Friction stir welding of thermoplastics with a new heat-assisted tool design: mechanical properties and microstructure

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Moochani ◽  
Hamid Omidvar ◽  
Seyed Reza Ghaffarian ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Goushegir
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Tool Design ◽  
Friction Stir

scholarly journals Experimental Study the Effect of Tool Design on the Mechanical Properties of Bobbin Friction Stir Welded 6061-T6 Aluminum Alloy

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Ali Amin ◽  
Mohannad Yousif Hanna ◽  
Alhamza Farooq Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Rolling Direction ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Tool Design ◽  
Flat Surfaces ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Welding Joints

Bobbin friction stir welding (BFSW) is a variant of the conventional friction stir welding (CFSW); it can weld the upper and lower surface of the work-piece in the same pass. This technique involves the bonding of materials without melting. In this work, the influence of tool design on the mechanical properties of welding joints of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy with 6.25 mm thickness produced by FSW bobbin tools was investigated and the best bobbin tool design was determined. Five different probe shapes (threaded straight cylindrical, straight cylindrical with 3 flat surfaces, straight cylindrical with 4 flat surfaces, threaded straight cylindrical with 3 flat surface and threaded straight cylindrical with 4 flat surfaces) with various dimensions of the tool (shoulders and pin) were used to create the welding joints. The direction of the welding process was perpendicular to the rolling direction for aluminum plates. Tensile and bending tests were performed to select the right design of the bobbin tools, which gave superior mechanical properties of the welded zone.  The tool of straight cylindrical with four flats, 8 mm probe and 24 mm shoulders diameter gave better tensile strength (193 MPa), elongation (6.1%), bending force (5.7 KN), and welding efficiency (65.4%) according to tensile strength.     

Microstructure, Tool Design and Mechanical Properties Evolution of Friction Stir Welded Aluminium Alloy

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
G. Raghu Babu ◽  
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K.G.K. Murti ◽  
G. Ranga Janardhana ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Tool Design ◽  
Friction Stir

scholarly journals Effect of Stirring Pin Rotation Speed on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 2A14-T4 Alloy T-Joints Produced by Stationary Shoulder Friction Stir Welding

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1938
Author(s):  
Haifeng Yang ◽  
Hongyun Zhao ◽  
Xinxin Xu ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
Huihui Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Rotation Speed ◽  
Weld Nugget ◽  
Al Alloy ◽  
Nugget Zone ◽  
T Joints ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Stationary Shoulder ◽  
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties

In this study, 2A14-T4 Al-alloy T-joints were prepared via stationary shoulder friction stir welding (SSFSW) technology where the stirring pin’s rotation speed was set as different values. In combination with the numerical simulation results, the macro-forming, microstructure, and mechanical properties of the joints under different welding conditions were analyzed. The results show that the thermal cycle curves in the SSFSW process are featured by a steep climb and slow decreasing variation trends. As the stirring pin’s rotation speed increased, the grooves on the weld surface became more obvious. The base and rib plates exhibit W- or N-shaped hardness distribution patterns. The hardness of the weld nugget zone (WNZ) was high but was lower than that of the base material. The second weld’s annealing effect contributed to the precipitation and coarsening of the precipitated phase in the first weld nugget zone (WNZ1). The hardness of the heat affect zone (HAZ) in the vicinity of the thermo-mechanically affected zone (TMAZ) dropped to the minimum. As the stirring pin's rotation speed increased, the tensile strengths of the base and rib plates first increased and then dropped. The base and rib plates exhibited ductile and brittle/ductile fracture patterns, respectively.

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties at the Unsteady Areas of Non-Linear Friction Stir Welding

2007 ◽  
Vol 561-565 ◽  
pp. 1059-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Takahara ◽  
Masato Tsujikawa ◽  
Sung Wook Chung ◽  
Y. Okawa ◽  
Kenji Higashi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Welding Parameter ◽  
Butt Joints ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Linear Friction ◽  
Fsw Parameters ◽  
Five Axis ◽  
Welding Direction

The influence of tool control in non-linear friction stir welding (FSW) on mechanical properties of joints was investigated. FSW is widely applied to linear joints. It is impossible for five axis FSW machines, however, to keep all the FSW parameters in optimum conditions at non-linear welding. Non-linear FSW joints should be made by compromise with the order of priority for FSW parameters. The tensile test results of butt joints with rectangular change in welding direction on plate plane (L-shaped butt joints) with various welding parameter change. It was found that turn to the retreating side is encouraged when welding direction change. And the method of zero inclination tool angle is effective at non-linear and plane welding.

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