Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum

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 Working Principle
Pore free weld joint
No residual stresses due to shrinking
Welding of dissimilar materials and plastics possible

Rotating weld tool

Joint to weld
 Weld Tool Geometry
Tool body generates friction heat on interface surfaces
Central pin create deep weld joint
 Heat Transfer Modeling
General Heat Transfer Application
Conduction, convection and radiation
Convection cooling of surfaces: h-parameters
Material feed:
convective velocity

Surface and
central pin heat sources, q=f(Ff,r,w)
 Stationary Result
Temperature distribution, melting avoided!
Feed rate optimization
Cooling effects
Feed rate:
1.59 mm/s

Rotation speed:
637 rev/min

Tool pressure:
25 kN

Tmelt:
933 K