Seventh aiCAMstir Meeting, 26 January 2023

The Seventh aiCAM^stir Meeting was held online on 26 January 2023 with 32 attendees.

Recording of the Sixth aiCAM^stir Meeting

Agenda

The agenda of the 90 min long on-line meeting was as follows:

• Welcome and introduction (2-3 sentences each)
• Development of a new stitch friction stir welding gun and mechanical behavior of intersecting stitch welded AA 6016-T4 sheets. Dominik Walz, MPA Stuttgart, Germany (20 min + 5 min questions)
• Effect of FSW tool geometry on the joint quality of AA2024-T3/AA7075T6 joints in butt configuration. Reza Beygi, INEGI, Porto, Portugal (20 min + 5 min questions)
• Machine investment cost and tool wear of friction stir welding of battery trays of compact crossovers. Stephan Kallee, AluStir, Germany (20 min + 5 min questions)
• Collaborative projects, organisational comments and date of next meeting (25 May 2023). Mike Lewis (FTS Engineering Answers Ltd)

Presentations

Development of a new stitch friction stir welding gun and mechanical behavior of intersecting stitch welded AA 6016-T4 sheets. Dominik Walz, MPA Stuttgart, Germany

Kevin Colligan (CTC, Concurrent Technologies Corporation): Analysis of Torque Data from Friction Stir Welds in Aluminum

Effect of FSW tool geometry on the joint quality of AA2024-T3/AA7075T6 joints in butt configuration. Reza Beygi, INEGI, Porto, Portugal

Using Artificial Intelligence in the Computer Aided Manufacturing of Friction Stir Welds by Stephan Kallee, Simon Smith and Mike Lewis

Machine investment cost and tool wear of friction stir welding of battery trays of compact crossovers. Stephan Kallee, AluStir, Germany

A video recording of this online meeting is available via the following link:

Recording of the Seventh aiCAMstir Meeting (Total: 1:45 h, the first presentation starts at 0:10:16 h)

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Next meeting

We want to invite you to attend the Eight online aiCAM^stir Meeting on using artificial intelligence in Computer Aided Manufacture of friction stir welds. The meeting will be held on Thursday, 25 May 2023, 16:00 - 17:30 (London), as shown on upcoming events.

Please contact stephan.kallee@alustir.com, if you want to attend the meeting and/or if you want to participate in the project.