Cold Welding
Cold Welding
Cold Welding
Electrical
Solid
State
Welding
Chemical
Pressure
Mechanical
Pressure &
Deformation
Cold Weld
Die
Flash
E: Draw Weld
F: Wire Lap (before and after)
G: Mash Cap Joint
AWS Welding Handbook
H: Butt (before and after)
Workpiece
Workpiece
Before welding
After welding
Equipment
Application
High Frequency
Glow Discharge
Surface Etch
Clean
Surface
To Rolling
Mill
Electrical
Flame
Contact
Solid
State
Welding
Chemical
Mechanical
Pressure &
Deformation
Pressure
Gas Weld
Principle of Operation
Workpiece
Workpiece
Final weld
Upsetting
force
Principles of Operation
Heating torch
Workpiece
Workpiece
Upsetting
force
Before welding
After welding
Applications
Forge Welding
The Blacksmiths Art
Electrical
Solid
State
Welding
Chemical
Radiation
Mechanical
Pressure &
Deformation
Forge
Weld
Forge Welding
Forge welding is a solid-state welding process
that produces a weld by heating the work pieces
to welding temperature and applying blows
sufficient to cause permanent deformation at the
faying surface. Forge welding was the earliest
welding process and the only one in common use
until the 19th century.
Fluxes
Often fluxes are needed to prevent oxide formation on the
parts to be welded. Two commonly used fluxes for steels
are silica sand and borax (sodium tetraborate).
ROLL BONDING
Nascent
Surface
Interface
Roll Bonding
A solid state welding process in
which bonding is made between
two sheets of metal by passing
them through a rolling mill.
Surface preparation is of utmost
importance.
Welding is promoted with
increasing temperature,
increasing pressure, increasing
roll diameter, and decreasing
rolling speed.
60 to 70% deformation is
required for maximum weld
strength.
Weld
interface
a
Nascent surface
Rolling
Original weld
interface
100% 1 100%
% reduction in thickness
x
x
by
y
100% 1 100%
% nascent (new) surface
b
b
1 a 100% 1 y 100%
x
b
Surface Deformation
Bulk compressive deformation
or upsetting is measured as the
percentage reduction in sheet
thickness.
A threshold deformation exists
below which no weld is made.
Above this threshold the joint
strength is close to that
predicted by assuming the
welded area is the nascent
surface area.
Increasing the temperature
reduces the value of threshold
deformation.
Predicted strength
Threshold
deformation
Deformation%
Cleaning
Post-Heating ~ 1000F
FeAl3, Fe2Al5
Steel
Aluminum
Steel
Steel
(Brittle)
Si > 0.25% in Steel
Tends to Reduce
Brittle IronAlumindes Thus
Higher Post Roll
Temperatures can be
employed
Aluminum
Steel
Steel
Aluminum
Aluminum - Titanium
Aluminum
Titanium
Aluminum
Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel
Copper