A method for joining a first part formed of an aluminum material to a second part formed of a steel material by metal inert gas welding and cold metal transfer is provided. An aluminum filler material forms a fillet joint between the parts and provides a structure for automotive body applications, such an aluminum bumper extrusion joined to a steel crush box connection. The first part includes a notch for hiding the start and end of the joint. A transition plate formed of a mixture of aluminum material and steel material can be disposed between the first part and the second part to provide the notch. The second part can include a mechanical fastener further joining the parts together. In another embodiment, the second part includes a plurality of dimples and is welded to the first part along the dimples.

A welded member includes a hot dip Zn-based alloy coated steel sheet as a base material and has excellent corrosion resistance and weld bead shear strength. In the welded member in which a lower sheet and an upper sheet, which are hot dip Zn-based alloy coated steel sheets, are stacked and arc-welded together, a weld bead is formed so that a cross-sectional width W satisfies the following formula 2TW6T, and a blowhole occupancy Br represented by the following formula (2) becomes not more than 50%: Br=(di/L)100, where T represents a thickness of the hot dip Zn-based alloy coated steel sheet, di represents a length of an i-th blowhole observed in X-ray radiography, and L represents a length of the weld bead.

Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials comprises a roof panel and a skeletal body. The roof panel has a bent portion at its end and is a panel member made of an aluminum alloy. The skeletal body has a support portion for supporting the first member and is made of steel. The roof panel and the skeletal body are joined by continuous welding of a vicinity of an apex of the bent portion of the roof panel and the support portion of the skeletal body, a reinforcing plate is joined to the roof panel at least partially along the joining portion with the skeletal body.

The present invention relates to steel pipe excellent in toughness of the weld metal part at a low temperature obtained by submerged arc welding in the longitudinal direction from both the inside and outside surfaces having strengths of the X60 to X70 class. The steel pipe of the present invention is a pipe having weld zones welded in a longitudinal direction at an inside surface and outside surface, wherein the tensile strength of the base metal is 480 to 620 MPa, the weld metal has a predetermined composition of constituents, when % X expresses a content of an element X in the weld metal, Pcm defined by Pcm=% C+% Si/30+(% Mn+% Cu+% Cr)/20+% Ni/60+% Mo/15+% V/10+5% B is 0.2% or less, Ceq defined by Ceq=% C+% Mn/6+(% Cr+% Mo+% V)/5+(% Ni+% Cu)/15 is 0.35 to 0.45%, and defined by =(1.5(% O-0.89% Al)+3.4% N-% Ti)1000 is 20 to 40, and % Al/% O is 0.3 to 0.8.

Improved free-swinging hammermill hammer configurations are disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer configurations of the present disclosure are adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free-swinging systems. The configurations as disclosed and claimed are non-forged and incorporate a saddle or hammer mouth. The merging of a hammer and saddle improves strength to reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. The improved configurations incorporate comminution edges having increased hardness for longer operational run times. The improved configurations improve installing, removing, and cleaning hammer components within the hammermill. The improved configurations may incorporate hammermill rod hole of varying shapes and sizes and saddles of varying shapes and sizes or the use of non-planar hammer bodies that have a recessed or protruding surface.

Improved free-swinging hammermill hammer configurations are disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer configurations of the present disclosure are adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free-swinging systems. The configurations as disclosed and claimed are non-forged and incorporate a saddle or hammer mouth. The merging of a hammer and saddle improves strength to reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. The improved configurations incorporate comminution edges having increased hardness for longer operational run times. The improved configurations improve installing, removing, and cleaning hammer components within the hammermill. The improved configurations may incorporate hammermill rod hole of varying shapes and sizes and saddles of varying shapes and sizes or the use of non-planar hammer bodies that have a recessed or protruding surface.

A lap-joined structure including at least one similar metallic material weldable to each other and a different material different in type from the at least one similar metallic material and difficult to be welded to the similar metallic material. The different material is sandwiched and fixed between the similar metallic material. The similar metallic material has at least one exhaust hole or exhaust groove around the weld zone where the similar metallic material is melted and joined together. The exhaust hole or exhaust groove extends through the similar metallic material along its thickness. Thus, the similar metallic material and the different material are fixed and joined together.

A lap-joined structure including at least one similar metallic material weldable to each other and a different material different in type from the at least one similar metallic material and difficult to be welded to the similar metallic material. The different material is sandwiched and fixed between the similar metallic material. The similar metallic material has at least one exhaust hole or exhaust groove around the weld zone where the similar metallic material is melted and joined together. The exhaust hole or exhaust groove extends through the similar metallic material along its thickness. Thus, the similar metallic material and the different material are fixed and joined together.

A gouging-less full-penetration welding method for welding a first steel plate and a second steel plate without performing gouging includes: a step of repeating weaving at a welding current of 130 to 300 A between the first steel plate and the second steel plate, thereby forming an initial weld bead having a continuous single or a plurality of continuous layers between the first steel plate and the second steel plate; a step of conducting single- or multi-layer welding from a front side; and a step of conducting single- or multi-layer welding from a back side.

A gouging-less full-penetration welding method for welding a first steel plate and a second steel plate without performing gouging includes: a step of repeating weaving at a welding current of 130 to 300 A between the first steel plate and the second steel plate, thereby forming an initial weld bead having a continuous single or a plurality of continuous layers between the first steel plate and the second steel plate; a step of conducting single- or multi-layer welding from a front side; and a step of conducting single- or multi-layer welding from a back side.