Manual adjustable probe tool for friction stir welding

Details Manual adjustable probe tool for friction stir welding Manual adjustable probe tool for friction stir welding

1998-06-25

2000-10-31

Mills, Gregory

Metal fusion bonding

Process

Using dynamic frictional energy

228 21, B23K 2012

Patent

active

061388955

ABSTRACT:
A friction stir welding tool is provided generally comprising three parts: a rotatable welding tool body (22) that has an outer threaded surface (32) and a probe (24) extending from a distal end of the body, a shoulder (26), which has a threaded inner surface (40) and a bore (36) at a distal end of the shoulder, and a jam nut (28), which has a threaded inner surface (42). The shoulder is threaded onto the tool body such that the probe extends from the shoulder through the bore by a preferred length. The jam nut is then threaded onto the tool body to secure the shoulder. The tool is operatively connected to a drive motor for rotating the tool body. The shoulder may include a knife edge projecting from the distal end (38) thereof adjacent the bore. The knife edge inhibits the weld material from migrating along the probe to intrude inside the shoulder, where it may prevent separation of the tool body and the shoulder when readjustment of the tool is necessary.

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