- Patent Title: Non-consumable tool and a process for solid-state production of a channel and a weld joint, and a structure of at least two components based on originally bulk components of similar, or dissimilar, materials
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Application No.: US16312511Application Date: 2017-06-21
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Publication No.: US11052480B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Heikki Karvinen , Pedro Vilaca
- Applicant: AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SR
- Applicant Address: FI Aalto
- Assignee: AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SR
- Current Assignee: AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SR
- Current Assignee Address: FI Aalto
- Agency: Ostrolenk Faber LLP.
- Agent Charles C. Achkar
- Priority: FI20160165 20160623,FI20160247 20161011
- International Application: PCT/FI2017/050467 WO 20170621
- International Announcement: WO2017/220863 WO 20171228
- Main IPC: B23K20/12
- IPC: B23K20/12

Abstract:
The invention relates to a rotatable, plungeable and free path travelable non-consumable tool (5) for production of a channel (2) and a weld joint (1). The tool (5) comprises a shoulder and a probe, the shoulder having a surface facing the material(s) of components (3) to be processed. The shoulder and the probe are arranged to have a simultaneous and synchronized action in the materials of at least two components (3) to be processed. The shoulder facing the at least two components (3) to be processed has a system of scrolls shaped to have an inward action and an outward action on the at least two components (3) to be processed. The probe has a cylindrical or conical surface having a top zone, provided with a profile having a push-up action on the components (3) to be processed in a direction towards the shoulder. The top zone ends at or in the vicinity of a bottom zone provided with a profile having a push-down action on the components (3) to be processed in a direction towards the tip. The tool (5) enables the production of a channel (2) and a weld (1), between said at least two components (3), in one single action.
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