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    Results of an experimental study on friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of AA6082-T6 are reported. Process mechanics is highlighted and joint strength is considered in relation to varying the most relevant process parameters. Results obtained are compared with those derived from the application of traditional mechanical fastening techniques such as clinching and riveting.

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    Results of an experimental study on friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of AA6082-T6 are reported. Process mechanics is highlighted and joint strength is considered in relation to varying the most relevant process parameters. Results obtained are compared with those derived from the application of traditional mechanical fastening techniques such as clinching and riveting.

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    Friction stir spot welding of AA6082-T6: influence of


    the most relevant process parameters and comparison
    with classic mechanical fastening techniques
    L Fratini*, A Barcellona, G Buffa, and D Palmeri
    Department of Mechanical Technology, Production, and Management Engineering, University of Palermo,
    Palermo, Italy
    The manuscript was received on 4 July 2006 and was accepted after revision for publication on 22 March 2007.

    DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM678

    Abstract: The results of an experimental study on friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of
    AA6082-T6 are reported. In particular, process mechanics is highlighted and joint strength
    is considered in relation to varying the most relevant process parameters. Furthermore, the
    results obtained are compared with those derived from the application of traditional
    mechanical fastening techniques such as clinching and riveting. In this way the effectiveness
    of FSSW is highlighted.

    Keywords: spot welding, friction stir welding, aluminium alloys

    1 INTRODUCTION the average grain size observed in the melted mate-


    rial and to quite large thermally affected zones.
    Spot welding is a very common joining technique Furthermore stringent precautions must be consid-
    in the automotive and transportation industries. ered during classic welding processes in order to
    Aside from the joining technology used and, in parti- avoid inclusions and other typical defects in the joint
    cular, the heat source (Joule effect, electric arc, and core. In turn, FSW is a solid state welding process
    so on) spot welding allows effective lap-joints to be in which a specially designed rotating pin is first
    obtained within short process times; in addition the inserted into the adjoining edges of the sheets to be
    technology can be easily developed via the use of welded, with a proper nuting angle, and then moved
    robots and automated systems [1–3]. During recent all along the joint. Such a pin produces frictional
    decades other mechanical fastening techniques, such and plastic deformation heating in the welding
    as clinching and riveting, have been widely utilized, zone and no actual melting of material is observed.
    as they offer the same advantages as earlier welding Furthermore, as the tool moves, material is forced
    processes and, what is more, they do not suffer from to flow around the tool in a quite complex flow
    the onset of typical welding defects owing to the pattern, determining a very particular microstructure
    fusion of the base material [4–6]. characterized by continuous dynamic recrystalliza-
    Friction stir welding (FSW) was presented and pro- tion phenomena [7–9].
    posed at the beginning of the 1990s as an innovative As a natural evolution of the FSW process, friction
    technique able to develop the joining of the so-called stir spot welding (FSSW) has recently been proposed
    unweldable or difficult-to-weld lightweight alloys, [10–11]. In such a process, directly based on the
    which are very common materials in the automotive friction stir welding process mechanics, a rotating
    and aerospace industries. Indeed, classic welding pro- tool with a probe pin is introduced into the two
    cesses, such as tungsten inert gas (TIG) or laser, deter- blanks to be joined, supported by a proper back-
    mine quite weak joints owing to a strong increase of plate. The rotating tool generates frictional heat in
    the specimens and at the same time a material flow
    *Corresponding author: Department of Mechanical Technology, is determined. The heated and softened material
    Production, and Management Engineering, University of close to the tool plastically deforms and a bond is
    Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo 90128, Italy. email: made between the surfaces of the upper and lower
    [email protected] sheets. No linear movement is allowed to the tool,

    JEM678 Ó IMechE 2007 Proc. IMechE Vol. 221 Part B: J. Engineering Manufacture

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