Optimization of Tensile Properties Based on Spin Tool Shoulder Geometry for Friction Stir Welded 6061 Aluminum Alloy

2014 ◽  
Vol 568-570 ◽  
pp. 1680-1683
Author(s):  
Ming Der Jean
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Butt Joints ◽  
6061 Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Tool Shoulder ◽  
Control Factors ◽  
Shoulder Geometry ◽  
Fsw Experiments

This study reported the statistical optimization based on Taguchi designed experiments to improve the tensile properties of 6061 Aluminum alloy by the friction stir welding (FSW) experiments. The morphology and the structure of the friction stir welded experiments were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. Based on analysis of variance, the impacts of control factors have been identified for the tensile strength of 6061 aluminum alloy by friction stir welding. Experimental results revealed that the defect free butt joints could be obtained by cylindrical-screw type of tool shoulder and the joints made with a cylindrical-screw type resulted in better tensile properties compared to the other two shoulder geometries. Furthermore, it was clear that the tensile properties are greatly improved by friction stir welded experiments in the Taguchi design, and these findings have achieved the desired values in regard to the friction stir welded Experiments. The proposed procedure was applied at friction stir welded experiments, and the implementation results demonstrated its feasibility and effectiveness to enhance the tensile properties by FSW .

Defects and tensile properties of 6013 aluminum alloy T-joints by friction stir welding

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 146-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhao ◽  
Lilong Zhou ◽  
Qingzhao Wang ◽  
Keng Yan ◽  
Jiasheng Zou
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
T Joints ◽  
Friction Stir

Effects of Tool Pin Profile and Tool Shoulder Diameter on the Tensile Behaviour of Friction Stir Welded Joints of Aluminium Alloys

2014 ◽  
Vol 984-985 ◽  
pp. 586-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ashok Kumar ◽  
M.R. Thansekhar
Keyword(s):  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Tensile Behaviour ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Tool Shoulder ◽  
Shoulder Diameter ◽  
Weight Structures

— For fabricating light weight structures, it requires high strength-to weight ratio. AA6061 aluminium alloy is widely used in the fabrication of light weight structures. A356 aluminium alloy has wide spread application in aerospace industries. Friction stir welding is solid state joining process which is conducting for joining similar and dissimilar materials. The friction stir welding parameters play an important role for deciding the strength of welded joints. In this investigation, A356 and AA6061 alloys were friction stir welded by varying triangular, square, hexagonal pin profiles of tool keeping the remaining parameters same and AA6061 alloys were friction stir welded by varying tool shoulder diameter as 12mm,15mm,18mm without changing other parameters. Tensile properties of each joint have been analyzed microscopically. From the experimental results, it is observed that hexagonal pin profiled tool and 15mm shoulder diameter tool provides higher tensile properties when compared to other tools.

On the problem of tool destruction when obtaining fixed joints of thick-walled aluminum alloy blanks by friction welding with mixing

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Kirill Kalashnikov ◽  
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Andrey Chumaevskii ◽  
Tatiana Kalashnikova ◽  
Aleksey Ivanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Friction Welding ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Heterogeneous Structure ◽  
Adhesive Interaction ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Tool Shoulder ◽  
Electric Erosion

Introduction. Among the technologies for manufacturing rocket and aircraft bodies, marine vessels, and vehicles, currently, more and more attention is paid to the technology of friction stir welding (FSW). First of all, the use of this technology is necessary where it is required to produce fixed joints of high-strength aluminum alloys. In this case, special attention should be paid to welding thick-walled blanks, as fixed joints with a thickness of 30.0 mm or more are the target products in the rocket-space and aviation industries. At the same time, it is most prone to the formation of defects due to uneven heat distribution throughout the height of the blank. It can lead to a violation of the adhesive interaction between the weld metal and the tool and can even lead to a destruction of the welding tool. The purpose of this work is to reveal regularities of welding tool destruction depending on parameters of friction stir welding process of aluminum alloy AA5056 fixed joints with a thickness of 35.0 mm. Following research methods were used in the work: the obtaining of fixed joints was carried out by friction welding with mixing, the production of samples for research was carried out by electric erosion cutting, the study of samples was carried out using optical metallography methods. Results and discussion. As a result of performed studies, it is revealed that samples of aluminum alloy with a thickness of 35.0 mm have a heterogeneous structure through the height of weld. There are the tool shoulder effect zone and the pin effect zone, in which certain whirling of weld material caused by the presence of grooves on tool surface is distinctly distinguished. It is shown that the zone of shoulders effect is the most exposed to the formation of tunnel-type defects because of low loading force and high welding speeds. It is revealed that tool destruction occurs tangentially to the surface of the tool grooves due to the high tool load and high welding speeds.

Multi-Performance Optimization in Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloy Using Response Surface Methodology

2018 ◽  
pp. 240-263
Author(s):  
Rajat Gupta ◽  
Kamal Kumar ◽  
Neeraj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface Methodology ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Response Surface ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Desirability Function ◽  
High Carbon Steel ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Tool Shoulder

This chapter presents the friction stir welding (FSW) of aluminum alloy AA-5083-O using vertical milling machine. In present FSW experimentation, effects of different process parameter namely tool rotation speed, welding speed, tool geometry, and tool shoulder diameter have been determined on welding quality of two pieces of AA-5083-O using response surface methodology (RSM). The optimal sets of process parameters have been determined for weld quality characteristics namely tensile strength (UTS) and percentage elongation (%EL). In present experimentations, a specially designed tool made of high carbon steel with different shoulder diameters (15mm, 17.5mm, and 20 mm) having constant pin length (6 mm) were used for FSW of two pieces of aluminum alloy. The ANOVA and pooled ANOVA were used to study the effect of FSW parameters on UTS and %EL. Multi response optimization has been carried out using desirability function in conjunction with RSM to obtain the optimal setting of process parameters for higher UTS and lower %EL.

Characterization o Solid-State Vortices Associated with the Friction-Stir Welding of Copper to Aluminum

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (S2) ◽  
pp. 530-531
Author(s):  
R. D. Flores ◽  
L. E. Murr ◽  
E. A. Trillo
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Weld Zone ◽  
Thick Plates ◽  
6061 Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
The Past ◽  
Joining Process

Although friction-stir welding has been developing as a viable industrial joining process over the past decade, only little attention has been given to the elucidation of associated microstructures. We have recently produced welds of copper to 6061 aluminum alloy using the technique illustrated in Fig. 1. In this process, a steel tool rod (0.6 cm diameter) or head-pin (HP) traverses the seam of 0.64 cm thick plates of copper butted against 6061-T6 aluminum at a rate (T in Fig. 1) of 1 mm/s; and rotating at a speed (R in Fig. 1) of 650 rpm (Fig. 1). A rather remarkable welding of these two materials results at temperatures measured to be around 400°C for 6061-T6 aluminum welded to itself. Consequently, the metals are stirred into one another by extreme plastic deformation which universally seems to involve dynamic recrystallization in the actual weld zone. There is no melting.

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