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    Explosive Welding ©2008 Henry Tan

    Explosive Welding
    1 Welding
    Welding
    Welding is a fabrication process that joins metals. This is often done by melting the
    work pieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material (the weld
    puddle) that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure to produce the weld.

    Solid state welding


    Solid state welding is a group of welding processes at temperatures essentially below
    the melting point of the materials being joined, without the addition of filler metal.
    Bonding of the materials is a result of diffusion of their interface atoms.

    2 Explosive welded products


    Explosive welding is a solid state joining process, which uses a controlled explosive
    detonation to force two metals together at high pressure. The resultant composite
    system is joined with a durable, metallurgical bond.

    Figure 1, Bi-metallic boss (3/4” diameter)

    Figure 2, Aluminium/Stainless Steel ring (3” diameter)

    Suggested project topic:


    Search the internet and find out some other explosive welded products. Discuss the
    manufacturing process.

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    3 Explosive welding
    Setup
    Two plates are separated by a stand-off gap. The flyer (top) plate is covered by an
    explosive layer. Upon detonation the explosive accelerates the top plate against the
    parent (bottom) plate. In this way a welding front is established.

    Figure 3, Explosive welding setup

    Suggested project topic:


    How does stand-off gap affect the welding effect?

    Jetting
    When an explosive is detonated on the surface of the flyer plate, a high pressure pulse
    is generated. This pulse propels the flyer plate at a very high rate of speed. If this
    piece of metal plate collides at an angle with the parent metal plate, welding may
    occur.

    For welding to occur, a jetting action is required at the collision interface. This jet is
    the product of the collision of two metals surfaces. This jet cleans the metals and
    allows two pure metallic surfaces to join under extremely high pressure.

    Figure 4, Jetting at the collision front.

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    Pressure contour

    Figure 5. Pressure contours in the flyer and base plates during explosive welding.

    Wavy interface
    In explosive welding, materials are usually bonded together in an undulating wave
    form.

    Figure 6. Microstructure of wavy interface in explosive welding (steel/steel). The top


    plate is the flyer plate, and the welding is from right to left.

    Suggested project topic:


    Wavy interface generation is an interesting characteristic of explosive welding. How
    are wave interfaces generated?

    Suggested project topic:


    How do wavy interfaces affect the welding effect?

    Controllable variables in explosive welding


    • Detonation velocity
    • Standoff distance
    • Impact energy
    • Bend angle

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    Features
    • Can bond many dissimilar, normally unweldable metals.
    • Minimum fixturing/jigs.
    • Simplicity of the process.
    • Extremely large surfaces can be bonded.
    • Wide range of thicknesses can be explosively clad together.
    • No effect on parent properties.
    • Small quantity of explosive used.

    Suggested project topic:


    Search the internet and find companies specialized in explosive welding. Describe
    their products.

    Limitations
    • The metals must have high enough impact resistance, and ductility.
    • Noise and blast can require operator protection.
    • The use of explosives in industrial areas will be restricted by the noise and
    ground vibrations caused by the explosion.
    • The geometries welded must be simple – flat, cylindrical.

    4 Explosive welding in tubular geometries


    For the tubular geometry, the explosive is placed in the centre and detonation is
    initiated at the top. The inner tube is welded to the outer tube.

    Figure 7, Explosive welding in tubular geometries.

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