Welding electrode for use in resistance spot welding workpiece stack-ups that include aluminum workpiece and steel workpiece

A technology for welding electrodes and workpieces, which is applied in the direction of resistance welding equipment, cooling electrodes, welding equipment, etc., and can solve the problems of high consumption cost and long time

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-06-16
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
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However, mechanical fasteners take longer to place and have high consumable costs compared to spot welding

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[0023] A welding electrode for resistance spot welding applications is indicated with reference numeral 10 in the figures. In particular, welding electrode 10 may be used to spot weld a workpiece stack comprising at least one aluminum workpiece and an overlapping adjacent steel workpiece, which will be hereinafter referred to as Figure 5-Figure 12for a more detailed description. For example, welding electrode 10 may be used to spot weld a "2T" workpiece stack that includes only adjacent and overlapping one aluminum workpiece and one steel workpiece (referred to as a pair) ( Figure 5 ). Other workpiece stacks can of course be spot welded in a similar manner. In fact, the welding electrode 10 can also be used to spot weld "3T" workpiece stacks ( Figure 6-Figure 7 ), which includes adjacent and overlapping pairs of aluminum and steel workpieces, plus either an additional aluminum workpiece or an additional steel workpiece, provided that two workpieces of the same base metal...

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A welding electrode suitable for resistance spot welding applications includes a first portion, a second portion, and a reduced diameter portion that extends between and connects the first and second portions. The first portion includes a weld face and the second portion includes a mounting base that opens to an internal recess having a cooling pocket. The reduced diameter portion extends between a back surface of the first portion and a front surface of the second portion such that a gap separates the back and front surfaces from each other. The gap may be vacant or filled with a low conductivity material. The disclosed welding electrode may be used in conjunction with another welding electrode to resistance spot weld a workpiece stack-up that includes an aluminum workpiece and an adjacent overlapping steel workpiece.

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technical field [0001] The technical field of the invention relates generally to resistance spot welding and, more particularly, to resistance spot welding of aluminum workpieces and adjacent overlapping steel workpieces. Background technique [0002] Resistance spot welding is a process used by many industries to join two or more metal workpieces together. For example, the automotive industry commonly uses resistance spot welding to join metal workpieces in the manufacture of doors, hoods, deck lids, liftgates and / or body structures such as body sides and cross members. A number of solder joints are usually formed at various points around the edge of the metal workpiece or around some other bonded area to ensure that the part is structurally sound. Although spot welding is commonly used to join together certain metal workpieces of similar composition (such as steel-steel and aluminum-aluminum), the need to incorporate lighter weight materials into body structures has led t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B23K11/11B23K11/30
CPCB23K11/115B23K11/3054B23K35/0205B23K2103/20B23K11/20B23K11/3009
Inventor 杨上陆D·R·西格勒
Owner GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
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