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Torben Lorentzen
CEO of DanStir ApS Danish Stir Welding Technology & Friction Stir Welding Specialist Bayards Aluminium Construction B.V.
Out-line
Friction Stir Welding
- The proces in brief - Weld properties
Legal Aspects
- Licensees - Patents - Standards
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 S t r a in ( % )
Hardness [HV10]
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
No. 22
Position [mm]
Post weld heat treatment (PWHT) recovering essentially to parent metal hardness here EN-AW-6082-T6
Material 5083-O Parent 5083-O FSW 5083-H321 Parent 5083-H321 FSW 6082-T6 Parent 6082-T6 FSW 6082-T6 FSW & aged 6082-T4 Parent 6082-T4 FSW 6082-T4 FSW & aged 7108-T79 Parent 7108-T79 FSW 7108-T79 FSW & aged
0.2% Proof strength [MPa] 148 141 249 153 286 160 274 149 138 285 295 210 245
Tensile strength [MPa] 298 298 336 305 301 254 300 260 244 310 370 320 350
Elongation [%] 23,5 23 16,5 22,5 10,4 4,9 6,4 22,9 18,8 9,9 14,0 12,0 11,0
1,00
0,91
0,83 1,00
0,93 1,19
0,86 0,95
Legal Aspects
- Licensees - Patents - Standards
Licensee status :
Non-commercial 5 3 2 0
Commercial 9 2 1 1
Patent status :
The two original patents held by TWI covers the intellectual property rights regarding the general use of the technology:
Patent status :
Patent status :
Company Hitachi Boeing KHI Showa NLM SLM Mazda Lockheed Martin ESAB MHI
Standards status :
Friction Stir Welding is approved by most of the classification bodies including:
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Bureau Veritas (BV) Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Germanischer Lloyds (GL) Lloyds Register of Shipping (LRS) Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)
Standards status :
An official international standard is under development by the B1 Working Group of the IIW Commission III :
Equipment :
Equipment :
- Envelope 3.5 x 15.5 meter - 100 kN down force - Position- or load-control - 2D-programable weld paths - Maximum daylight 1.6 meters - Prepared for a 2nd weld head
Applications :
- Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB) - Aircraft cargo floor panels - Leight weight fuel tanks for UAV - X-ray scanner parts
Torben Lorentzen