Fluxless joining of aluminium alloy to steel by laser irradiation method

Welding International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 316-322

  Takemoto, Tadashi ^a   Kimura, Sachio ^b,c   Kawahito, Yousuke ^a   Nishikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Katayama, Seiji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Fluxless; Laser joining; Zinc coated steel; Zn filler

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOY; FLUXLESS; LASER JOINING; ZINC COATED STEEL; ZN FILLER;

ALUMINUM; FILLER METALS; FILLERS; INTERMETALLICS; IRRADIATION; JOINING; LASERS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; SPEED; SPOT WELDING; STEEL; ZINC;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 67650647228     PISSN: 09507116     EISSN: 17542138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09507110802542643     Document Type: Article

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