A contribution on versatile process chains: joining with adaptive joining elements, formed by friction spinning

Abstract Nowadays, manufacturing of multi-material structures requires a variety mechanical joining techniques. Mechanical processes and elements are used to meet wide range requirements, especially on versatile process chains. Most these explicitly adapted only one, specific application. This leads less flexibility chain due many different variants high costs. Changes in the boundary conditions like sheet thickness, or layers, lead need re-design over thus loss time. To overcome this drawback, an innovative approach can be use individually manufactured application-adapted (JE), so-called Friction Spun Joint Connectors (FSJC). new is based defined, friction-induced heat input during FSJC. effect increases formability initial material locally permits them its application area. gain more detailed insight into design, paper presents characterization technique with adaptive elements. The effects interactions relevant variables onto course result presented described. comprises two stages: FSJC from uniform itself. following contribution results ongoing research work includes concept, properties experimental investigations. New promising concepts further specified. These approaches utilize current knowledge expand it systematically open fields