Abstract
A sonotrode is a part of the manufacturing system used for the ultrasonic welding of light alloys and polymeric materials. A well designed sonotrode vibrates at a frequency ranging from 15 to 70kHz (typical values being 20 or 35kHz), for an average period of ten years, and performs an expected number of working (stress) cycles equal to about 1012 at 20kHz.The following research is focused on analysing the premature failure (which occurred within about 5×109cycles at 20kHz) of two sonotrodes made of AA7075-T6 and used for the ultrasonic welding of thermoplastic materials. It is worth mentioning that geometrically identical sonotrodes, produced from different batches of the same material and used for the same welding procedure, did not suffer any failure for a much higher number of service cycles.
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