Electrode for spot welding
    42.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09925617B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US13953017

    申请日:2013-07-29

    IPC分类号: B23K11/30 B23K11/11 B23K35/02

    摘要: Spot welding electrodes with generally dome shaped welding faces are provided with surface features for welding both aluminum alloy sheet assemblies and steel sheet assemblies. A raised circular plateau is formed on the central axis of the dome and, in one embodiment, a suitable number of round bumps are formed in concentric spacing from adjacent the circumference of the plateau toward the circular edge of the welding face. For welding steel workpieces the plateau mainly serves as the engaging feature of the electrode. Both the plateau and concentric bumps are used in penetrating light metal surfaces for suitable current passage. In another embodiment, the domed surface is shaped with concentric terraces for engagement with the workpieces.

    WELDING ELECTRODE CUTTING TOOL AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20170225263A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-10

    申请号:US15418771

    申请日:2017-01-29

    IPC分类号: B23K11/30 B23B5/16

    摘要: A cutting tool that can simultaneously cut and restore asymmetric weld face geometries of two welding electrodes that are subject to different degradation mechanisms is disclosed along with a method of using such a cutting tool during resistance spot welding of workpiece stack-ups that include dissimilar metal workpieces. The cutting tool includes a first cutting socket and a second cutting socket. The first cutting socket is defined by one or more first shearing surfaces and the second cutting is defined by one or more second shearing surfaces. The first shearing surface(s) and the second shearing surface(s) are profiled to cut and restore a first weld face geometry and a second weld face geometry, respectively, that are different from each other upon receipt of electrode weld faces within the cutting sockets and rotation of the cutting tool.

    Method of resistance spot welding aluminum alloy workpieces
    47.
    发明授权
    Method of resistance spot welding aluminum alloy workpieces 有权
    铝合金工件电阻点焊方法

    公开(公告)号:US09440305B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-13

    申请号:US13783343

    申请日:2013-03-03

    摘要: A method of resistance spot welding aluminum alloy workpieces together includes several steps. In one step a welding electrode is provided. The welding electrode has a weld face. In another step, the weld face of the welding electrode is shaped to have a desired radius of curvature. The shaped weld face is then textured to a desired surface roughness, and resistance spot welding using the welding electrode is performed to the aluminum alloy workpieces. In yet another step, the weld face is dressed to an extent sufficient to remove contamination build-up that may have accumulated on the weld face from the aluminum alloy workpieces.

    摘要翻译: 铝合金工件电阻点焊方法包括几个步骤。 在一个步骤中,提供焊接电极。 焊接电极具有焊接面。 在另一步骤中,焊接电极的焊接面被成形为具有期望的曲率半径。 然后将成形的焊接面纹理为所需的表面粗糙度,并且对铝合金工件进行使用焊接电极的电阻点焊。 在另一个步骤中,焊接面的修整程度足以消除可能从铝合金工件积聚在焊接面上的污染物积聚。

    ELECTRODE FOR RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING OF DISSIMILAR METALS
    48.
    发明申请
    ELECTRODE FOR RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING OF DISSIMILAR METALS 有权
    电极焊接电极用电极

    公开(公告)号:US20150231729A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-20

    申请号:US14181020

    申请日:2014-02-14

    IPC分类号: B23K11/20 B23K11/30 B23K11/11

    摘要: A method of spot welding a workpiece stack-up that includes a steel workpiece and an aluminum alloy workpiece involves passing an electrical current through the workpieces and between welding electrodes that are constructed to affect the current density of the electrical current. The welding electrodes, more specifically, are constructed to render the density of the electrical current greater in the steel workpiece than in the aluminum alloy workpiece. This difference in current densities can be accomplished by passing, at least initially, the electrical current between a weld face of the welding electrode in contact with the steel workpiece and a perimeter region of a weld face of the welding electrode in contact with the aluminum alloy workpiece.

    摘要翻译: 对包括钢工件和铝合金工件的工件叠层进行点焊的方法包括使电流通过工件和焊接电极之间,其被构造为影响电流的电流密度。 更具体地说,焊接电极被构造成使得钢工件中的电流密度比铝合金工件中的电流密度更大。 电流密度的这种差异可以通过使焊接电极的与焊接工件接触的焊接面和焊接电极的与焊接接触的焊接面的周边区域的至少最初的电流通过, 工件。

    Method of joining steel having different resistivities

    公开(公告)号:US11383319B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US16561305

    申请日:2019-09-05

    IPC分类号: B23K11/16 B23K11/20

    摘要: A method of joining a multiple member work-piece includes providing a first steel work-piece having a first electrical resistivity and a second steel work-piece having a second electrical resistivity that is lower than the first electrical resistivity. A third material is disposed in contact with the second steel work-piece. The third material has an electrical resistivity that is greater than the second electrical resistivity. The method includes resistance welding the first and second work-pieces together. The third material may be in the form of a rivet, a third work-piece, or a coating material disposed between the first and second work-pieces. A bonded assembly includes steel members and a third material being bonded together, wherein the electrical resistivity of the second member is lower than the electrical resistivity of the first member, and the third material has an electrical resistivity that is greater than the electrical resistivity of the second member.