ELEMENT, METHOD OF FRICTION ELEMENT WELDING, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FRICTION-ELEMENT-WELDED JOINT

    公开(公告)号:US20240149372A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18282359

    申请日:2022-03-22

    CPC classification number: B23K20/1255 B23K20/125 B23K20/129

    Abstract: In performing friction element welding of a sheet set constituted by two or more metal sheets, an element is press penetrated into the sheet set. The element may include a round columnar mandrel; a disc-shaped collar provided at an upper end face of the mandrel; and a conical pin extending from a lower end face of the mandrel. The element has a plurality of fluidized-metal discharge grooves arranged spirally in a flat area of the lower end face of the mandrel, the flat area excluding the pin. Alternatively, the element may include a round columnar mandrel having a lower end face that forms a conical face with an apical angle αm, the conical face having one or more pairs of chippings discharge grooves or having a plurality of cutting edges, the chippings discharge grooves each extending in a curved manner from an apex of the conical face.

    ARC WELDED JOINT AND ARC WELDING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230132518A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17917772

    申请日:2021-03-18

    Abstract: Provided are an arc welded joint and an arc welding method. The arc welded joint has a slag-coverage area ratio SRATIO (%) of 15% or less, and a weld bead width ratio WRATIO (%) of 60% or more. The SRATIO is calculated by using an equation SRATIO=100×SSLAG/SBEAD. In this equation, an area of a surface of a weld bead formed by performing arc welding on a steel sheet is defined as a weld bead surface area SBEAD (mm2) and, of the weld bead surface area SBEAD, an area of a region covered with slag is defined as a slag surface area SSLAG (mm2). The WRATIO is calculated by using an equation WRATIO=100×WMIN/WMAX from a maximum value WMAX (mm) and a minimum value WMIN (mm) of a weld bead width in a direction perpendicular to a welding line of the weld bead.

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