COLD WELDING

KRISHNANAND PRASAD 0501213359 (04) MECHANICAL ENGG 8TH SEMESTER.

CONTENTS:
PRINCIPLE
DEFINITION

CHARACTERISTICS
PROCESS

APPLICATION
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

CONCLUSION

Principles
Cold welding is a method for joining nonferrous metals and their alloys without using heat, fillers or fluxes. Round wire sections, dissimilar materials and materials of different sizes can all be welded with BWE's proven cold welding technology. A cold weld is generally stronger than the parent material and has the same electrical characteristics.

Electrical

Solid State We lding

Chemical

Pre ssure M e chanical

Pressure & Deformation

Cold Weld

DEFINITION OF COLD WELDING

Cold welding is a solid-state process in which pressure is used at room temperature to produce coalescence of metals with substantial deformation at the weld. Both butt and lap joints can be cold welded.

Die

Flash

A: Lap both sides indented B: Lap One side indented C: Edge both side indented D: Butt in Tube

E: Draw Weld F: Wire Lap (before and after) G: Mash Cap Joint AWS Welding Handbook H: Butt (before and after)

CHARACTERISTICS OF COLD WELDING

At

least one of the metals must be ductile without excessive workhardening. Total absence of applied heating. Dissimilar metals can be joined. Surface preparation is important

COLD WELDING PROCESS DESCRIPTION

Dies

The parts to be welded are first cleaned. A short section of the part is sheared. The parts are clamped in a die with some initial extension. A forging force is applied to complete welding.

Workpiece

Workpiece

Before welding

After welding

APPLICATIONS OF COLD WELDING

Cold welded butt joints are used in the manufacturing of aluminum, copper, gold, silver, and platinum wire. Most commonly, successive reels of wire are joined for continuous drawing to a smaller diameter. Aluminum alloys used in cold welding include: 1100, 2319, 3003, all 5000 series, 6061 and 6201.

Equipment

COLD WELDING EQUIPMENT

A

manually operated cold welding machine (courtesy AWS handbook).

States of Upset During Butt Single Upset Cold Weld in Cold Welding Type 1100 Aluminum Wire Courtesy AWS handbook

Stages in Multiple Upset Cold Welding

AWS Welding Handbook

AWS Welding Handbook

Can Effect Joint Efficiency

Transverse Flow Lines in a Cold Welded Butt Joint

Courtesy AWS handbook

Multiple Upset Cold Weld

AWS Welding Handbook

Key advantages:
1.

Advantages:

Fastest repair capabilities Virtually no deformation Limited dismantling.

Disadvantages
While speed is an advantage to assemblers, it can also be a limitation. The process is so fast that it does not lend itself to deep drawing of material since the material does not have time to stretch. "The outer member to be welded must be accelerated at a speed greater than 300 meters per second," says Plum. "When a body moving that fast meets another, it will try to displace it. This is what causes the weld. The movable body meets an immovable body.

CONCLUSION
Transfer of metal and the degree of surface damage during, rubbing are governed by the shear strength of the weld centers formed. The heat developed and the pi tion afforded by oil or other films are here important. For this reason a true picture of the transfer of metal during friction can be obtained only from experiments with the lubricant to be actually used in service in the particular antifriction application.

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