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Configured to set the plunging force

US10919108B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2016
Grant dateFeb 16, 2021
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K2103/10
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A friction stir spot welding device which welds an object to be welded, by softening the object by friction heat and by stirring the object, has a tool with a cylindrical shape, the tool being rotatable around an axis thereof, advanceable along a direction of the axis, and retractable along the direction of the axis, a temperature detector which detects a temperature of the tool when a welding step for the object starts, and a controller configured to compare the temperature of the tool which is detected by the temperature detector to a predetermined reference temperature to set a plunging force applied by the tool to press the object.

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