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US 7,967,182 · App. 12/593,480 · Granted Jun 28, 2011

Dissimilar metal joint product and joining method therefor

Assignee: Fukui Prefectural Government
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Patent No.
US 7,967,182
App. No.
12/593,480
Granted
Jun 28, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a dissimilar metal joint product of nickel-titanium alloy material and pure titanium material, having a tensile strength at the joint not less than that of the pure titanium material before joining, having a small variation in the strength at the joint, and having narrow heat-affected zone after joining, and a method for joining thereof. A round rod 1 of the nickel-titanium alloy material is integrally joined with a round rod 2 of the pure titanium material, while rotating at least one of the joining faces for conducting frictional pressure welding, applying a specified upset force thereto to compress thereof, after the start of deceleration of the rotation, in a period where peripheral velocity in the outermost periphery of the rotation in the joining face is not less than 0.5 m/sec. A reaction layer structure is formed at the joint by the compressive force induced by the upset force and by the rotational force of decelerating rotation.

Claims (12)

1. A dissimilar metal joint product being prepared by joining a nickel-titanium alloy material and a pure titanium material to integrate them together, a joint between the nickel-titanium alloy material and the pure titanium material being composed of a structure of a reaction layer which is formed by both a compressive force induced by an upset force in a state of frictional pressure welding therebetween and a rotational force of decelerating rotation and having a tensile force not less than that of the pure titanium material before the joining.

2. The dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 1 , wherein the nickel-titanium alloy material has a composition which generates shape-memory effect or superelasticity effect.

3. The dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 1 , wherein the pure titanium material has a composition corresponding to Class 1 or Class 2 defined in JIS H4650.

4. The dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 1 , wherein the pure titanium material is integrally joined with a metal material different from the nickel-titanium alloy material at a position different from the joint, and the thickness between both joints is not more than the outer size of the pure titanium material.

5. The dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 1 , wherein the joint is shaped by processing performed after the joining.

6. A joining method for dissimilar metal joint product, comprising the step of joining a nickel-titanium alloy material and a pure titanium material, while rotating at least one of the joining faces thereof for conducting frictional pressure welding, applying a specified upset force thereto to compress thereof, after the start of deceleration of the rotation, in a period where peripheral velocity in an outermost periphery of the rotation in the joining face is not less than 0.5 msec.

7. The joining method for dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 6 , wherein the condition of frictional pressure welding is: 2 msec or larger peripheral velocity in the outermost periphery of the rotation in the joining face; 100 MPa or smaller frictional pressure; and 0.5 sec or longer friction time.

8. A joining method for dissimilar metal joint product, comprising the step of joining a nickel-titanium alloy material and a pure titanium material, while rotating at least one of the joining faces thereof for conducting frictional pressure welding, applying a specified upset force thereto to compress thereof, after the start of deceleration of the rotation, in a period where peripheral velocity in an outermost periphery of the rotation in the joining face is not less than 1 msec, the upset force being set to a smaller value than the value defined by multiplying the joint cross sectional area of the joint face by the yield strength of the pure titanium material before the joining.

9. The joining method for dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 8 , wherein the condition of frictional pressure welding is: 4 msec or larger peripheral velocity in the outermost periphery of the rotation in the joining face; 100 MPa or smaller frictional pressure; and 0.5 sec or longer friction time.

10. The dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 2 , wherein the pure titanium material has a composition corresponding to Class 1 or Class 2 defined in JIS H4650.

11. The dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 2 , wherein the pure titanium material is integrally joined with a metal material different from the nickel-titanium alloy material at a position different from the joint, and the thickness between both joints is not more than the outer size of the pure titanium material.

12. The dissimilar metal joint product according to claim 2 , wherein the joint is shaped by processing performed after the joining.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2009
From: NOJIRI, MAKOTO; TOMITA, KOICHI
To: FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 023310/0284 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2007-089176 · Mar 29, 2007 · national
JP 2008-083874 · Mar 27, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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