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Properties and Forces of Immersed Friction Stir Welded
AA6061-T6Thomas Bloodworth
George Cook
Al Strauss
Outline
1. Introduction
2. Theory and Objective
3. VWAL Test Bed
4. Experimental Setup
5. Materials Testing
6. Results and Conclusions
Methodology:
•Provide a operational parameterization of IFSW weld forces
•Temperatures via thermocouple implantation
•Cross sectioning for visual fault detection
•Use a standard FSW tool in a modified backing plate
•Perform butt welds of AA6061-T6
Capability:
•Examines forces and faults characteristic to the IFSW process and addresses fixes
•FSW, having a solid foot as an industrial joining technique, may have further untapped benefits in welding in a water environment
Benefits:
• Increase in weld nugget hardness
• Increase in UTS
• FSW: UTS = 281.5 MPa
• IFSW: UTS = 296.1 MPa
• Decrease in grain size by order of magnitude
Introduction
• Immersed FSW for repair/construction
• Rivet repair (Arbegast)
• All prior advantages of conventional FSW
• Determine trends for increased power input for ideal IFSW
• Similar weld strengths as conventional with increased processed nugget hardness (Hofmann and Vecchio)
IFSW
• Submerged / Immersed FSW (SFSW / IFSW)
• Joining of the weld piece completely submerged in a fluid (i.e. water)
• Greater heat dissipation reduces grain size in the weld nugget (Hofmann and Vecchio)– Increases material hardness– Theoretically increases tensile strength– other beneficial properties
Theory
• High quench rate
• Power required increases– RPM dependent– Power (kW) = torque*angular velocity
• Greater heat dissipation
• Lower limit heat addition measured– DH = mwcpDTw
– Thermocouple implantation
Theory• Hofmann and Vecchio show
decrease in grain size by an order of magnitude
• Increase in weld quality in IFSW may lead to prevalent use in underwater repair and/or construction (Arbegast et al)– Friction Stir Spot Welds
(FSSW)– Repair of faulty MIG welds
(TWI)
• Process must be quantitatively verified and understood before reliable uses may be attained
VWAL Test Bed
• Milwaukee #2K Universal Milling Machine utilizing a Kearney and Treker Heavy Duty Vertical Head Attachment modified to accommodate high spindle speeds.
• 4 – axis position controlled automation
• Experimental force and torque data recorded using a Kistler 4 – axis dynamometer (RCD) Type 9124 B
• Experimental Matrix:– Rotational Speeds: 1000 – 2000 rpm– Travel Speeds: 5 – 14 ipm
Modifications
• Anvil modified for a submerged welding environment
• Water initially at room temperature (measured)
• Equivalent welds run in air and water for mechanical comparison (i.e. Tensile testing, Cross Sectioning)
Experimental Setup
• Weld speeds: 1000 – 2000 rpm, travel speeds 5 – 14 ipm
• Weld samples– AA 6061-T6: 3 x 8 x ¼” (butt weld configuration)
• Tool– 01PH Steel (Rockwell C38)– 5/8” non – profiled shoulder– ¼” Trivex™ tool pin (probe) of length .235”
• Clockwise rotation• Single pass welding
Experimental Setup• Shoulder plunge and lead
angle: .009” , 10
– 80% Shoulder contact condition
• Fine adjustments in plunge depth have been noted to create significant changes in weld quality
• Therefore, significant care and effort was put forth to ensure constant plunge depth of .009”
– Vertical encoder accurate to 10 microns
• Tool creeps into material from the side and run at constant velocity off the weld sample
Materials Testing
• Tensile testing done using standards set using the AWS handbook
• Samples milled for tensile testing
• Three tensile specimens were milled from each weld run– ½ “ wide x ¼ “ thick
specimens were used for the testing
Materials Testing
• Tensile specimens tested using an Instron Universal Tester
• Recorded values included UTS and UYS in lbf
UTS vs IPM
• FSW• General trend toward declining strength with
travel speed increase• Constant RPM
UTS vs IPM
0.000
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
35.000
B1 B2 B3 B4
1500 RPM
1000 RPM
2000 RPM
Materials Results
• IFSW• Largely Independent weld quality to travel speed
at these rotational speeds
UTS vs IPM
0.000
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
35.000
WA12 WA2 WA3
1000 RPM
1500 RPM
2000 RPM
Materials Testing
• IFSW• Largely RPM dependent at these travel speeds• Logarithmic regressions are similar at all travel
speedsUTS vs RPM
0.000
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
35.000
WA3 WB3 WC31 WC32
11 IPM
8 IPM
5 IPM
Results
• Submerged welds maintained 75-80% of parent UTS
• Parent material UTS of 44.88 ksi compared well to the welded plate averaging UTS of ~30-35 ksi
• Worm hole defect welds failed at 50-65% of parent UTS
• Optimal welds for IFSW required a weld pitch increase of 38%
• Weld pitch of dry to wet optimal welds– Dry welds: wp = 2000/11 = 182 rev/inch– Wet welds: wp = 2000/8 = 250 rev/inch
Axial Force
• Axial Force independent of process or RPM5 IPM: Fz vs RPM
0
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SFSW
FSW
8 IPM: Fz vs RPM
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SFSW
FSW
11 IPM: Fz vs RPM
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SFSW
FSW
Axial Force
• Axial Force independent of process or IPM1000 RPM: Fz vs IPM
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5 8 11 14
SFSW
FSW
1500 RPM: Fz vs IPM
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SFSW
FSW
2000 RPM: Fz vs IPM
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5 8 11 14
SFSW
FSW
Moment
• Moment has discernible increase for IFSW vs. FSW
• Increase is from 2-5 Nm
• Weld pitch dependent2000 RPM : Mz vs IPM
0
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5 8 11 14
SFSW
FSW
1500 RPM: Mz vs IPM
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5 8 11 14
SFSW
FSW
Power
• Linear power increase required from FSW to IFSW
• Average increase of .5 kW required for similar parameters
Power (kW) vs IPM
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
5 8 11 14
IFSW
FSW
Heat Addition
• Heat input is assumed as lower limit
• General linear trend; parameter dependent
• Other mechanisms for heat loss and abnormalities– Conduction into anvil– Convection to air– Non-uniform heating
Heat Input vs IPM
0
50
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250
5 8 11 14
IPM
Hea
t In
pu
t (k
J)
1000 RPM
1500 RPM
2000 RPM
Heat Input vs RPM
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5 IPM
8 IPM
11 IPM
Conclusions
• Average axial force independent of IFSW for the range explored
• Average torque and therefore power increased from FSW to IFSW– FSW: 13.6 - 22.1 Nm; 2.8 – 3.4 kW– SFSW: 15.7 - 24.8 Nm; 3.3 – 3.7 kW
Conclusions
• Optimal submerged (wet) FSW’s were compared to conventional (dry) FSW
• Decrease in grain growth in the weld nugget due to inhibition by the fluid (water)
• Water welds performed as well if not better than dry welds in tensile tests
• Minimum increase in moment and power• Other process forces (i.e. Fz) not dependent
Acknowledgements
• This work was supported in part by:
– Los Alamos National Laboratory
– NASA (GSRP and MSFC)
– The American Welding Society
– Robin Midgett for materials testing capabilities
– UTSI for cross sectioning and microscopy
References
• Thomas M.W., Nicholas E.D., Needham J.C., Murch M.G., Templesmith P., Dawes C.J.:G.B. patent application No. 9125978.8, 1991.
• Crawford R., Cook G.E. et al. “Robotic Friction Stir Welding”. Industrial Robot 2004 31 (1) 55-63.
• Hofmann D.C. and Vecchio K.S. “Submerged friction stir processing (SFSP): An improved method for creating ultra-fine-grained bulk materials”. MS&E 2005.
• Arbegast W. et al. “Friction Stir Spot Welding”. 6th International Symposium on FSW. 2006.