Multi-Spot Welding by Applying Magnetic Pressure

by Tomokatsu Aizawa, Keigo Okagawa and Mehrdad Kashani

Keywords: multi-spot welding, magnetic pulse welding, aluminum sheet

Fixture

hole
Al sheet

Insulator
with holes

Al sheet

Flux lines

Coil

Fig.1 Principle for multi-spot welding (cross

section view)

Coil

130mm

Fig.

310mm

Welding
points

Current

Fixture

Fig.

Insulator with holes

Al sheet

Al sheet

Insulator

Coil

Current

Fig.2 Coil (a) and cross section view of

experimental setup (b) with discharge circuit

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200

Fig.

310
A1050 100

Fig.3 Appearance of welded Al/Al sheets

50 0.3

0.30.5

Fig.

Fig.4 Appearance of welded Al/Al (left) and

Al/Cu (right) sheets

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150350

Fig.

Fig.5 Break result of tensile shear test for one

spot of multi-spot weld

250

Fig.

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