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Resistance Spot Welding Fundamentals and Applications for the Automotive Industry
The book begins with thorough coverage of Resistance Spot Welding fundamentals and principles, including concepts such as Lobe Curves, contact... -
Pre-hole friction stir spot welding of dual-phase steels and comparison with resistance spot welding, conventional and pinless friction stir spot welding
This study investigates pre-hole FSSW to join DP590 and DP780 steels, commonly employed in the automotive sector. The primary objective is the...
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Introduction to Resistance Spot Welding
Resistance Spot Welding (RSW) is one of a family of industrial welding processes that produce heat required for welding through what is known as... -
Resistance Spot Welding of Aluminum
Because of its low density, high strength-to-weight ratio, and good corrosion resistance, aluminum offers many attractive features to automotive... -
Resistance Spot Welding Production Issues
The previous chapters of this book have covered electrode wear as it relates specifically to the materials being welded. More general considerations... -
Improving friction stir spot welding of high-density polyethylene sheets for welding parameters and its optimization
Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is a promising technique for joining thermoplastic materials, such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE). However,...
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Development of Plasma Arc Spot Welding Process and Finite Element Method Analysis Model for Predicting Fracture Strength: Part 1—Development of Plasma Arc Spot Welding Process
Resistance spot welding is widely used in automobiles and ships, and especially, it accounts for 70% of the body welding process. However, resistance...
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Effect of pulse sha** on coupling efficiency of laser spot welding in AZ31 magnesium alloy
Energy coupling efficiency has an important effect on welding quality in pulsed laser spot welding. In this paper, laser spot welding experiments are...
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Bibliometric and systematic analysis on electric resistance spot welding of 22MnB5 steel
Within the context of reducing the environmental impact generated by the current generation, a constant challenge for the automotive industry is to...
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Dynamic resistance signal–based wear monitoring of resistance spot welding electrodes
Resistance spot welding is used extensively in the assembly of the car body in white on the production line. During the continuous welding process, a...
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Experimental Investigation with Optimization of Spot Welding Parameters on Stainless Steel AISI 304
Opposition spot welding is a welding technique utilizing the standard of non-fusible terminal obstruction welding, where the temperature increases to...
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Hole inhibition mechanisms of Mg/steel lap joint by pinless friction stir spot welding
Pinless friction stir spot welding (P-FSSW) was performed to manufacture Mg/steel lap joints. Orthogonal tests for P-FSSW of Mg/steel were...
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A new resistance insert spot welding method for injection-molded FRP–steel component
For weight reduction, multi-material designs comprising metal and fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) components in vehicle body structures have been...
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Resistance Spot Welding Quality, Testing, Monitoring, and Control
There are many possible spot weld defects and discontinuities that can occur for a wide variety of reasons, but the most common reasons are... -
Effect of vibration and welding parameters on spot weld resistance: modeling integrating PSO-ANN and GA algorithm
The estimation and improvement of the strength of 304L stainless steel spot welds were quantitatively analyzed using a hybrid method. This method...
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Dissimilar Metal Joining of Steel-Aluminium Alloy by Spot Welding
This chapter presents the common issues encountered during resistance spot welding of dissimilar metals, namely steel and aluminium combination.... -
Overview of Resistance Spot Welding Codes and Standards
This chapter provides a summary of the various codes and standards pertaining to spot welding that are utilized by automobile manufacturers in the... -
Microstructural and mechanical analysis of achieving crack-free joints in high-speed friction stir spot welding of Cu–Al dissimilar material
Mixing materials is essential for good strength-to-weight ratio and cost-effectiveness in industrial applications which often requires the use of...
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Resistance spot welding of dissimilar material joints with a cold-gas-sprayed inlayer
In this publication, cold gas spraying (CGS) is investigated as an enabler for aluminum-steel joints. Using a powder-based coating process to adhere...
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Fast calculation of the welding gun posture for spot welding using octrees and CPU parallel processing
Spot welding is widely used for the lightweight and rigid bonding of metal parts. To plan the spot welding, the welding engineer should check the...