Welding hot-formed plates poses unique challenges due to their increasing use in the automotive industry. These plates, known for their exceptionally high tensile strength, often have aluminum-silicon coatings on their surfaces. Additionally, the nuts and bolts used in welding are typically made of low-carbon steel or galvanized steel with a much lower yield strength than the hot-formed plates. This significant difference in yield strength makes it difficult to generate a weld nugget during welding, especially considering the slag generated during coating fusion, making conventional welding methods impractical.
In Europe, pioneering companies like Benteler were among the first to adopt hot-formed steel plates. They initially experimented with using capacitor discharge (CD) spot welding machines to weld nuts and bolts. The excellent discharge waveform (sharp peak) and extremely short discharge time (15ms) of the energy storage spot welding machine allowed for excellent fusion results even under harsh welding conditions. Post-weld testing showed that the push and torque achieved ideal results. With the application of high-power energy storage spot welding machines and the promotion of metal film capacitors, the welding of hot-formed steel plates has made significant progress. This advancement has eliminated the outdated process of post-spot welding arc welding, ensuring higher quality, more rational process flow, and significantly improved production efficiency in the welding of hot-formed plates.
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Post time: May-05-2024
