doctoral research. Then, he moved for two years to Malvern/Panalytical in Almelo to work as an X-ray diffraction specialist. In 2004 he started as an assistant professor in the Production Technology chair of Remko Akkerman. His research interest covers various areas including fiber reinforced composite materials, X-ray and mechanical analysis of crystalline materials, microstructural modeling of metals and alloys, and healing of ceramic materials. Solid-state additive manufacturing of aluminium has become one of the major topics (FSEAM).

Organization team

dr. ir. M. Luckabauer, University of Twente, Faculty of Engineering Technology

Administrative assistant

Mrs. R.M. Soudant, University of Twente, Faculty of Engineering Technology