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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 313-318 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Journal | Welding and Cutting |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Standard elements are joined by means of welding technology in conventional process chains for the fabrication of sheet metal parts mostly after the forming on the individual sheet metal part outside the pressing tools. This spatial separation of the processing steps requires complicated handling operations and exerts a detrimental effect on the positioning accuracy of the joining part. The challenges of integrating the joining process into the forming tool relate, above all, to the handling of the welding emissions and the tool soiling associated with these as well as to reliable welding monitoring. While merely solutions for integrated resistance welding have been known until now, a tool technology in a reliable process for the functional integration of initial contact capacitor discharge (CD) arc stud welding was developed in a research project. This technology is particularly wellsuited to integration into sheet metal working tools, amongst other reasons, because of a high joining speed, a low energy input and a high process reliability. In endurance tests, this new technology can be used in order to manufacture high-quality stud welds with a high robustness to disturbing variables at the same time, not least due to the fact that the extraction of welding spatter was tried out for the first time.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
- Engineering(all)
- Mechanical Engineering
- Materials Science(all)
- Metals and Alloys
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In: Welding and Cutting, Vol. 9, No. 5, 15.11.2010, p. 313-318.
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T1 - Integration of stud welding in sheet metal working tools
AU - Gruß, Dominic
AU - Kache, Hanns
AU - Nickel, Rouven
AU - Behrens, Bernd Arno
AU - Jenicek, Andreas
AU - Cramer, Heidi
PY - 2010/11/15
Y1 - 2010/11/15
N2 - Standard elements are joined by means of welding technology in conventional process chains for the fabrication of sheet metal parts mostly after the forming on the individual sheet metal part outside the pressing tools. This spatial separation of the processing steps requires complicated handling operations and exerts a detrimental effect on the positioning accuracy of the joining part. The challenges of integrating the joining process into the forming tool relate, above all, to the handling of the welding emissions and the tool soiling associated with these as well as to reliable welding monitoring. While merely solutions for integrated resistance welding have been known until now, a tool technology in a reliable process for the functional integration of initial contact capacitor discharge (CD) arc stud welding was developed in a research project. This technology is particularly wellsuited to integration into sheet metal working tools, amongst other reasons, because of a high joining speed, a low energy input and a high process reliability. In endurance tests, this new technology can be used in order to manufacture high-quality stud welds with a high robustness to disturbing variables at the same time, not least due to the fact that the extraction of welding spatter was tried out for the first time.
AB - Standard elements are joined by means of welding technology in conventional process chains for the fabrication of sheet metal parts mostly after the forming on the individual sheet metal part outside the pressing tools. This spatial separation of the processing steps requires complicated handling operations and exerts a detrimental effect on the positioning accuracy of the joining part. The challenges of integrating the joining process into the forming tool relate, above all, to the handling of the welding emissions and the tool soiling associated with these as well as to reliable welding monitoring. While merely solutions for integrated resistance welding have been known until now, a tool technology in a reliable process for the functional integration of initial contact capacitor discharge (CD) arc stud welding was developed in a research project. This technology is particularly wellsuited to integration into sheet metal working tools, amongst other reasons, because of a high joining speed, a low energy input and a high process reliability. In endurance tests, this new technology can be used in order to manufacture high-quality stud welds with a high robustness to disturbing variables at the same time, not least due to the fact that the extraction of welding spatter was tried out for the first time.
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