Abstract:
Friction welding apparatus including a pair of members having transversely facing workpiece engaging surfaces thereon for holding a nonrotating workpiece and adjusting means for varying the positions of the members relative to each other and a machine support. The adjusting means includes transverse adjusting means for selectively and independently moving the members toward or away from each other along an axis transverse to the normal welding axis and for selectively and independently moving the members as a unit in either direction along the transverse axis.