Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Fanuc Corporation

Mami Anzai

Mitsuru Sayama

Ryouji Kitamura

Keisuke Tsuta

Masato Sato

Ichiro Fujimoto

The friction stir welding apparatus includes a pin () on which a soft nitrided layer () is formed. The soft nitrided layer () is formed of an iron lithium oxide layer () and a nitrided diffusion layer (). The atom of the iron lithium oxide layer () penetrates into a space between atoms at the surface of the pin () to form the nitrided diffusion layer ().

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Sakura, Japan

Mami Anzai