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<p>The article presents ‘state-of-the art’ on joining fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites with the use of resistance welding technique. Their welding process and potential difficulties connected with the process and quality control of a manufactured element are presented. The structure of a typical thermoplastic composite welding stand was also presented. The main welding technology elements were characterized: structure of the resistance element, implementation of the thermal process and pressure application required for joining materials. The paper also presents the required calibration ranges for a technological process with the use of strength test types SLS, DCB, SBS and nondestructive testing of joint with the ultrasonic method.</p>
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The article presents ‘state-of-the art’ on joining fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites with the use of resistance welding technique. Their welding process and potential difficulties connected with the process and quality control of a manufactured element are presented. The structure of a typical thermoplastic composite welding stand was also presented. The main welding technology elements were characterized: structure of the resistance element, implementation of the thermal process and pressure application required for joining materials. The paper also presents the required calibration ranges for a technological process with the use of strength test types SLS, DCB, SBS and nondestructive testing of joint with the ultrasonic method.

Bonding of High Temperature Thermoplastic Carbon Composites with Resistance Welding Technique

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The article presents ‘state-of-the art’ on joining fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites with the use of resistance welding technique. Their welding...

Bonding of High Temperature Thermoplastic Carbon Composites with Resistance Welding Technique

Published Online: Sep 04, 2019

Page range: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2018-0018

Keywords
thermoplastic composites, resistance welding, joining thermoplastic composites

© 2017 Copyright by Lukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Bonding of High Temperature Thermoplastic Carbon Composites with Resistance Welding Technique

Published Online: Sep 04, 2019

Page range: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2018-0018

Keywordsthermoplastic composites, resistance welding, joining thermoplastic composites

© 2017 Copyright by Lukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
thermoplastic composites, resistance welding, joining thermoplastic composites