Study of dissimilar metal joining by solid state welding Final report
Dissimilar metal joining by solid state welding
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Dissimilar metal joining by solid state welding
State-of-the-art of dissimilar metal joining by solid state diffusion bonding and roll and press welding, emphasizing stainless steel and aluminum alloy
Diffusion bonding techniques for joining large diameter stainless steel to aluminum alloy cylinders
Joining technique prevents contamination, may be used to join dissimilar metal tubes, minimizes fluid and gas entrapment, expedites repairs, and can yield joints having leakage rates less than 0.000001 standard cubic cm He/min. Components of joint are solder sleeve, two solder rings, Teflon sleeve, and tubing to be joined.
Combined brazing and diffusion bonding process for aluminum and stainless steel saves time and simplifies processing. Test show that resulting bond can withstand internal pressures up to 1,000 psi.
Dissimilar metals are reliably joined by diffusion bonding when the surfaces are electroplated with silver. The process involves cleaning and etching, anodization, silver striking, and silver plating with a conventional plating bath. It minimizes the formation of detrimental intermetallic phases and provides greater tolerance of processing parameters.
To join a refractory metal to a dissimilar high-temperature metal, braze a section of high elasticity, high ductility metal /such as columbium or columbium alloy/ between the metals to be joined, using a fork-type joint to hold the braze and transition member in place during expansion.
Results of an exploratory study of the structure and properties of friction welds in Udimet 700 (U-700) and TD-nickel (TD-Ni) bar materials, as well as dissimilar U-700/TD-Ni friction welds. Butt welds were prepared by friction welding 12.7-mm-diam U-700 bars and TD-Ni bars. Specimens for elevated temperature tensile and stress rupture testing were machined after a postweld heat treatment. Friction welding of U-700 shows great potential because the welds were found to be as strong as the parent metal in stress rupture and tensile tests at 760 and 980 C. In addition, the weld line was not detectable by metallographic examination after postheating. Friction welds in TD-Ni or between U-700 and TD-Ni were extremely weak at elevated temperatures. The TD-Ni friction welds could support only 9% as much stress as the base metal for 10-hour stress rupture life at 1090 C. The U-700/TD-Ni weld could sustain only 15% as much stress as the TD-Ni parent metal for a 10-hour stress rupture life at 930 C. Thus friction welding is not a suitable joining method for obtaining high-strength TD-Ni or U-700/TD-Ni weldments.