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Friction Stir Spot Welding of AA5052 Aluminum Alloy and C11000 Copper Lap Joint

  • Prasomthong, Suriya;Sangsiri, Pradit;Kimapong, Kittipong
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.145-152
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    • 2015
  • The article aims to apply a friction stir spot welding for producing the lap joint between AA5052 aluminum alloy and C11000 copper alloy. The dimension of the materials was 100 mm in length, 30 mm in width and 1.0 mm in thickness. The copper plate was set overlap the aluminum plate by 30 mm. The welding parameter was the rotating speed of 2500-4000 rpm, the pin inserting rate of 2-8 mm/min and the holding time of 6 sec. The mechanical properties test and the microstructure investigation were performed to evaluate the lap joint quality. The summarized results are as follows. The friction stir spot welding could produce effectively the lap joint between AA5052 and C11000 copper. Increase of the rotating speed and holding time directly affected to decrease the tensile shear strength of the lap joint. The optimized welding parameters in this study that indicated the tensile shear strength of 864 N was the rotating speed of 3500 rpm, the pin inserting rate of 6 mm/min and the holding time of 4sec. The experimental results also showed that the hardness of the weld metal was lower than that of the base materials.

A New Algorithm for Control of Robotic Arc Welding Process (로봇 아크용접 공정제어를 위한 새로운 알고리즘)

  • Park, Yo-Chang;Kim, Il-Su;Park, Chang-Eon;Kim, Jung-Sik;Heo, Eop;Jung, Young-Jae
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.65-68
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    • 2001
  • The application of a feedback control system in robotic arc welding is becoming more and more demanding than ever before. This requirement arises from the fact that robotic arc welding process needs no manual operator to monitor and manipulate the process parameters and hence a means of controlling the quality of the robotic arc welding process becomes apparent. Arc force sensor employed in this research to monitor the bead geometry of the arc welding process, A relationship between the bead dimension and the arc force distributions was established. Experimental configuration for measurement of arc force was used to quantify the changes in the arc force distributions of the plate being welded. Arc force sensor mounted at the end of the robot wrist was employed to measure the arc force applied to the weld. The sensor information was the used to establish a relationship between welding current and arc force. Arc force sensor have shown to be on of the most sophisticated technique to monitor perturbations that occurred during arc welding process.

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An Experiment Study for Hardness Characteristic of Weldment according to Welding Heat-Input of Vertical GMA Welding Process (수직 GMA 용접공정 입열량에 따른 용접부 경도특성에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Park, Min-Ho;Lee, Jong-Pyo;Jin, Byeong-Ju;Kim, In-Ju;Kim, Ji-Sun;Kim, Ill-Soo
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 2017
  • The GMA welding process involves large number of interdependent variables which may affect product quality, productivity and cost effectiveness. The relationships between process parameters for a vertical weldment and mechanical properties are complex because a number of process parameters are involved. To make the vertical-position welding, a method that predicts bead geometry and accomplishes the desired mechanical properties of the weldment should be developed. In addition, a reliable welding process and conditions must be implemented to reduce weld structure failure. In this study, the welding process analysis of investigates the interaction between the heat input and welding parameter(Welding current, Arc voltage, Welding speed) for predicting the weldment hardness.

Creep Life Prediction by ISM of Elevated Temperature Materials for Pressure Vessel(II) (압력용기용 고온재료의 ISM에 의한 크리프 수명예측(II))

  • 공유식;김헌경;황성필;김일석;오세규
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.307-313
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    • 2001
  • In this Paper, friction welding optimization for 1Cr0.5Mo-STS304($\Phi$14mm), AE applications for the weld quality evaluation and the applications of various life prediction methods such as LMP(Larson-Miller Parameter) and ISM(initial strain method) were investigated : the creep behaviors of those steels and the friction welded joints under static load were examined by ISM combined with LMP at 400, 500, 550 and $600^{\circ}C$, and the relationship between these two kinds of phenomena was studied. The real-time predicting equations of elevated-temperature creep life(fracture time) under any creep stress at any elevated- temperature could be developed by LMP and LMP-ISM, It was confirmed that the life prediction equations by LMP and LMP-ISM are effective only up to 10$^2$hrs and can not be used for long times of 10$^3$-10$^{6}$ hrs, but by ISM it can be used for long times creep prediction of more than 10$^4$hrs with most reliability.

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A Study on Sensitivity Analysis for Selecting the Process Parameters in GMA Welding Processes (GMA 용접공정에서 공정변수 선정을 위한 민감도 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ill-Soo;Shim, Ji-Yeon;Kim, In-Ju;Kim, Hak-Hyoung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2008
  • As the quality of a weld feint is strongly influenced by process parameters during the welding process, an intelligent algorithms that can predict the bead geometry and shape to accomplish the desired mechanical properties of the weldment should be developed. This paper focuses on the development of mathematical models fur the selection of process parameters and the prediction of bead geometry(bead width, bead height and penetration) in robotic GMA(Gas Metal Arc) welding. Factorial design can be employed as a guide for optimization of process parameters. Three factors were incorporated into the factorial model: arc current, welding voltage and welding speed. A sensitivity analysis has been conducted and compared the relative impact of three process parameters on bead geometry in order to verify the measurement errors on the values of the uncertainty in estimated parameters. The results obtained show that developed mathematical models can be applied to estimate the effectiveness of process parameters for a given bead geometry, and a change of process parameters affects the bead width and bead height more strongly than penetration relatively.

Dissimilar Friction Welding of Engine Exhaustive Valve and High Temperature Creep Prediction and Their Real-Time Evaluation by AE (엔진배기밸브의 내열강 이종재 마찰용접의 최적화와 고온 크리프의 실시간 예측 및 AE에 의한 실시간 평가)

  • Lee, Sang-Guk;Oh, Jung-Hwan;Oh, Sae-Kyoo
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.1 s.31
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1999
  • The engine exhaustive valve became essential as the important element. The dissimmilar welding method of exhaustive valve head to stem was asked for manufacturing the engine exhaustive valve, for which the electric resistance are welding has been conventionally used, resulting in poor quality of the welded joint. In this paper, not only the development of optimizing of friction welding with more reliability and more applicability but also the development of in-process real-time weld qudlity(such as strength and toughness) evaluation technique by acoustic emission for friction welding of the engine exhaustive valve(SUH3-SUH35 dissimilar steels) were perfomed. The high temperature(500, 500, 600$^{circ}$C) creep properties prediction of the friction welded joint of SUH3-SUH35 was investigated relating to the initial strain meethod(ISM) as a new approach, resulting in obtaining an experimental equation of creep life prediction.

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A Study on the Development of Electric Resistance Welding of DP780 Grade Steel for Hydroforming Tube (하이드로포밍용 DP780MPa급 강판의 전기저항용접 강관 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sungpill;Kwon, Yongjai
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2015
  • To achieve lightweight design, research & development of various lightweighting technologies such as hydroforming are underway worldwide. In the case of hydroforming, application of ultra high strength steel is essential for weight reduction of the car. However, considering common high-strength carbon steel, it is not suitable to the actual hydroformed parts since the lack of formability. DP steel offers an outstanding combination of strength and formability as a result of their microstructure. DP steel has high strength and good formability but it's difficult to secure stable quality of welding section because of softening of weld section and chemical composition. Therefore, most of companies use LASER welding when making high strength tube. Electric resistance welding is excellent production method for steel tube manufacturing considering the productivity. Optimum electric resistance welding technology is needed to be developed for application of high strength hydroformed parts using DP steel. This study is comprehensive research & development from electric resistance welding to actual formabililty evaluation.

Method to Overcome Gap Variation by Control of Arc Force in Root Pass Welding for Back Bead by GMAW (GMAW 루트패스 이면비드 용접에서 아크력제어에 의한 갭변동 극복 방법)

  • Son, Chang-Hee;Cho, Sang-Myung
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.77-81
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    • 2011
  • In most industry, manual GTAW welding is preferred for formation of stable back bead in root weld of butt joint. However, manual GTAW welding has low productivity as compared with GMAW, also it has unstable bead quality which depend on skilled workers. So it is necessary to develop process of root pass welding by using automation GMAW that have stable back bead formation and high productivity. In this paper, the design of U-groove with 3mm root face was applied to extend the tolerance of misalignment in condition of standard root gap 1.5mm. Consequently, for the formation of stable back bead in root pass of butt welding, in case of the narrow root gap(0.5mm) the large arc force was applied by increasing the current and voltage. In case of the large root gap(2.5mm), the small arc force was applied by decreasing the current and voltage. Considering the various root gap, the required deposited metal was controlled by welding speed only.

Characteristics of Plasma Emission Signals in Fiber Laser Welding of API Steel (II) -The Relationship between Welding Conditions and Emission Signals- (API강재의 파이버레이저 용접시 유기되는 플라즈마의 방사특성 (II) -용접조건과 방사신호의 관련성-)

  • Lee, Chang-Je;Kim, Jong-Do;Kim, Yu-Chan
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.24-30
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    • 2012
  • Laser welding by fiber laser accompanied by a lot of spatter and humping bead. This is because the deep and narrow keyhole usually form due to high beam quality. So the weld bead is formed defects, because the plasma jet with a high vapor pressure make the molten pool on keyhole wall scattered. For such a reason, unstable behavior of keyhole is difficult to monitor laser welding by using the laser induced plasma. Mostly, fiber laser welding of thick plates most be influenced by this effect. Therefore, fiber laser welding has been difficult to apply the sole. Thus, laser welding monitoring based on plasma measurements have much difficulty in measurements and analysis of signal. In this study, influence of the plasma emission signal according to welding speed and laser power in fiber laser welding analysed by using RMS and FFT analysis. We can verify that RMS value of the plasma emission signal changes with welding parameters in fiber laser welding, and aspect ratio greater than 1, the peak of FFT frequency had been moved in accordance with welding parameter.

Determination and Optimization of welding condition using Fuzzy Expert System for MAG-Welding (퍼지 전문가 시스템을 활용한 적정 용접조건의 설정과 최적화)

  • J.Y. Park
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.136-141
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    • 1995
  • Determination and optimization of proper welding condition are very important tasks to be directly related to weld quality and productivity. On this research the relationship between welding parameters and results is investigated systematically. Theoretical method, statistical analysis of experimental data and analysis of empirical knowledge are applied for this work. These results are represented by empirical equations, fuzzy rules and artificial intelligent knowledge forms in the knowledge base. The approximate reasoning of fuzzy expert system and the information in the knowledge base are used for recommendation of suitable welding condition, and optimization of welding parameter which is based on the evaluation of welding results by user.

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