DAMPING DEVICE, WELDING SYSTEM FOR ROTARY FRICTION WELDING AND ROTARY FRICTION WELDING METHOD
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Abstract
The invention relates to a damping device (20), which in order to reduce vibrations occurring during the rotary friction welding of a first to at least one second component (12a, 12b) can be disposed on at least one of said components (12a, 12b), wherein the damping device (20) comprises a casing element (22), which is filled at least partially with a viscoelastic fluid (24) invention further relates to a welding system (10) and to a method for the rotary friction welding of a first to at least one second component (12a, 12b), and to a component (12), particularly for an aircraft engine.
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44 Claims
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25. A damping device to lessen the vibrations occurring during rotary friction welding of a first structural part to at least a second structural part, the damping device comprising:
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a fillable casing element formed of a thin, stretchable material; and a viscoelastic fluid, the viscoelastic fluid at least partially filling the casing element. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A welding system for the rotary friction welding of a first structural part to at least one second structural part, the system comprising:
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a rotary spindle having an axis of rotation; a first holding device by means of which a first structural part can be held on the rotary spindle to impart a rotating motion to the first structural part; a stationary spindle; a second holding device by means of which a second structural part can be held on the stationary spindle; at least one damping device including a fillable casing element formed of a thin, stretchable material and a viscoelastic fluid at least partially filling the casing element; wherein the rotary spindle and the stationary spindle are movable relative to each other along the axis of rotation in order to press the first and second structural parts together with an axial pressure; and wherein the at least one damping device reduces vibrations within the first and/or the second structural part occurring during the rotary friction welding. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for rotary friction welding of a first structural part to at least one second structural part, the method comprising the following steps:
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providing a welding system wherein a first structural part is held by means of a first holding device on a rotary spindle having an axis of rotation and the second structural part is held by means of a second holding device on a stationary spindle; positioning at least one damping device including a casing element that is at least partly filled with a viscoelastic fluid against one of the first structural part, the second structural part, the rotary spindle and the stationary spindle; rotating the rotary spindle and first structural part while moving the rotary spindle and first structural part along the axis of rotation relative to the stationary spindle and the second structural in order to press the first and second structural parts together with an axial pressure until the first and second structural parts are welded together. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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