scholarly journals Resistance Spot Welding of dissimilar Steels

10.14311/1548 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladislav Kolařík ◽  
Miroslav Sahul ◽  
Marie Kolaříková ◽  
Martin Sahul ◽  
Milan Turňa ◽  
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This paper presents an analysis of the properties of resistance spot welds between low carbon steel and austenitic CrNi stainless steel. The thickness of the welded dissimilar materials was 2 mm. A DeltaSpot welding gun with a process tape was used for welding the dissimilar steels. Resistance spot welds were produced with various welding parameters (welding currents ranging from 7 to 8 kA). Light microscopy, microhardness measurements across the welded joints, and EDX analysis were used to evaluate the quality of the resistance spot welds. The results confirm the applicability of DeltaSpot welding for this combination of materials.

2014 ◽  
Vol 875-877 ◽  
pp. 1499-1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladislav Kolařík ◽  
Miroslav Sahul ◽  
Marie Kolaříková ◽  
Martin Sahul ◽  
Milan Turňa

The contribution deals with resistance spot welding of low carbon steel to austenitic CrNi stainless steel. The thickness of welded dissimilar steels was 2 mm. DeltaSpot welding gun with process tape was utilized for welding of the above-mentioned combination of steels. Resistance spot welds were produced under different welding currents. The welding currents used were 7 kA, 7.5 kA and 8 kA, respectively. Optical microscopy, microhardness measurement across the weld joint and EDX analysis across the weld joint interface were used to evaluate the quality of resistance spot welds of dissimilar steels.


2009 ◽  
Vol 83-86 ◽  
pp. 1205-1211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Pouranvari ◽  
Pirooz Marashi

Resistance spot welding is the dominant process for joining sheet metals in automotive industry. Even-thickness combinations are rarely used in practice; therefore, there is clearly a practical need for failure behaviour investigation of uneven-thickness resistance spot welds. The aim of this paper is to investigate and analyze the failure mode and failure mechanism of dissimilar thickness low carbon steel resistance spot welds during tensile-shear overload test. Microstructural investigations, microhardness tests and tensile-shear tests were conducted. Mechanical properties of the joint were described in terms of peak load, energy absorption and failure mode. It was concluded that weld nugget size and the strength of the thinner base metal are the controlling factors of the peak load and energy absorption of dissimilar thickness spot welds.


2021 ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
А.С. Угловский ◽  
И.М. Соцкая ◽  
Е.В. Шешунова

Цель рассмотрения численного метода заключалась в получении подробных данных, позволяющих оценить проведение сварочного процесса: изменение объёма сварного шва, радиуса сварного шва, радиуса зоны термического влияния. При проведении моделирования авторами выведены зависимости параметров точечной сварки низкоуглеродистой стали толщиной до 3,2 мм. Данные зависимости будут определять качество сварных швов. Соответствующее сочетание параметров точечной сварки обеспечит прочное соединение и хорошее качество сварки. The purpose of the numerical method consideration was to obtain detailed data allowing evaluating the performance of the welding process: changing the volume of the weld, the radius of the weld, the radius of the weld-affected zone. During the simulation the authors have derived dependencies of the parameters of spot welding of low-carbon steel up to 3.2 mm thick. These dependencies will determine the quality of the welds. The correct combination of spot welding parameters will ensure a firm joint and good welding quality.


2015 ◽  
Vol 818 ◽  
pp. 229-232
Author(s):  
Ján Viňáš ◽  
Luboš Kaščák

Resistance spot welding has been widely used in sheet fabrication for several decades. Development of new materials leads to innovation of welding processes. The paper describes the principle of innovative welding method known as Delta Spot and evaluates the properties of Delta Spot joints made by combination of galvanized steel sheets H220PD (a0 = 0.9 mm) and TRIP 40/70+Z100MBO (a0 = 0.77 mm). The quality of welded joints was evaluated by tensile test and metallographic analysis. The influence of the welding parameters on the structure of welded joint was observed too. The properties of Delta Spot joint were compared to the properties of standard resistance spot welds.


Author(s):  
R. Spitsen ◽  
D. Kim ◽  
B. Flinn ◽  
M. Ramulu ◽  
E. T. Easterbrook

The investigation on the use of a post-weld cold working process to improve fatigue strength of low carbon steel resistance spot welds is presented. The cold working process generates uniform and consistent large zones of compressive residual stresses in resistance spot-welded low carbon steel structures using a specially designed indentation device. The effect of the indentation process parameters on the mechanical properties of the resistance spot-weld was investigated. Comparisons of the mechanical properties and qualitative results between the as-resistance spot-welded specimens and the post-weld cold worked resistance spot-welded specimens have been made in this investigation. Fatigue testing was also conducted to evaluate the effect of post-weld cold working process on the fatigue characteristics of resistance spot welds. Preliminary results showed that a significant improvement in the fatigue endurance limit has been achieved through the post-weld cold working process.


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