A new friction welding process, Caterpillar Inertia Welding, is described in this paper. The two distinguishing characteristics of this form of welding are a continuously decreasing rotational velocity and a continuously changing torque at the weld interface. This enables the forging of many previously “difficult-to-weld” materials, such as superalloys. Such welds also exhibit excellent fatigue properties. Because this process produces high strength bonds in dissimilar materials, the designer is able to create composite parts using the special properties of each material in response to the needs of the design.


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    Title :

    Caterpillar's Inertia Weld Process


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Loyd, C. D. (author) / Calton, M. R. (author) / Oberle, T. L (author)

    Conference:

    National Powerplant and Transportation Meetings ; 1966



    Publication date :

    1966-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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