The friction stir welding is a new development of friction welding method, it can reliable join for varied weld ability poor nonferrous metal and other material. The joint technology is simple and technology adaptability is quite good in the friction stir welding. Different material can be FSW together, such as die cast ADC12 can be FSW to AL6063.
1.Joint
2.The front edge of stir drill bit
3.Advance side
4.Base metal
5.Stirring pin
6.The trailing edge of stir bit
7.Welding line
8.Direction of rotation
9.Retreating side
Cold Plate working process:
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) cold plate has below Advantages compared to other processes of cold plate:
l Automation of welding
1.Similar to the CNC machine’s working process
2.Need compress the welding workpieces
3.Don't rely on welder’s skills
4.Automatic welding process
l Little deformation & Little Shrinkage
Cold plate process comparison
Process
Epoxy Bonding
Vacuum Brazing
Gun Drilling
FSW
Item
Cost ranking
Higher
Highest
Highest
Moderate
Tooling ranking
Higher
Higher
Lowest
Moderate
Develop ranking
25-30 days
30-35 days
7-14 days
10-14 days
Performance ranking
Lower
Highest
Lower
Moderate
Reliability
100 PCS
50 PCS
50 PCS
50 PCS
Dimension
(comparison base on)
Length:320mm
Length:320 mm
Length:320 mm
Length: 320 mm
Width: 300 mm
Width: 300 mm
Width: 300 mm
Width: 300 mm
Thickness: 22mm
Thickness:20 mm
Thickness:20 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
5.0 – 5.3 Kg
5.0 – 5.3 Kg
5.0 – 5.3 Kg
5.0-5.3Kg
Cold Plate Reliability Test from Pioneer Thermal:
Pioneer Thermal can provide various size and shape of cold plate, contact us for details!