Wear of Polycrystalline Boron Nitride Tool During the Friction Stir Welding of Steel

被引：6

作者：

Almoussawi M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Smith A.J. ^{[2
]}

Faraji M. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Kufa

[2] MERI, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield

[3] Coventry University, Coventry

来源：

Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis | 2018年 / 7卷 / 03期

关键词：

DH36 and EH46 steel; Friction stir welding; PCBN tool; Wear;

D O I：

10.1007/s13632-018-0439-0

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摘要：

The wear issue of a polycrystalline boron nitride (PCBN) tools during the friction stir welding of two grades of steel, DH36 and EH46, was studied. Two welding traverse and tool rotational speeds were used when welding the DH36 steel. A low tool speed (200RPM, 100 mm/min) and a high tool speed (550RPM, 400 mm/min) were denoted by W1D and W2D, respectively. Nine welding conditions were applied to the welding of EH46 steel plate including seven plunge/dwell trials (W1E–W7E) and two steady-state trials (W8E and W9E). SEM–EDS and XRD tests were applied in order to reveal the boronitride (BN) particles inside the welded joints, and the percentage (%) of BN was calculated according to the standard quantitative metallographic technique. The findings showed that tool wear increases when the tool rotational speed increases as a result of binder softening which is a function of the peak temperature (exceeds 1250 °C) at the tool/workpiece interface. When considering the EH46 steel trials, it was found that an increase in the tool traverse speed in friction stir welding caused a significant tool wear with 4.4% of BN in the top of the stirred zone of W9E compared to 1.1% volume fraction of BN in W8E which was attributed to the higher thermomechanical action on the PCBN tool surface. Tool wear was also found to increase with an increase in tool plunge depth as a result of the higher contact between the surface of friction stir welding tool and the workpiece. © 2018, The Author(s).

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页码：252 / 267

页数：15

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