Automatic Welding, 2019, №08



2019 №08 (05)

DOI of Article 10.15407/as2019.08.06

2019 №08 (07)

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Avtomaticheskaya Svarka (Automatic Welding), #8, 2019, pp. 53-59

Prediction of parameters of friction stir welding of sheet aluminium alloys

A.G. Poklyatskii

E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, 11 Kazimir Malevich Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine.
E-mail: office@paton.kiev.ua

Optimum parameters of the modes of friction stir welding of 0.8–3.0 mm thick aluminium alloys widely used in fabrication of welded structures were determined. It is shown that sound formation of welds can be ensured at tool immersion into the metal being welded to the depth of 0.10–0.15 mm due to correct selection of the frequency of tool rotation and welding speed. A relationship is established between the total content of alloying and modifying elements in the aluminium alloy being welded, welding speed and frequency of tool rotation. A range of optimum relationships was determined, showing the length of the tool linear movement along the butt during one rotation, when sound formation of welds of sheet aluminium alloys AMtsN, AD33, AMg2M, 1460, AMg5M, 1201 and AMg6M is provided. Formulas were derived, which express the dependencies in the form of power functions, limiting this range and allowing calculation of the required speeds of tool rotation and displacement for any aluminium alloy, containing 2.2–8.4% of alloying and modifying elements. Characteristic defects, forming in welds at deviation of the above parameters from the optimum range, are shown. 18 Ref., 5 Fig.
Keywords: aluminium alloys, friction stir welding, tool rotation speed, welding speed, characteristic defects

Received: 19.05.2019
Published: 11.07.2019

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