MIG WELDED JOINT BETWEEN ALUMINUM AND STEEL MEMBERS AND MIG WELDING PROCESS
First Claim
1. A MIG welded joint between aluminum and steel members obtained by overlapping the aluminum member and the steel member each other and performing MIG welding using a filler wire made of a 4000 or 5000 series aluminum alloy on an end face of the overlapped aluminum member,wherein the aluminum member has a thickness P ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 mm and the steel member has a thickness Q satisfying the following formula:
- 0.6≦
Q/P≦
0.8.
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Abstract
A MIG welded joint between aluminum and steel members is obtained by overlapping the aluminum member and the steel member each other and performing MIG welding using a filler wire made of a 4000 or 5000 series aluminum alloy on an end face of the overlapped aluminum member, wherein the aluminum member has a thickness P ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 mm, and the steel member has a thickness Q satisfying the following formula: 0.6≦Q/P≦0.8.
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1. A MIG welded joint between aluminum and steel members obtained by overlapping the aluminum member and the steel member each other and performing MIG welding using a filler wire made of a 4000 or 5000 series aluminum alloy on an end face of the overlapped aluminum member,
wherein the aluminum member has a thickness P ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 mm and the steel member has a thickness Q satisfying the following formula: - 0.6≦
Q/P≦
0.8. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- 0.6≦
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4. A process for performing MIG welding between aluminum and steel members, by overlapping the aluminum member and the steel member each other and performing a MIG welding operation on an end face of the aluminum member, comprising the steps of:
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providing the aluminum member having a thickness P ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 mm and the steel member having a thickness Q satisfying the following formula;
0.6≦
Q/P≦
0.8;providing a filler wire made of a 4000 or 5000 series aluminum alloy having a diameter L ranging from 0.8 to 1.6 mm; locating the filler wire such that a center line of the filler wire is positioned between a distance of L away from a reference point toward an overlapped region of the aluminum member and the steel member and a distance of 2L away from the reference point toward a side opposite to the overlapped region, the reference point being set at a corner of an end face of the aluminum member on the steel member side; and applying a pulsed DC to the filler wire, the pulsed DC allowing a spray transfer to be caused in which one molten droplet falls with each pulse at a pulse frequency of 0.5 to 5 times per a welding length of 1 mm, whereby the MIG welding operation is performed along the end face of the aluminum member. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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