A comparison study on the effectiveness of stepped binder and weld line clamping pins on formability improvement for tailor-welded blanks

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 204-210

  Chen, W ^a   Lin, G S ^b   Hu, S J ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clamping pin; Formability; Stepped binder; TWB; Weld line movement

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM WELDING; WELDS;

CLAMPING PIN; FORMABILITY; STEPPED BINDER; TWB; WELD LINE MOVEMENT;

WELDING;

EID: 50949090406     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.12.100     Document Type: Article

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