A study of tensile strength of MIG welding-brazing dissimilar lap joints of mild steel and aluminum alloy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulnasser Embark Beleed ◽  
A. I. M. Shaiful ◽  
Muhamad Fahmi Mohd Roslan ◽  
M. N. B. Omar ◽  
Mazlan Mohamed

The present work analyses MIG in terms of strength and consumption of energy during joining of similar AISI 1018 Mild Steel plates. Sustainable manufacturing is the creation of various manufactured products that generally use different processes that will minimize negative impact on environment, conserve natural resources and energy, are also safe for the employees, consumers and communities as well as economically sound. Sustainable manufacturing highlights on the necessity of an energy effective process that optimize consumption of energy. AISI 1018 mild steel is extensively used in automotive industries for pins, worms, dowels gears, non-critical tool components etc. Main important output responses are Tensile Strength and energy consumption during MIG Welding Process by taking Current, Travel Speed and Voltage as effective input variables. The main objective is to optimize energy consumption as well as tensile strength also determination of main influential process parameters on energy Consumption and tensile strength by using Taguchi Method. Contour plot has been also shown.


2014 ◽  
Vol 611-612 ◽  
pp. 1429-1436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Mertin ◽  
Andreas Naumov ◽  
Linda Mosecker ◽  
Markus Bambach ◽  
Gerhard Hirt

Hybrid components made of steel and aluminum sheet metal are a promising approach for weight reduction for automotive applications. However, lightweight components made of steel and aluminum require suitable joining technologies, particularly if forming operations follow after the welding process. Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a promising solid-state welding technology for producing dissimilar joints of steel and aluminum. Within this work dissimilar butt joints were produced using sheet metals of mild steel DC04 and the aluminum alloy AA6016 with a thickness of about 1 mm. The FSW joints show approximately 85 % of the tensile strength of the aluminum base material. In metallographic investigations of the produced FSW blanks it was found that the microstructure in the area of the weld seam changes in the aluminum alloy due to the process temperature and plastic deformation. Due to temperature dependent changes of precipitations of the aluminum alloy, temperature measurements have been carried out during the welding process. To find an explanation of the reduction in tensile strength of the FSW joints, short time heat treatment experiments in the temperature range between 250 °C and 450 °C were performed using the aluminum base material. Heat treatments in the temperature range of the measured process temperature result in a reduction of the tensile strength of about 20 % regardless the annealing time.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
F. Khalfallah ◽  
Z. Boumerzoug ◽  
S. Rajakumar ◽  
E. Raouache

AbstractThe objective of this work is to investigate the rotary friction welding of AA1100 aluminum alloy with mild steel, and to optimize the welding parameters of these dissimilar materials, such as friction pressure/time, forging pressure/time and rotational speed. The optimization of the welding parameters was deduced by applying Response Surface Methodology (RSM). An empirical relationship was also applied to predict the welding parameters. Tensile test and micro-hardness measurements were used to determine the mechanical properties of the welded joints. Some joints were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) in order to investigate the formation of intermetallic compound (IMC) layer at the weld interface. Experimentally, the tensile strength of the weld increases with increasing the forging pressure/time, while the low level of forging pressure/time allows the formation of an IMC layer which reduces the tensile strength of the weld.


Author(s):  
Pardon Baloyi ◽  
Stephen A. Akinlabi ◽  
Nkosinathi Madushele ◽  
Paul A. Adedeji ◽  
Sunir Hassan ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 575-578 ◽  
pp. 1382-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Ming Gao ◽  
Yan Bai ◽  
Lin Wu

10mm-5A06 aluminum alloy was butt-welded in a single pass by the plasma-gas metal arc (plasma-MIG) welding procedure, the joints were subjected to X-ray inspection, the microstructure and mechanical performance of weld were also studied. The results indicate that plasma-MIG welding is superior to regular conventional MIG welding on the aspects of reducing weld porosity, increasing joint quality and improving deposition efficiency. Good weld joint with less porosity and excellent mechanical properties is obtained, which can reach as 92.62% tensile strength and 85.12% elongation percentage as base metal. Dimples in which the precipitated phase is the solid solution based on Al3Mg2 are observed in fracture scanning electron micrograph and the fracture mode is ductile rupture. α-Al and Al3Mg2 ,α-Al and eutectic structure are observed respectively in fusion area and in weld zone. The wire feed rate and melting rate can come to 14.5m/min and 80g/min respectively for the 1.6mm welding wire by the plasma-MIG welding process on the premise that the tensile strength of the joints meet the requirements.


2016 ◽  
Vol 850 ◽  
pp. 519-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
De Tao Cai ◽  
Shan Guo Han ◽  
Shi Da Zheng ◽  
De Jun Yan ◽  
Jiu Qiang Luo ◽  
...  

Plasma-MIG hybrid welding and MIG welding of 5083 marine aluminum alloy was carried out. The influences of parameters of welding process on the weldments morphology were investigated in order to optimize the welding process parameters. The macrostructure, microstructure, tensile and bending properties of the optimized joint were studied. The results show that Plasma-MIG hybrid welding not only has a synergistic effect of Plasma and MIG welding but also has a high welding efficiency. Welding speed, Plasma current and MIG current have a significant effect on welding penetration and welding morphology. Meanwhile, the ductility and strength property of weld joint was qualified though the bending test and tensile test. The average tensile strength of weld joint is about 285MPa at room temperature, about 86% of the base metal.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1388
Author(s):  
Ke Yang ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Hongbing Liu ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Chuanguang Luo ◽  
...  

High-efficiency and high-quality welding has always been the focus of welding research. This article proposes a novel double-pulse, triple-wire MIG welding process for the welding of 6082-T6 aluminum alloy. The process characteristics of welding arc and droplet transfer were studied, and the performances of weld formation, morphology, hardness, and tensile strength were tested for the 1 Hz, 3 Hz, and 5 Hz double-pulse welding and normal-pulse welding. It was found that in the welding process, the pulsed arc steadily alternated among three welding wires without arc interruption, and the arc length changed periodically with the double-pulse frequency. The droplets transferred with a stable one-pulse-one-drop mode. Besides, a proper double-pulse frequency, e.g., 3 Hz in this case, was conducive to forming good welds with regular fish-scale patterns and no pores. The tensile strength of the joint could reach 64% of the base material’s tensile strength, and its fracture belonged to plastic fracture, which occurred in the HAZ. This new welding method will have great potential in aluminum alloy welding.


2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Rajendrana ◽  
K. Srinivasan ◽  
V. Balasubramanian ◽  
H. Balaji ◽  
P. Selvaraj

AbstractAA2014 aluminum alloy (Al-Cu alloy) has been widely utilized in fabrication of lightweight structures like aircraft structures, demanding high strength to weight ratio and good corrosion resistance. The fusion welding of these alloys will lead to solidification problems such as hot cracking. Friction stir welding is a new solid state welding process, in which the material being welded does not melt and recast. Lot of research works have been carried out by many researchers to optimize process parameters and establish empirical relationships to predict tensile strength of friction stir welded butt joints of aluminum alloys. However, very few investigations have been carried out on friction stir welded lap joints of aluminum alloys. Hence, in this investigation, an attempt has been made to optimize friction stir lap welding (FSLW) parameters to attain maximum tensile strength using statistical tools such as design of experiment (DoE), analysis of variance (ANOVA), response graph and contour plots. By this method, it is found that maximum tensile shear fracture load of 12.76 kN can be achieved if a joint is made using tool rotational speed of 900 rpm, welding speed of 110 mm/min, tool shoulder diameter of 12 mm and tool tilt angle of 1.5°.


Alloy Digest ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  

Abstract Kaiser Aluminum Alloy 7050 has very high mechanical properties including tensile strength, high fracture toughness, and a high resistance to exfoliation and stress-corrosion cracking. The alloy is typically used in aircraft structural parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: AL-366. Producer or source: Tennalum, A Division of Kaiser Aluminum.


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