Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Oliveira, P.H.F.
• Amancio-Filho, S.T.
• dos Santos, J.F.
• Hage, E.

Titel

Preliminary study on the feasibility of friction spot welding in PMMA

Ist Teil von

• Materials letters, 2010-10, Vol.64 (19), p.2098-2101

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this work the feasibility of friction spot welding of thermoplastics was investigated on poly (methyl methacrylate) plates. Preliminary results have shown that the weld strength is comparable to other available welding techniques, while joining times are equal or shorter. Light optical microscopy and Vickers microhardness measurements showed the presence of a heat affected zone and a thin, consolidated stir zone, where physical–chemical transformations related to thermo-mechanical processing led to changes in local mechanical strength. The work has demonstrated for the first time that the welding of thermoplastic materials by friction spot welding is feasible.