Figure 11 Applications of the developed model. A Machine Learning model based on ANN was developed to predict the temperature variation during friction Assisted Joining of metal- polymer structures. The model takes the absorbed power as input and forecasts temperature trend recursively. The model was trained using processing loads (the plunging load and the torque) and temperature measurements performed employing an IR camera. The entire data processing flow is explained in the paper. The main conclusions are summarized as follows: