Technical Journal, Vol. 16 No. 2, 2022.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31803/tg-20220405195422
Influence of the Process Input Parameters on the Cross-Wire Weld Breaking Force
Domagoj Vrtovšnik
orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-8873
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Ivana Čabrijan
orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-6389
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Marino Brčić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-005X
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Sandro Doboviček
orcid.org/0000-0001-8483-6187
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Cross-wire welding is a type of electric resistance welding called projection welding that is used in the production of a variety of products. This paper deals with the case where steel wires of equal radii are joined together to form a reinforced steel mesh. The objective of the study is to determine the correlation between the welding parameters and the breaking force of the weld. Each weld is cut out from the given wire mesh and tested separately by destructive testing on the universal testing machine. A modular testing fixture was constructed for the tests. Although the tests are still in the initial stage, the results already give a good insight into the influence of the process input parameters on the breaking strength of the weld.
Keywords
breaking force; cross-wire welding; destructive testing; electric resistance welding; projection welding; welding
Hrčak ID:
276153
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Publication date:
8.5.2022.
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