Improvement of resistance spot weldability for dual-phase (DP600) steels using servo gun

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2671-2675

  Zhang, Xiaoyun ^a   Chen, Guanlong ^a   Zhang, Yansong ^a   Lai, Xinmin ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration Institute of Robotics School of Mechanical Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Dual phase steel; Resistance spot welding; Servo gun; Weldability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WELDING; ELECTRON GUNS; JOINING; RESISTANCE WELDING; SHEET METAL; SPOT WELDING; STEEL; WELDABILITY; WELDING; WELDS;

AIR GUNS; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; DUAL-PHASE STEEL; ELECTRODE FORCES; HIGH-STRENGTH STEELS; JOINING METHODS; LOBE DIAGRAMS; ORTHOGONAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN METHODS; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; SERVO GUN; SPOT-WELDING PROCESS;

WELDING ELECTRODES;

EID: 59649108823     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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