FSW of Aluminum Tailor Welded Blanks across Machine Platforms
Abstract
Development and characterization of friction stir welded aluminum tailor welded blanks was successfully carried out on three separate machine platforms. Each was a commercially available, gantry style, multi-axis machine designed specifically for friction stir welding. Weld parameters were developed to support high volume production of dissimilar thickness aluminum tailor welded blanks at speeds of 3 m/min and greater. Parameters originally developed on an ultra-high stiffness servo driven machine where first transferred to a high stiffness servo-hydraulic friction stir welding machine, and subsequently transferred to a purpose built machine designed to accommodate thin sheet aluminum welding. The inherent beam stiffness, bearing compliance, and control system for each machine were distinctly unique, which posed specific challenges in transferring welding parameters across machine platforms. This work documents the challenges imposed by successfully transferring weld parameters from machine to machine, produced from different manufacturers and with unique control systems and interfaces.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1214900
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-106907
VT0505000
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Friction Stir Welding and Processing VIII, March 15-19, 2015, Orlando, Florida, 99-105
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- FSW; aluminum; TWB
Citation Formats
Hovanski, Yuri, Upadhyay, Piyush, Carlson, Blair, Szymanski, Robert, Luzanski, Tom, and Marshall, Dustin. FSW of Aluminum Tailor Welded Blanks across Machine Platforms. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1002/9781119093343.ch11.
Hovanski, Yuri, Upadhyay, Piyush, Carlson, Blair, Szymanski, Robert, Luzanski, Tom, & Marshall, Dustin. FSW of Aluminum Tailor Welded Blanks across Machine Platforms. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119093343.ch11
Hovanski, Yuri, Upadhyay, Piyush, Carlson, Blair, Szymanski, Robert, Luzanski, Tom, and Marshall, Dustin. 2015.
"FSW of Aluminum Tailor Welded Blanks across Machine Platforms". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119093343.ch11.
@article{osti_1214900,
title = {FSW of Aluminum Tailor Welded Blanks across Machine Platforms},
author = {Hovanski, Yuri and Upadhyay, Piyush and Carlson, Blair and Szymanski, Robert and Luzanski, Tom and Marshall, Dustin},
abstractNote = {Development and characterization of friction stir welded aluminum tailor welded blanks was successfully carried out on three separate machine platforms. Each was a commercially available, gantry style, multi-axis machine designed specifically for friction stir welding. Weld parameters were developed to support high volume production of dissimilar thickness aluminum tailor welded blanks at speeds of 3 m/min and greater. Parameters originally developed on an ultra-high stiffness servo driven machine where first transferred to a high stiffness servo-hydraulic friction stir welding machine, and subsequently transferred to a purpose built machine designed to accommodate thin sheet aluminum welding. The inherent beam stiffness, bearing compliance, and control system for each machine were distinctly unique, which posed specific challenges in transferring welding parameters across machine platforms. This work documents the challenges imposed by successfully transferring weld parameters from machine to machine, produced from different manufacturers and with unique control systems and interfaces.},
doi = {10.1002/9781119093343.ch11},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1214900},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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