TY - CONF A1 - Weber, Gert A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Spot welding and weldbonding of high strength steels for lightweight auto body manufacturing N2 - The resistance spot weiding procedure is one of the most important joining technique in lightweight car body shell mass production. Especially for newly developed ultra high strength steels (UHSS) and advanced high strength steels (AHSS), this joining technique has more advantages than other thermal and mechanical joining procedures for thin Steel sheets. Additionally, the technique of adhesive bonding and its combination with the technique of resistance spot weiding called weldbonding becomes more and more important. The weldbonding affords many advantages, e.g. improved crash performance, fatigue behaviour and corrosion resistance. The main target of the contribution is to show the influence of different joined ultra and advanced high strength steels on the process reliability for both the resistance spot weiding process and the weldbonding process. In this connection the influence of surface conditions of the steel sheets, the applied adhesive and the choice of the weiding parameters on the process reliability will be studied. The results for the weldbonding procedure are based on different adhesives. Based on the representation of weiding current ranges by weldability lobes, Statements concerning the weldbonding process reliability for some special AHSS and UHSS will be given. The mechanical behaviour of spot welded and weldbonded joints for different AHSS and UHSS will be studied. T2 - EUROJOIN 8 - 8th European conference CY - Pula, Croatia DA - 24.05.2012 KW - Spot welding KW - Weldbonding KW - High strength steels KW - Process reliability KW - Mechanical properties of joints PY - 2012 SP - 633 EP - 643 AN - OPUS4-26383 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Lammers, Marco A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Electromagnetic control of the weld pool dynamics in partial penetration laser beam welding of aluminium alloys N2 - An oscillating (AC) magnet field was used to suppress porosity formation and to stabilize the surface of the weld pool in bead-on-plate partial penetration 4.4 kW Nd:YAG laser beam welding of AW-5754 plates in PA position. The magnet was mounted on the laser welding head. The magnet field (up to 0.4 T and 10 kHz) was oriented perpendicular the welding direction. The analysis of the weld cross-sections and x-ray images shows a drastic reduction (up to 90%) of porosity contents in the welds. The observed effects can be explained in terms of electromagnetically (EM) induced 'Archimedes' forces as well as the EM stirring flow in the weld pool. Moreover, usage of AC magnetic fields results in a significant reduction (up to 50%) of the surface roughness of the welds. This effect can be explained in terms of electromagnetic (EM) contribution to the surface tension (the Garnier-Moreau effect) T2 - ICALEO 2012 - 31st International congress on applications of lasers & electro-optics CY - Anaheim, CA, USA DA - 23.09.2012 PY - 2012 IS - Paper 701 SP - 250 EP - 256 AN - OPUS4-27257 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Multi-physics process simulation of static magnetic fields in high power laser beam welding of aluminium N2 - A three-dimensional turbulent steady state numerical model was used to investigate the influence of a stationary magnetic field during partial penetration high power laser beam keyhole welding of thick aluminum parts. COMSOL Multiphysics was used to calculate the three-dimensional heat transfer, fluid dynamics and electromagnetic field equations. Thermo-capillary (Marangoni) convection at the upper weld pool surface, natural convection due to gravity and latent heat of solid-liquid phase transition were taken into account. It shows that the application of steady magnetic fields produces a braking Lorentz force in the melt based on the Hartmann effect. The flow pattern in the weld pool and also the temperature distribution and associated weld pool geometry thus change significantly. Convective flows in the melt can effectively be suppressed and the influence of thermo-capillary flow is diminished to a thin surface layer. T2 - COMSOL Conference 2012 CY - Milan, Italy DA - 10.10.2012 KW - Electromagnetic weld pool control KW - Laser beam welding KW - Lorentz force KW - Marangoni convection KW - Buoyancy PY - 2012 SN - 978-0-9839688-7-0 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-26993 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Graf, Benjamin A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser metal deposition as repair technology for stainless steel and titanium alloys N2 - In a repair process chain, damaged areas or cracks can be removed by milling and subsequently be reconditioned with new material deposition. The use of laser metal deposition has been investigated for this purpose. The material has been deposited into different groove shapes, using both stainless steel and Ti-6Al-4 V. The influence of welding parameters on the microstructure and the heat affected zone has been studied. The parameters have been modified in order to achieve low heat input and consequently low distortion as well as low metallurgical impact. Finally, an evaluation of the opportunities for an automatized repair process is made. T2 - LANE 2012 - Laser Assisted net shape engineering 7 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 2012-11-12 KW - Laser metal deposition KW - Laser powder cladding KW - Repair welding KW - Ti-6Al-4 V KW - Stainless steel PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2012.10.051 N1 - Serientitel: Physics Procedia – Series title: Physics Procedia VL - 39 SP - 376 EP - 381 AN - OPUS4-27306 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Reisgen, U. A1 - Olschok, S. A1 - Backhaus, A. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Tölle, Florian T1 - Reduction of weld residual stresses with the electron beam N2 - High weiding residual stresses can cause Service life reducing consequences. Even though many processes have been developed to reduce these stresses, they are only applicable for wider welds and simple component geometries or are cost-intensive, respectively. This work introduces a possibility to reduce the weid residual stresses by means of the electron beam. The same tool is used for the production of the welded seam and the weid residual stresses are reduced touchless, in a multiple-process technique or in a second working step. Other process steps, spanning orshifting of the component or even additional machines are no longer required when this rnethod is used. Via beam oscillation and multiple-process technique, the defocused electron beam produces thermal fields in transversal and lateral distance to the welded seam which impose compressive stress on the ambient material. With the help of adjusted heating fields in defined distance from the weid seam, the residual stresses in the weld seam are, e.g. in the case of ferritic Steel, reduced by up to 73%. In this work, the basic mechanism for stress relief is introduced and also the influence of different process Parameters, e.g. beam power, deflection parameters, diameter of the defocused electron beam and work distances between thermal fields and welded seams exert on the reduction of residual stresses. Moreover, different results made with ferritic and austenitic Steel are presented in the form of linear and circumferential welds. T2 - 2nd International electron beam welding conference (IEBW) CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 26.03.2012 PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-87155-299-1 N1 - Serientitel: DVS-Berichte – Series title: DVS-Berichte VL - 285 SP - 128 EP - 132 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-26110 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Polami, S.M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Schmid, A. T1 - Friction welding of drive pinions for heavy-duty trucks N2 - Um das Gewicht der Komponenten in schweren Lastkraftwagen zu reduzieren, werden neue konstruktive und fertigungstechnische Lösungen für das Antriebskegelrad der Hinterachse untersucht. Ein naheliegen Ansatz ist, das Bauteil hohl auszuführen. Dazu bietet sich an, die hohle Welle und den Kegelstumpf zunächst als Einzelteile zu fertigen und über eine geeignete Fügetechnik zum Antriebskegelrad (Rohteil) zu verbinden. Eine mit Hilfe der FEM-Simulation durchgeführte Festigkeitsberechnung wird für die unterschiedlichen Bauteilvarianten ausgewertet. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass die im Bereich der Verzahnung eingeleitete Betriebsbelastung in den kritischen Werkstückzonen gut ausgehalten wird. Auch die Variante mit einer neuen, ..aufgleitenden" Reibschweißmethode zeigt durchaus zufriedenstellende Ergebnisse. Darüber hinaus werden die Mikrostrukturen der Fügeverbindungen untersucht. N2 - In Order to reduce the weight of components in heavy-duty trucks, new geometries and production technologies for rear axle drive pinions are tested. One obvious approach is to design the component as a hollow part. The hollow shaft and the bevel are produced individually and then joined to the drive pinion (raw part) by a suitable weiding technology. A strength calculation of the various geometries is evaluated using FEM Simulation. The results illustrate that the working load applied near the gear teeth is withstood in the critical zones of the work-piece. The variant using a new joint-site structure method for friction weiding also showed satisfactory results. In addition, the microstructures of the joints are examined. T2 - 5. VDI-Fachtagung Welle-Nabe-Verbindungen CY - Nürtingen, Germany DA - 25.09.2012 PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-18-092176-1 SN - 0083-5560 N1 - Serientitel: VDI-Berichte – Series title: VDI-Berichte VL - 2176 SP - 211 EP - 219 PB - VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-27749 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -