Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of MIG Welded Al-Mg-Si-xCu Alloys

2021 ◽  
Vol 1035 ◽  
pp. 286-291
Author(s):  
Hai Long Cao ◽  
Yu Xing Tian ◽  
Si Meng Ren ◽  
Bin Xu ◽  
Cheng Liu

Welding properties of three alloys with different Cu contents (0.1, 0.4 and 0.9 wt.%) is studied by means of melt inert-gas welding (MIG). The results showed that, with the increase of Cu content from 0.1 wt.% to 0.9 wt.%, the strength and elongation increased obviously. When the Cu content was 0.9 wt.%, the strength and elongation reached 375MPa and 15%, respectively, which is a better match for bearing structure part of vehicles application. Besides, the adding of Cu element provided an increase limit for welding joint strength. Due to abundant coarse phases in fusion zone (FZ) and welding zone (WZ), the strength slightly increased and the failure fracture was different compared with that of 0.1Cu and 0.4Cu alloy. Present result was meaningful and valuable for pushing aluminum application automobile structural parts and other engineering components.

2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 2655-2658
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Hu ◽  
Sen Zhang ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Ya Jiang Li

The microstructure and the mechanical properties of welding joint with the material of TA2 have been studied in this paper with the specimens made with the method of argon-arc welding. The microhardness of the welding joint has been compared with the hardness in the same position of the weld joint after annealing. Conclusions have been obtained as follows: The organizations of the welding joint include base material, recrystallization zone, overheated area, fusion zone and the weld zone; the hardness tendency of the weld joint is depicted as M-shape with the softest point located at the center, and the hardest is located at the overheated zone; the annealing treatment can enhance the weld joint hardness mainly at the center, and the hardness of other zones change little.


2012 ◽  
Vol 510 ◽  
pp. 679-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Hu ◽  
Sen Zhang ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Ya Jiang Li

The microstructure and the mechanical properties of welding joint with the material of R60702 have been studied in this paper with the specimens made with the method of argon-arc welding, and the according mechanical properties of the weld joint have been compared with the annealed microstructure at the temperature of 600.Conclusions have been obtained as follows: The organizations of the welding joint include base material, normalizing zone, overheated area, fusion zone and the weld zone; the hardness tendency of the weld joint is depicted as W-shape with the hardest point located at the center, and the softest points is located at the normalizing zone; the annealing treatment can improve the ductility and soften the weld joint mainly at the center.


2013 ◽  
Vol 834-836 ◽  
pp. 839-842
Author(s):  
Yan Hong Zhao ◽  
Liang Jun Gao ◽  
Yong Sun ◽  
Wen Dong Song

Industrial pure aluminum has been widely used in industry. However, it caused great difficulties in welding process due to its characteristics such as easy oxidation, high thermal conductivity and specific volume, low melting point. In order to overcome this problem, improving the welding quality of industrial pure and reducing the welding defects is of great significance. In this paper, the weldability of 1050A industrial pure aluminum plate (5 mm thick) with HS331, SAl-2, 1050A leftover materials and homemade welding wire with Ni-Cr alloy as four different filler materials was studied by using manual TIG welding. Metallographic test and mechanical performance test were used to assess microstructure and mechanical properties of the resulting welding joint. The results show that the microstructure and mechanical properties of the resulting welding joint with homemade welding wire with Ni-Cr alloy is relatively better than the others, which offers important implication for the improvement of the welding properties of industrial pure aluminum.


Author(s):  
Asim Iltaf ◽  
Fahd Nawaz Khan ◽  
Tauheed Shehbaz ◽  
Massab Junaid

The microstructure and defects in the weld zone affect the weldment characteristics. One way to improve the microstructure and reduce the defects in the weld zone is by using a filler during welding which influences the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of the manufactured component. In the present study, tungsten inert gas (TIG) was used to weld Ti-5Al-2.5Sn alloy using different titanium alloy fillers; Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-5Al-2.5Sn, and autogenous weldments were also produced. The welded joints were characterized in terms of their microstructure, mechanical properties, and residual stresses in its various regions. The weldment with Ti-6Al-4V as filler exhibited a higher proportion of α′ martensite in fusion zone, as compared to the welded joint with Ti-5Al-2.5Sn alloy as filler, owing to the higher proportions of β stabilizers present in Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The α’ martensite was present in basketweave and acicular morphology in all the weldments, with and without fillers. Ti-6Al-4V filler welded joint showed higher tensile strength (approximately 1144 MPa) and relatively higher hardness than Ti-5Al-2.5Sn filler welded joint (approximately 1027 MPa) and autogenous weldment (approximately 770 MPa), due to increased amount of martensite in its fusion zone. As compared to the weldment produced with Ti-5Al-2.5Sn filler, the welded joint produced without filler and with Ti-6Al-4V as a filler had more compressive residual stresses at surface (approximately 25% higher), leading to less amount of pile up after nanoindentation. This was attributed to the generation of compressive strains due to martensitic transformations in the fusion zone of both these weldments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 506
Author(s):  
Gang Li ◽  
Shengyu Xu ◽  
Xiaofeng Lu ◽  
Xiaolei Zhu ◽  
Yupeng Guo ◽  
...  

Cold metal transfer (CMT) technique is developed for lap joining of titanium (Ti) alloy to stainless steel (SS) with CuSi3 filler wire. The effect of welding speed on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti/SS lap joints is investigated. The results indicate that the wetting angle of the lap joints gradually increases and the weld width decreases with increasing the welding speed. It is found that many coarse phases in the fusion zone are rich in Ti, Fe and Si etc, inferring as Fe–Si–Ti ternary phase and/or Fe2Ti phase at low welding speed. Many fine spherical particles in the fusion zone are considered as iron-rich particles at high welding speed. The transition layer are exhibited at the Ti–Cu interface. With increasing the heat input, the intermetallic layer becomes thicker. A variety of brittle intermetallic compounds (IMCs) are identified in the lap joints. The shear strength of the joints increases with increasing the welding speed. Two fracture modes occur in the lap joints at low welding speed. Thicker reaction layer causes brittle fracture and poor joint strength. The Fe–Ti–Si and Fe2Ti phase within the fusion zone are detrimental to the joint strength. The fracture surface of the joints is dominated by smooth surface and tear pattern at high welding speed. The fracture mode of the joints is merely along the Ti–Cu interface.


2011 ◽  
Vol 418-420 ◽  
pp. 1396-1399
Author(s):  
Feng Wang ◽  
Bai Qing Xiong ◽  
Yon Gan Zhang ◽  
Hong Wei Liu ◽  
Zhi Hui Li ◽  
...  

Abstract. The microstructure and mechanical properties of a metal inert gas welds in a medium strength Al-4Zn-1Mg alloy were characterized by optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and tensile tests. It is found that the joint of the alloy contained three distinctive regions, i.e. fusion zone, heat affected zone and base metal region. Extensive microhardness measurements were conducted in the weld regions of the nuggets exhibited a hardness loss in the fusion zone due to the loss of strengthening phases. Microstructural examination of the joints revealed typical eutectic structure was appeared in the heat-affected zone. Tensile properties of the joints were obtained by testing flat transverse tensile specimens, and the results indicated that tensile strength of these welds approached 83.3~84.2% of the base metal.


2013 ◽  
Vol 858 ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Mohd Rafiza Shaari ◽  
Zuhailawati Hussain ◽  
Indra Putra Almanar ◽  
Nguyen Van Thuong

In this research, 6061-T6 aluminum alloys were welded using friction stir welding and tungsten inert as techniques in order to investigate the microstructure and mechanical properties. FSW of aluminium alloys has showed better mechanical properties compared to the conventional welding, tungsten inert gas (TIG). FSW weldment did not show any pores at the nugget zone compared to fusion zone in TIG weldment which produced a lot of pores.


Alloy Digest ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  

Abstract Kaiser Aluminum Alloy 7049 has high mechanical properties and good machinability. The alloy offers a resistance to stress-corrosion cracking and is typically used in aircraft structural parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: AL-365. Producer or source: Tennalum, A Division of Kaiser Aluminum.


Alloy Digest ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  

Abstract UNS No. A97075 is a wrought precipitation-hardenable aluminum alloy. It has excellent mechanical properties, workability and response to heat treatment and refrigeration. Its typical uses comprise aircraft structural parts and other highly stressed structural applications where very high strength and good resistance to corrosion are required. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on low temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: Al-269. Producer or source: Various aluminum companies.


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