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Title: Flexible Friction Stir Joining Technology

Abstract

Reported herein is the final report on a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) project with industry cost-share that was jointly carried out by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (ExxonMobil), and MegaStir Technologies (MegaStir). The project was aimed to advance the state of the art of friction stir welding (FSW) technology, a highly energy-efficient solid-state joining process, for field deployable, on-site fabrications of large, complex and thick-sectioned structures of high-performance and high-temperature materials. The technology innovations developed herein attempted to address two fundamental shortcomings of FSW: 1) the inability for on-site welding and 2) the inability to weld thick section steels, both of which have impeded widespread use of FSW in manufacturing. Through this work, major advance has been made toward transforming FSW technology from a “specialty” process to a mainstream materials joining technology to realize its pervasive energy, environmental, and economic benefits across industry.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [2];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. MegaStir Technologies LLC, Orem, UT (United States)
  3. ExxonMobil, Upstream Research Company (URC), Houston, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1210157
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-2015/339
ED2701000; CEED001
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Feng, Zhili, Lim, Yong Chae, Mahoney, Murray, Sanderson, Samuel, Larsen, Steve, Steel, Russel, Fleck, Dale, Fairchild, Doug P, Wasson, Andrew J, Babb, Jon, and Higgins, Paul. Flexible Friction Stir Joining Technology. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1210157.
Feng, Zhili, Lim, Yong Chae, Mahoney, Murray, Sanderson, Samuel, Larsen, Steve, Steel, Russel, Fleck, Dale, Fairchild, Doug P, Wasson, Andrew J, Babb, Jon, & Higgins, Paul. Flexible Friction Stir Joining Technology. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1210157
Feng, Zhili, Lim, Yong Chae, Mahoney, Murray, Sanderson, Samuel, Larsen, Steve, Steel, Russel, Fleck, Dale, Fairchild, Doug P, Wasson, Andrew J, Babb, Jon, and Higgins, Paul. 2015. "Flexible Friction Stir Joining Technology". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1210157. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1210157.
@article{osti_1210157,
title = {Flexible Friction Stir Joining Technology},
author = {Feng, Zhili and Lim, Yong Chae and Mahoney, Murray and Sanderson, Samuel and Larsen, Steve and Steel, Russel and Fleck, Dale and Fairchild, Doug P and Wasson, Andrew J and Babb, Jon and Higgins, Paul},
abstractNote = {Reported herein is the final report on a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) project with industry cost-share that was jointly carried out by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (ExxonMobil), and MegaStir Technologies (MegaStir). The project was aimed to advance the state of the art of friction stir welding (FSW) technology, a highly energy-efficient solid-state joining process, for field deployable, on-site fabrications of large, complex and thick-sectioned structures of high-performance and high-temperature materials. The technology innovations developed herein attempted to address two fundamental shortcomings of FSW: 1) the inability for on-site welding and 2) the inability to weld thick section steels, both of which have impeded widespread use of FSW in manufacturing. Through this work, major advance has been made toward transforming FSW technology from a “specialty” process to a mainstream materials joining technology to realize its pervasive energy, environmental, and economic benefits across industry.},
doi = {10.2172/1210157},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1210157}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}