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Multi-Response Optimization and Investigations of Al-Steel Lap-Joint Performance Using a Novel MIG Weld-Brazing Technique

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The multiple quality characteristics (QCs) of aluminum (Al) alloy to galvanized (GA) steel lap-joint specimens were optimized in a novel metal inert gas (MIG) weld-brazing process, which using the hybrid shielding gas involve helium (He) and argon (Ar). The MIG weld-brazing technique offer a great potential for dissimilar metal joining such as Al and steel, which combines the advantages of fusion welding and brazing process. The grey-based Taguchi method was employed to solve the multi-response optimization problems in this study, which integrated the grey relational analysis and Taguchi method. It obtains the optimal parameters that considered with multiple QCs such as wettability and tensile strength of Al-steel lap-joint specimens. The experimental results demonstrated that the amount of pores of specimens that produced by adding 3% He gas to Ar-based gas is less than other hybrid shielding gas. Confirmation experiments revealed that the tensile strength of Al-steel lap-joint specimens was up to 208.2 MPa. The experimental procedure proposed by the authors improved the wettability and tensile strength of Al-steel lap-joint specimens simultaneously. The average thickness of intermetallic compounds layer between the Al fusion zone and GA steel surface that used optimal MIG weld-brazing parameters is 6.27 μm proximately.

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Lin, HL., Huang, WH. Multi-Response Optimization and Investigations of Al-Steel Lap-Joint Performance Using a Novel MIG Weld-Brazing Technique. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 23, 1027–1038 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-022-00672-9

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