B23K20/129

Friction welding machine for radiating fins
11370057 · 2022-06-28 · ·

A friction welding machine for radiating fins is disclosed, which mainly uses a moving unit to drive a friction joint unit to approach the plurality of radiating fins, and a friction rod provided in the moving unit rotates at a high speed to penetrate the radiating fins. The radiating fins are then welded together through the heat generated by high-speed rotation friction to achieve the purpose of improving the welding quality of the radiating fins and reducing the cost.

FRICTION STIR WELDING IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS

In an example, a showerhead pedestal assembly for a substrate processing chamber is provided. The showerhead pedestal assembly includes a faceplate. A platen is disposed within the faceplate and includes a heater element extending through at least one groove in the faceplate. The at least one groove is profiled to accept at least one portion of the heater element. A periphery of the platen is joined to an interior surface of the faceplate by a friction stir welded joint.

Coloring of metallic materials coated with aluminum

The disclosure provides an aluminized composite including a base material. The aluminized composite may also include a diffusion layer disposed over the base material. The aluminized composite may further include an aluminum material disposed over the diffusion layer.

Machine component and method for producing the same

A machine component includes a first region having a first linear expansion coefficient, and a second region having a second linear expansion coefficient greater than the first linear expansion coefficient and joined to the first region. A region including an outer periphery of an interface between the first region and the second region is inclined toward the second region side over the entire periphery. On a surface of the first region, a groove is formed to extend along the outer periphery of the interface.

Method for producing a clutch pack formed by clutch plates arranged on top of one another, and device for carrying out a method of this type
11738419 · 2023-08-29 · ·

A device for performing a method for producing a lamination pack, wherein in the method laminations are cut from an electric strip or sheet; the laminations are placed on top of each other to form a lamination stack; the laminations are connected by material fusion to each other by: locally plasticizing a material of the laminations in an edge region of the laminations by generating friction heat by a tool; mixing the locally plasticized material, at least of the laminations neighboring each other, with the tool; and allowing the plasticized material to cool and fuse the laminations in the edge region to form the lamination pack. The device has a punch press and/or a receptacle for one or a plurality of lamination stacks. The device further has a welding tool that is rotatably driven about an axis of the welding tool and moveable transverse to the axis of rotation.

Sealing Hollow Structures
20220152729 · 2022-05-19 ·

A method of sealing a hole in a wall of a hollow structure comprises providing a sealed chamber that is external to the structure and that is in fluid communication with an internal space of the structure via the hole. The structure may be a pipe-in-pipe structure and the internal space may be an annulus between outer and inner pipes. Fluid flows through the hole into or out of the chamber as the pressure and/or composition of fluid in the internal space is adjusted. Then, a plug is spun and friction-welded into the hole. The plug is inserted into the hole from within the chamber.

Device and method for changing the welding direction of the welding shoulder of a system for a friction stir welding process virtually without delay
11331746 · 2022-05-17 · ·

The invention relates to a device and a method for changing the welding direction of the welding shoulder of a system for a friction stir welding process virtually without delay when required by the geometric arrangement of the joint partners to be welded or by a material unevenness, having the following method features: a) a main part (1) with a horizontally movable bridge support (5) has a friction welding head (12) which can be vertically adjusted together therewith and which has a pin receiving area (13) for mounting and driving a welding pin tip (14), wherein the welding shoulder (18) has a welding shoulder receiving area (17) which is supported at multiple points, and b) the welding shoulder receiving area (17) can be adjusted to any angle of attack relative to the joint partners by means of different push-pull rods (16) during the welding process.

Electrical Connection Console for a Motor-Vehicle Electrical System Conductor
20220149547 · 2022-05-12 ·

Electrical connection console for a motor vehicle board net comprising a cable 2 with a metallic stranded conductor 4, and an electrical tap electrically and mechanically connected to the stranded conductor 4, characterized in that the tap is formed from a metallic sleeve 10, in that the sleeve 10 is connected to the stranded conductor 4 in a connection region 8 of the stranded conductor 4, and in that the sleeve 10 has a longitudinal extent in a longitudinal axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stranded conductor 4, in that the sleeve 10 has a recess 26 whose longitudinal axis runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve 10, and in that a contact sleeve 28 is arranged in the recess 26.

WEATHERING STEEL FOR SOLID-STATE WELDING, WEATHERING STEEL MATERIAL FOR SOLID-STATE WELDING, SOLID-STATE WELDED STRUCTURE AND SOLID-STATE WELDING METHOD

The present invention provides a weathering steel for solid-state welding that forms an excellent weld when subjected to solid-state welding and has tensile properties equivalent or superior to those of high tensile strength steel, said steel having weathering properties superior to those of conventional weathering steel for welding, wherein the reliability of the weld is equivalent or superior to that of the parent material; and a weathering steel material for solid-state welding. Further, there is provided a solid-state welded structure that includes the weathering steel for solid-state welding according to the present invention, and a solid-state welding method for said weathering steel for solid-state welding. The weathering steel for solid-state welding having a steel composition comprises, in % by mass, C: 0.10 to 0.60% and P: more than 0.035 to 1.000%, with the remainder consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE FRICTION STIR MANUFACTURED TRANSITION JOINT
20220143740 · 2022-05-12 · ·

A dissimilar metal article may include a first metallic component including a first metal material, a second metallic component comprising a second metal material, and a transition joint provided between and bonding a first metallic component first end surface to a second metallic component first end surface. An additive flow material may be further provided to the dissimilar metal article to strengthen the joint between the first metallic component and the second metallic component.