Resistance spot welding is a common process to join metals in the automotive industry. Adhesives are often used as sealers to seams of metals that are joined. Anti-spatter compounds sometimes are sprayed onto metals to be welded to improve the weldability. Spot welding produces complex aerosols composed of metal and volatile compounds (VOCs) which can cause lung disease in workers. Male Sprague...

BACKGROUND Spot welding is a type of resistance welding in which pieces of metals are pressed together and an electric current is passed through them. Spot welders are at risk of contact with some potentially hazardous agents but there are few studies about the respiratory effects of spot welding. AIMS Our objective was to study lung function and respiratory symptoms among spot welders and of...

The Friction Stir Welding process is now 20 years old and the interest in it and its potential continues to increase dramatically. FSW can be applied to a multitude of products with varying material types and thicknesses. However, a continuous weld is not always required to meet the product performance requirements. Thus, one can consider some form of intermittent weld, such as Friction Stir Sp...

In-situ resistance measurements of aluminized 22MnB5 steel using a current ramp of 500 A/ms at welding force levels from 2 kN to 8 kN were conducted to obtain data on the dynamic resistance behaviour in spot welding of the material for varying mechanical and electrical loads. The data has been successfully used to calibrate a numerical transition resistance model (KMK-model, Kaars et al., 2016 ...

Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is a type of solid state that has been widely developed using both similar and dissimilar materials. Aluminum AA1100 (99% Al) brass (Cu-Zn) with thickness 0.42 mm are used in this joint.