FABRICATING METAL COMPONENTS WITH WELD NUGGETS HAVING A DESIRED THICKNESS RATIO AND CHARACTERISTICS IN COMMON WITH THE METAL

• Main Authors: RAMSEY, GREGORY L, EDWARDS, PAUL D, LEON, LUIS R, COLEMAN, GARY W, SANDERS, DANIEL G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.01.2020
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

A method of fabrication involving welding a plurality of sheets of metal to form a blank with a number of weld nuggets, and placing the blank between a die section and a lid section, wherein the die section is heated to heat the blank. The method further involves introducing a pressurized gas betwee...