Influences of tool rotational speed on tensile properties of friction stir welded AZ61A magnesium alloy

Author(s):  
A Razal Rose ◽  
K Manisekar ◽  
V Balasubramania
2011 ◽  
Vol 295-297 ◽  
pp. 1929-1932
Author(s):  
Yi Min Tu ◽  
Ran Feng Qiu ◽  
Hong Xin Shi ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Ke Ke Zhang

In order to obtain better understanding of the friction stir weldability of the magnesium alloy and provide some foundational information for improving mechanical properties of retardant magnesium alloy joints. A retardant magnesium alloy was weld using the method of friction stir welding. The influence of welding parameters on the strength of the joint was investigated. The maximum strength of 230 MPa was obtained from the joint welded at the tool rotational speed of 1000 r/min and welding speed of 750 mm/min.


2017 ◽  
Vol 867 ◽  
pp. 105-111
Author(s):  
S. Ramesh Babu ◽  
M. Nithin ◽  
S. Pavithran ◽  
B Parameshwaran

The Electrical Resistance Welding (ERW) of Magnesium and Aluminium is more difficult than steel because the welding machines must provide high currents and exact pressures in order to provide the heat necessary to melt the magnesium for proper fusion at the interface in order to produce a sound weld. Further, resistance welding of magnesium requires a backup plate made of steel to conduct the heat to the workpiece material. To overcome this problem, Friction Stir Spot Welding (FSSW) has been developed. In this study, the hardness distribution and the tensile shear strength of FSSW welds in the AZ31B Magnesium alloy has been investigated and it has been found that tool rotational speed and dwell time plays a major role in determining the weld strength. From the experimental study, a tool rotational speed of 1100 rpm and dwell time of 20 s produced good shear strength of 2824 N and the corresponding grain size was 4.54 μm. This result is very well supported by microstructural examinations and hardness distribution studies.


Author(s):  
Velaphi Msomi ◽  
Busiswa Tracey Jantjies

Friction stir welding (FSW) is considered as the new joining technique which does not involve fumes like any traditional joining techniques. The attainment of good weld depends on proper combination of FSW parameters, and this combination varies with the materials that are being welded. The tool rotational speed is known as the most critical parameter towards the generation of heat required to produce the weld in friction stir welding. This parameter plays an important role in restructuring the stir zone. The variation of this parameter may yield certain results which are dependent on the type of materials being welded. This paper reports on the impact of the rotational speed variation on the tensile properties of AA6082-T6 joints. The rotational speed was varied while keeping all the other welding parameters constant. The analysis was performed comparatively on the specimens that were sampled from different locations of the joint. The joints produced through the rotational speed of 600 rpm showed good tensile properties compared to joints produced through other rotational speeds.


2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ethiraj ◽  
T. Sivabalan ◽  
C. Vijaya Raghavan ◽  
Shubham Mourya

Friction stir welding (FSW) is solid state joining process with more advantages than that of fusion welding. Nylon -6 is one of the engineering plastics used widely in various industrial applications. The main aim of this research work is to investigate the effect of tool rotational speed and tool traversing speed on the mechanical and microstructural properties of the nylon-6 butt welded joints made by FSW. The FSW process was performed in a computer numerically controlled (CNC) vertical milling machine using a cylindrical tool with threaded pin made of heat treated high carbon high chromium (HCHCr) steel. The tensile testing and microscopic examinations were carried out to study the mechanical and microstructural properties of the welded joints. In visual inspection, it is observed that the excessive flashes are observed on either sides of the weld line in all cases. From the results, it is observed that the maximum tensile properties are achieved in a joint made which is approximately 18% and 26% of the parent material’s ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and yield strength (YS) respectively with the tool rotational speed 1200 rpm and the tool traversing speed of 30 mm/min within the experimented process parameters. Overall, the tensile properties of the welded joints made using the experimented process parameters are very much lower than the parent material.


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