Heat development of the contact area during capacitor discharge welding

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 1195-1203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max-Martin Ketzel ◽  
Martin Hertel ◽  
Jörg Zschetzsche ◽  
Uwe Füssel

Author(s):  
C. P. Doğan ◽  
R. D. Wilson ◽  
J. A. Hawk

Capacitor Discharge Welding is a rapid solidification technique for joining conductive materials that results in a narrow fusion zone and almost no heat affected zone. As a result, the microstructures and properties of the bulk materials are essentially continuous across the weld interface. During the joining process, one of the materials to be joined acts as the anode and the other acts as the cathode. The anode and cathode are brought together with a concomitant discharge of a capacitor bank, creating an arc which melts the materials at the joining surfaces and welds them together (Fig. 1). As the electrodes impact, the arc is extinguished, and the molten interface cools at rates that can exceed 106 K/s. This process results in reduced porosity in the fusion zone, a fine-grained weldment, and a reduced tendency for hot cracking.At the U.S. Bureau of Mines, we are currently examining the possibilities of using capacitor discharge welding to join dissimilar metals, metals to intermetallics, and metals to conductive ceramics. In this particular study, we will examine the microstructural characteristics of iron-aluminum welds in detail, focussing our attention primarily on interfaces produced during the rapid solidification process.



2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
Brian K. Paul ◽  
Wiwat Thaneepakorn ◽  
Rick D. Wilson


1977 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-386
Author(s):  
U. C. Paek ◽  
S. J. Vahaviolos ◽  
G. E. Kleinedler

A theoretical approach to thermal analysis of capacitor discharge welding is presented. The weld current is divided into three segments (premelting, melting, and postmelting) and each is analyzed with a one dimensional heat conduction model. From this analysis, normalized parameter values are plotted to provide an estimate of the thermal time constant of welding and the extent of melting. The predicted weld zone depth of penetration was experimentally verified with metallographic data. Similarly, using signal frequency discrimination techniques, it was found that Stress Wave Emission (SWE) techniques could be adapted to measure the parameters of the above three pulse segments (tm, te, tc) accurately and in real time. Theoretical and experimental metallographic and SWE results are in good agreement.







2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-311
Author(s):  
Jiehan Luo ◽  
Zhaoyao Zhou ◽  
Xiaobing Cao ◽  
Chunhua Zou ◽  
Chunya Zou




2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianzhao Wang ◽  
Ohse Peter ◽  
Su Wu ◽  
Dilthey Ulrich


1994 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Wilson ◽  
D. E. Alman ◽  
J. A. Hawk

AbstractCapacitor Discharge Welding (CDW) is a rapid solidification joining process capable of cooling rates greater than 106 K/s. The Bureau of Mines is investigating the CDW process as a method of joining TiAl, Fe3A1 and MoSi2. Experimental results show that the fusion zone of the CDW welds is less than 0.1 mm wide, is uniform in composition, and has a cellular solidification microstructure. This paper compares the CDW microstructure of several intermetallics to the microstructures obtained from the gas tungsten arc welding.



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