“…This is one of major advantages of friction stir processing, because it allows finishing the surface and, in the meantime, it applies in-situ localized heat treatment leading to microstructural refinement, densification, homogeneity, increased microhardness, superior wear and corrosion resistance of the surface layer. Friction stir was initially applied to aluminium alloys [1] and extended lately to other materials such as copper alloys [4,5], magnesium alloys [6,7], steels [8,9] or titanium alloys [10,11].…”