LAMEF

Friction stir welding (LAMEF/UGS)

LAMEF is the Physical Metallurgy Laboratory in Brazil.

Introduction

PHYSICAL METALLURGY LABORATORY (LAMEF)

We are part of the Metallurgy Department, School of Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. We have four professors, thirty engineers and one technician who together with PhD students, Masters and undergraduates compose a workgroup of around 200 people in different areas of expertise. We have an impressive infrastructure for the characterization of engineering materials, as well as performing mechanical tests in air and in corrosive media, numerical simulation (finite element) and non-destructive tests.

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• Visit our website on https://www.ufrgs.br/lamef/english/index.html

Friction stir welding

Friction stir welding (FSW)

FSW machine (4000 rpm, 70 kN, 2000 mm) and process.

FSW: Weld characterisation

FSW: Weld characterisation

Friction stir welding: weld characterization:

• Mechanical properties
  
  • Bending tests
    
  • Tensile tests
    
• Metallurgical characterisation
  
  • Tool wear analysis

FSW: Numerical Simulation

FSW: Numerical Simulation

• FSW: Numerical Simulation: https://youtu.be/d0_as7Nf_Q0

Friction-based welding processes at LAMEF/UFRGS

Please visit our website on https://www.ufrgs.br/lamef/english/index.html

• Friction-based welding processes at LAMEF/UFRGS:
  
  • Friction Stir Welding (FSW): https://youtu.be/mYYn7O_w06s
  • Friction hydro-pillar processing: https://youtu.be/j--FMNFIYVI
    
  • Linear friction welding: https://youtu.be/j3pm_rTK1GE
    
  • Friction welding of pipes: https://youtu.be/DoNgR33GDnA
    

• Recent publication on FSW of AA 5083: http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/2176-1523.20202450

Laboratório de Metalurgia Física – LAMEF, ProEng - Unidade EMBRAPII, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS