Title
Characterization of Intermetallics Formation in µFSSW of Dissimilar Al/Cu Alloy Sheets
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
Minerals, Metals and Materials Series
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-65265-4_19
First Page
199
Last Page
207
Abstract
Electric vehicle battery packs consist of a large number of battery cells which must be assembled together with robust mechanical and electrical joints. One of the challenges is to join highly conductive and dissimilar multilayer materials such as Al to Cu alloy sheets with 100% reliability. Micro-friction stir spot welding (µFSSW) is a spot-like joining process utilizing a non-consumable tool to generate frictional heat and join multilayer materials under the solid-state condition, which makes the µFSSW a strong candidate for joining dissimilar Al/Cu sheets to manufacture various types of battery interconnects. However, investigations to the dissimilar µFSSW of ultra-thin Al to Cu alloy sheets (<500 µm) are limited. This paper presents experimental investigations on intermetallics (IMCs) formation in µFSSW of ultra-thin Al to Cu sheets. Accordingly, a series of µFSSW of dissimilar 400 µm ultra-thin 6061Al-T6 to Cu-Astm B370 sheets trials were conducted and the stir zone temperature was measured. The obtained weld cross sections were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive X-Ray spectroscopy (EDS). The effect of µFSSW conditions on the weld zone IMCs formation was evaluated. It has been found that the IMCs formations are closely related to the processing temperature, which is decided by the tool dwell time in this present study.
Keywords
Al to Cu alloy sheets, Dissimilar joining, Intermetallics, Micro-friction stir spot welding, Microstructure
Department
Aviation and Technology
Recommended Citation
David Yan and Logan Vahlstrom. "Characterization of Intermetallics Formation in µFSSW of Dissimilar Al/Cu Alloy Sheets" Minerals, Metals and Materials Series (2021): 199-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65265-4_19