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Properties & Productivity Application of Friction Stir Welding to dissimilar welding

ESAB SuperStir -Aerospace Industry (Rocket fuel tanks)

Two machines delivered to The Boeing Company 1998 and 1999
Welding rocket fuel tanks:

High productivity

Fatigue properties AA 5083

difficult alloys

High and consistent quality Good mechanical properties

L. Karlsson and E-L. Bergqvist, ESAB AB, Sweden H. Larsson, Volvo Car Corp., Sweden
Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

strength toughness hardness fatigue strength

Milling head and welding head travelling on a vertical main beam. Parts are loaded, edges are milled, welding is carried out and the final length is milled. Tanks of 5 m diameter and max 12 m length

Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

Applications

Aim

Friction Stir Welding

- Environment friendly

Contents

Space applications

Ship building

FSW of dissimilar materials

Feasibility

Introduction of FSW Experimental Results

No fume No arc No spatter

AA 5083/AA 6082
Properties & microstructure

weldability mechanical properties microstructure

Al-clad AA 2024
Properties & microstructure

AA 5083/Cu
Properties & microstructure

Conclusions

Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

Friction Stir Welding - Solid state joining process

Rotating probe provides friction heat and pressure to join the material
Sufficient downward force to maintain pressure and to create friction heat Weld direction

ESAB SuperStir- Shipbuilding and Marine Industries

Panels from Extrusions welded with ESAB SuperStirTM at Marine Aluminium, Norway

Experimental
5 mm plate material: AA 5083-H12
(4.6%Mg, 0.6%Mn, 0.3%Si)

AA 6082-T6
(0.7%Mg, 0.5%Mn, 0.9%Si)
Shoulder which creates friction heat and welding pressure

1.6 mm & 2.3 mm plate: Al-clad AA 2024-T3/T42

(4.6%Cu, 1.5%Mg, 0.7%Mn)

Oxygen free Cu
Probe which stir the material

Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

Contents

Properties

Contents

Introduction of FSW Experimental Results

Bend testing

Introduction of FSW Experimental Results

AA 5083/AA 6082
Properties & microstructure

Al-clad AA 2024
Properties & microstructure

AA 5083/Cu
Properties & microstructure AA 6082 AA 5083 AA 5083 AA 6082

AA 5083/Cu
Properties & microstructure

Conclusions
Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

Conclusions

Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

Weld appearance and cross sections

Top surface
Advancing side Retreating side Advancing side Retreating side

Properties

FSW of Al-clad AA 2024

Transverse tensile properties

Cross section (I-24-1)

1 mm

Tensile strength (MPa)

AA 5083 - 17 cm/min - AA 6082

AA 6082 - 25 cm/min - AA 5083

Root surface

AA 5083 - 25 cm/min - AA 6082

AA 6082 - 50 cm/min - AA 5083

Root side detail

0.5 mm

Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

Microstructure

Properties

Elemental distribution maps from nugget zone of AA 5083/AA 6082 dissimilar FSW weld Mg
AA 6082

Location of fracture in tensile testing

100

Transverse tensile properties

AA 6082

80 70 60
AA 6082 AA 5083

AA 5083

AA 6082 - 25 cm/min - AA 5083

100 m

AA 5083
(4.6%Mg, 0.6%Mn, 0.3%Si)
Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

AA 6082
(0.7%Mg, 0.5%Mn, 0.9%Si)

-25 -20 -15 -10 -5

10 15 20 25

Distance from weld centre (mm)

Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

Tensile strength (MPa)

Hardness (HV1)

Advancing side

Retreating side

Contents

Conclusions

Introduction of FSW Experimental Results

Frictions Stir Welding is well suited to dissimilar joining of:

AA 5083 AA 6082

AA 5083/AA 6082
Properties & microstructure

AA 5083 and AA 6082

Al-clad AA 2024
Properties & microstructure

AA 5083 and Cu

AA 5083

AA 5083/Cu
Properties & microstructure

Conclusions

and to welding of Al-clad AA 2024

Al-clad AA 2024

Eurojoin 4, Dubrovnik-Cavtat, Croatia, May 24-26, 2001 - Leif Karlsson, ESAB AB

FSW of AA 5083 and Cu

Conclusions

Friction Stir Welding - ESAB SuperStir

Cross section

Micrograph

Isolated Cu regions on Al side of nugget

A microstructure similar to typical FSW welds but a more pronounced nugget ring pattern consisting of intimately bonded regions with different compositions.

Questions ?
For further information please contact:

Advancing side

Retreating side

Stefan Stoltz / Rolf Larsson / Sylve Antonsson Al Cu

5 mm

ESAB Friction Stir Welding Team AA 5083 - 25 cm/min - AA 6082 AA 6082 - 50 cm/min - AA 5083 Esab Welding Equipment AB, Automation & Engineering S-695 81 LAX, SWEDEN
Telephone: +46 584 81 000, Telefax: +46 584 41 17 21 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected]