Effect of Tool Material and Offset on Friction Stir Welding of Al Alloy to Carbon Steel

Abstract:

In this research, effect of tool material and tool offset on tool erosion and metallurgical and mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir welding of Al alloy to carbon steel are investigated. As the tool erosion is one of the important parameters on the defect-free friction stir welding, especially in butt joint of Al alloy to steel. In present work, different tool material and offset are used in friction stir welding at Al alloy to carbon steel with a constant tool speed and feed rate named as 710 rpm and 28 mm/min respectively. The result of experimental observation is shown better performance by tungsten carbide (WC) tool material with 1 mm offset on Al alloy area.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 445)
• Pages: 747-752
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.445.747
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Namdar Karimi, S. Nourouzi, Mohsen Shakeri, M. Habibnia, A. Dehghani
• Keywords: Dissimilar Joint, Tool Erosion, Tool Material, Tool Offset

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