EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

ON JOINING OF METAL BLOCKS

(MILD STEEL) BY REINFORCING
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WITH ANOTHER METAL (BRASS)

Presented by
H.HEBIN RAJ
K.VENKADESH
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
 metals with high carbon content are brittle
and difficult to weld by conventional welding
methods.
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF THE ARC
CREATES CRACKS AND MAKE THE
WELD INEFFECTIVE IN SUCH METALS.
OBJECTIVES
INTRODUCTION OF THE NEWER
METAL JOINING STRATEGY.
CHECKING THEPOSSIBILITY OF THE
PROPOSED METHOD.
RADIOGRAPHIC INSPECTION AND
MECHANICAL TESTING OF THE JOINTS.
JOINING OF METALS BY REINFORCING
WITH ANOTHER METALS

PRINCIPLE
METALS WITH
SUITABLE STRENGTH AND MELTING
POINTS, WELL BELOW THE MELTING
POINT OF THE BASE METALS, CAN BE
USED TO INTERCONNECT THE BASE
METALS INTERNALLY.
BASIC IDEA OF THE PROJECT
STEPS INVOLVED
STEP 1
DETERMINATION OF THE TYPE AND
AMOUNT OF LOAD WHICH THE JOINT
HAVE TO WITHSTAND.
STEP 2
SELECTION OF THE REINFORCING
METAL BASED ON,
•TYPE OF LOADING
•MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LOAD
•RECRYSTALLISATION TEMPERATURE AND
MELTING POINT OF THE BASE METAL.
STEP 3
DETERMINATION OF THE DIMENTIONS
OF THE INTERCONNECTING HOLES.
STEP 4
SURFACE PREPARATION OF THE BASE
METALS.
STEP 5
DRILLING OF INTERCONNECTING
HOLES ON THE BASE METALS.

JOBS AFTER BEING DRILLED

EXPLODED VIEW
STEP 6
MILLING SLOTS AT THE JOINING
SURFACES

JOBS AFTER BEING MILLED

EXPLODED VIEW
STEP 7
ALIGNING

JOBS AFTER ALIGNING

EXPLODED VIEW OF ALIGNED JOBS
STEP 8
MELTING AND POURING OF THE
REINFORCING METAL

THE REQUIRED MASS OF THE

REINFORCING METAL TO BE MELTED HAVE
TO BE FOUND OUT BY CONSIDERING THE
DENSITY OF THE REINFORCING METAL.
JOBS AFTER SOLIDIFICATION OF REINFORCING METAL
EXPLODED VIEW
STEP 9

FINISHING

THE EXCESS REINFORCING

METAL GETS SOLIDIFIED ON THE TOP
SURFACE OF THE BASE METAL SHOULD BE
REMOVED.
SURFACE PREPARATION
DRILLING OF INTERCONNECTING HOLES
THE BLOCKS ARE DRILLED
TO THE CALCULATED DIMENSIONS IN A
DRILLING MACHINE WITH COMPUTERISED
POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM.
 AFTER COMPLETE FILLING OF
THE CAVITY WITH REINFORCING
METAL, IT IS ALLOWED TO COOL
AND SOLIDIFY.
FINISHING
THE EXCESS AMOUNT OF
BRASS SOLIDIFIED OVER THE MILD STEEL
BLOCKS IS REMOVED BY GRINDING
OPERATION.
RADIOGRAPHIC INSPECTION
A RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE
JOINT AREA IS TAKEN.

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE
SPECIMEN DETAILS
BASE METAL: MILD STEEL
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 40 x 20 mm
DIMENSIONS OF INTERCONNECTING
HOLES: 12 mm DIA. , AND 10 mm DIA.
REINFORCING METALS
 BRASS
 PHOSPHOR BRONZE
THANK YOU …