Dissimilar Alloys

Discover how our dissimilar alloy services can help your business

Dissimilar Alloys for Aluminum Manufacturing

At Bayou Manufacturing, Friction Stir Welding can join different alloys and tempers such as 1XXX, 5XXX, 6XXX and so on. Also, materials of different families can be successfully joined such as 5XXX to 6XXX, and in some cases “hard alloys” can be joined to soft alloys, such as 5XXX joined to 7XXX.