Revisiting fundamental welding concepts to improve additive manufacturing: From theory to practice

JP Oliveira, TG Santos, RM Miranda - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing technologies based on melting and solidification have considerable
similarities with fusion-based welding technologies, either by electric arc or high-power …

A review on resistance spot welding of aluminum alloys

SM Manladan, F Yusof, S Ramesh, M Fadzil… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
This paper presents a review on the resistance spot welding (RSW) of Al/Al alloys, Al
alloys/steel, Al/Mg alloys, and Al/Ti alloys, with focus on structure, properties, and …

Recent development of improved clinching process

H Peng, C Chen, H Zhang, X Ran - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2020 - Springer
Clinching technology has been widely applied in automobile assembly industries to join
sheet materials of different thicknesses and properties. It does not require any auxiliary parts …

A review of electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM): Heating, sintering, joining and forming

M Biesuz, T Saunders, D Ke, MJ Reece, C Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electricity is an efficient form of energy, and the growing interest in electricity-assisted
manufacturing is motivated by its inherent energy saving and reduced environmental impact …

Recent development of clinching tools and machines

X Zhang, C Chen, H Peng - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Springer
Clinching, which is a green joining process, has been widely used in the manufacturing
industry as a method of joining lightweight sheets for automotive. The clinched joint is …

Corrosion characterization of Ti-6Al-4V coating layer by the alternating current assisted GTAW method

J Huang, Y Huang, X Yu, G Liu, S Yu, D Fan - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve the corrosion resistance of Ti-6Al-4V alloy, a Ti-6Al-4V coating layer was
deposited by the alternating current assisted gas tungsten arc welding (AC-GTAW) method …

Preparation of Mg–Nd–Zn–(Zr) alloys semisolid slurry by electromagnetic stirring

Y Chen, L Zhang, W Liu, G Wu, W Ding - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of electromagnetic stirring (EMS) including stirring time, applied voltage and
rotational frequency on the microstructure of semisolid slurries of the Mg–Nd–Zn–(Zr) alloys …

Influencing mechanism of an external magnetic field on fluid flow, heat transfer and microstructure in aluminum resistance spot welding

L Qi, Q Zhang, S Niu, R Chen, Y Li - Engineering Applications of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The magnetically assisted resistance spot welding (MA-RSW) method provides a promising
approach for improving weld performance. However, the MA-RSW process involves …

Strength evaluation of beam made of the aluminum 6061-T6 and titanium grade 5 alloys sheets joined by RFSSW and RSW

P Lacki, A Derlatka - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper presents the strength evaluation of the beam made of the sheets from the
aluminum alloy 6061-T6 and titanium alloy grade 5. The beam was made of two C-profiles …

Improve resistance spot weld quality of advanced high strength steels using bilateral external magnetic field

L Qi, F Li, R Chen, Q Zhang, Y Li - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnetically assisted resistance spot welding (MA-RSW) process has been verified capable
of improving weld quality of advanced high strength steels. In the original MA-RSW process …