Non-Destructive Detection of Weld Seams in Extruded Aluminum Profiles

Abstract:

The present study focuses on the feasibility of non-destructive testing methods for the detection of transverse and longitudinal weld seams in extruded aluminum alloys. Two extrusion trials using billet on billet extrusion with a porthole die producing both types of weld seams were conducted. First, two billets of different types of alloy, AlMgSi1 (EN AW-6082) and AlZn4.5Mg1 (EN AW-7020), were extruded. In a second trial, two billets of AlZn4.5Mg1 were processed. The produced profiles were then tested by non-destructive testing using a tactile eddy current sensor as well as an encasing sensor at room temperature. The measured signals of both sensors were then evaluated and compared. Microstructural analyses have been carried out to correlate the occurrence of transverse and longitudinal weld seams with the results of the non-destructive testing.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 585)
• Pages: 103-110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.585.103
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Marcus Engelhardt, N. Grittner, Wilfried Reimche, Friedrich Wilhelm Bach
• Keywords: Aluminum Extrusion, Longitudinal Weld Seam, Microstructural Analyses, Nondestructive Testing (NDT), Porthole Die, Transverse Weld Seam

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