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Vaporizing foil actuator welding
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2019
Abstract
Vaporizing foil actuator welding is a form of impact welding, which can be carried out without the use of chemical explosives. Operating at smaller length scales, but with similar driving pressures as explosive welding, vaporizing foil actuator welding is capable of welding a wide variety of advanced and dissimilar metal combinations. With negligible heating developing during the process, thermal distortion does not occur, and the base-metal properties are retained in the weld. In this article, vaporizing foil actuator welding of an automotive grade aluminum and steel pair is discussed. A currently functional and complete welding system that can be used for research as well as low volume production is also discussed.
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- Joining of Dissimilar Lightweight Materials
- Information
- MRS Bulletin , Volume 44 , Issue 8: Joining of Dissimilar Lightweight Materials , August 2019 , pp. 637 - 642
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- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019
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