• DocumentCode
    3440335
  • Title

    Ultrasonic butt welding of aluminium, anticorrosive aluminium and copper plate specimens

  • Author

    Tsujino, Jiromaru ; Ueoka, Tetsugi

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Kanagawa Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    2-5 Oct 1988
  • Firstpage
    493
  • Abstract
    Ultrasonic butt welding of thick metal plate specimens is studied. Welding specimens used are aluminium, anticorrosive aluminium, and copper plates of 6-mm thickness. These welding specimens are successfully joined end to end with specimen strength of about 100 MPa (pure aluminium) or 250 MPa (anticorrosive aluminium) using 26-kHz or 19-kHz butt welding equipment. An ultrasonic vibration source of 19 kHz uses eight bolt-clamped Langevin-type PZT transducers of 50-mm diameter. The power required for joining aluminium, anticorrosive aluminium specimens, and anticorrosive aluminium to copper specimens is found to be 1-3 kW/cm2, 6-8 kW/cm2, and 7-9 kW/cm2 , respectively
  • Keywords
    ultrasonic welding; 19 kHz; 26 kHz; Al; Cu; Langevin-type PZT transducers; butt welding; ultrasonic vibration source; ultrasonic welding; Aluminum; Clamps; Copper; Operational amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Thyristors; Ultrasonic transducers; Vibration measurement; Voltage; Welding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics Symposium, 1988. Proceedings., IEEE 1988
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.1988.49426
  • Filename
    49426