title: Ultrasonic butt welding of aluminum, aluminum alloy and stainless steel plate specimens.
abstract: Welding characteristics of aluminum, aluminum alloy and stainless steel plate specimens of 6.0 mm thickness by a 15 kHz ultrasonic butt welding system were studied. There are no detailed welding condition data of these specimens although the joining of these materials are required due to anticorrosive and high strength characteristics for not only large specimens but small electronic parts especially. These specimens of 6.0 mm thickness were welded end to end using a 15 kHz ultrasonic butt welding equipment with a vibration source using eight bolt-clamped Langevin type PZT transducers and a 50 kW static induction thyristor power amplifier. The stainless steel plate specimens electrolytically polished were joined with welding strength almost equal to the material strength under rather large vibration amplitude of 25 microm (peak-to-zero value), static pressure 70 MPa and welding time of 1.0-3.0 s. The hardness of stainless steel specimen adjacent to a welding surface increased about 20% by ultrasonic vibration.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan. tsujino@cc.kanagawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jiromaru
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsujino
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hidai
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanai
authors.forename: Hisanori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: Tetsugi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueoka