A method of forming a planetary carrier assembly is disclosed herein. In one aspect, the method includes providing a first carrier plate and a second carrier plate. The first carrier plate has a first body portion, and the second carrier plate has a second body portion including a plurality of legs. The method includes forming at least one staking element on an axial end of at least one of the plurality of legs. The method includes fixing the first carrier plate and the second carrier plate to each other via application of an axial load such that the at least one staking element on the at least one of the plurality of legs digs into the first carrier plate.

Angled, single laser weld and a method of forming an angled, single laser weld including arranging a first and second faying surfaces of a first and second component adjacently to form an interface between the components; irradiating at least one of the first and second components at the interface with a laser, wherein the first faying surface defines a plane formed at an angle alpha in the range of +/−5 degrees to 60 degrees from an axis A perpendicular to the first front surface and the second faying surface matches the first faying surface; and forming a junction at the interface with an hourglass shaped weld.

The present invention relates to a laser welding method of pipe fittings that mainly provides an automated butt welding process for two pipe fittings to be welded, comprising a laser welding device setup step, a material loading step, a first welding step, a second welding step, a third welding step, and a return to the original position step. The welding zone at the butt joint location of the two pipe fittings to be welded is divided to undergo three procedures through the aforementioned steps, using a laser assembly in conjunction with a reflection assembly, to provide a consistent automated butt welding for two pipe fittings to be welded, in order to reduce the time consumed during the butt welding of pipe fittings and increase the speed of the production process.

The present invention relates to a laser welding method of pipe fittings that mainly provides an automated butt welding process for two pipe fittings to be welded, comprising a laser welding device setup step, a material loading step, a first welding step, a second welding step, a third welding step, and a return to the original position step. The welding zone at the butt joint location of the two pipe fittings to be welded is divided to undergo three procedures through the aforementioned steps, using a laser assembly in conjunction with a reflection assembly, to provide a consistent automated butt welding for two pipe fittings to be welded, in order to reduce the time consumed during the butt welding of pipe fittings and increase the speed of the production process.

A two-end-through vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube sealing structure includes a vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube, where a shoulder part of the vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube is provided with a plane; a vacuum cavity is formed in the plane; a vacuum hole for vacuum pumping is formed in the vacuum cavity; the vacuum cavity is filled with a sealing material; a side surface of the plane of the shoulder part is provided with a circular step from top to bottom; a shielding cover is subjected to primary welding on the circular step; a weld bead of the welding is removed by polishing; the shielding cover and the circular step are in gap-free fit; the other end of the shielding cover is subjected to secondary welding with a mouth part of a bottle body; and the weld bead of the welding is removed by sanding the mouth.

A two-end-through vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube sealing structure includes a vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube, where a shoulder part of the vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube is provided with a plane; a vacuum cavity is formed in the plane; a vacuum hole for vacuum pumping is formed in the vacuum cavity; the vacuum cavity is filled with a sealing material; a side surface of the plane of the shoulder part is provided with a circular step from top to bottom; a shielding cover is subjected to primary welding on the circular step; a weld bead of the welding is removed by polishing; the shielding cover and the circular step are in gap-free fit; the other end of the shielding cover is subjected to secondary welding with a mouth part of a bottle body; and the weld bead of the welding is removed by sanding the mouth.

A process is provided for welding an assembly of a first tubular component and a second tubular component, the first and second tubular components having first and second cylindrical portions, respectively. The process uses a pressing jig, a pressing tool, a welding jig and a welding head. The process includes: positioning the first tubular component with respect to the pressing jig; clamping the first tubular component against the pressing jig; freely fitting the second cylindrical portion into the first cylindrical portion, the two cylindrical portions being substantially coaxial; placing the second component with respect to the first cylindrical portion and the pressing jig; tightening the second tubular component against the pressing jig; aligning the two fitted cylindrical portions with the pressing tool; and pressing by plastic deformation the first and second cylindrical portions. The first and second pressed tubular components form a rigid assembly, with the two fitted and pressed cylindrical portions defining a fitting and a joint. Additional steps include: positioning the rigid assembly with respect to the welding jig; clamping the rigid assembly against the welding jig; and welding by positioning and orienting the welding head repeatably with respect to the fitting and the joint, where the rigid assembly is positioned with respect to the welding jig along one or more surfaces belonging exclusively to the first component in the pressed state.

A working cylinder has a cylinder tube, a first closure part, a second closure part and a piston unit. The first closure part is arranged on a first cylinder tube end, the second closure part is arranged on a second cylinder tube end to define a cylinder interior. The piston unit defines at least one working chamber in the cylinder interior. The piston unit slides through the first closure part. The first closure part is joined to the cylinder tube by a first peripheral laser ring weld seam and the second closure part is joined to the cylinder tube by a second peripheral laser ring weld seam. The laser ring weld seams each define a fluid-tight sealing plane. A method for producing the working cylinder is provided.

A working cylinder has a cylinder tube, a first closure part, a second closure part and a piston unit. The first closure part is arranged on a first cylinder tube end, the second closure part is arranged on a second cylinder tube end to define a cylinder interior. The piston unit defines at least one working chamber in the cylinder interior. The piston unit slides through the first closure part. The first closure part is joined to the cylinder tube by a first peripheral laser ring weld seam and the second closure part is joined to the cylinder tube by a second peripheral laser ring weld seam. The laser ring weld seams each define a fluid-tight sealing plane. A method for producing the working cylinder is provided.

A working cylinder has a cylinder tube, a first closure part, a second closure part and a piston unit. The first closure part is arranged at a first cylinder tube end and the second closure part is arranged at a second cylinder tube end, the cylinder tube and the first and second closure parts define a cylinder interior. The piston unit defines at least one working chamber in the cylinder interior. The piston unit slidably passes through the first closure part. The first closure part us joined to the cylinder tube in a positive-locking manner by a first circumferential laser ring weld seam. The second closure part is joined to the cylinder tube in a positive-locking manner by a second circumferential laser ring weld seam, and each of the laser ring weld seams define a fluid-tight sealing plane. At least one of the closure parts has an axially opening that is a circumferential concave receiving contour in which the cylinder tube engages. The receiving contour radially overlaps the cylinder tube, and a ring weld seam inclination angle thereof is 110 to 160 degrees.