Studying phase formation of 12Х18Н10Т alloy and copper after friction welding

Abstract

The technology of joining alloy 12X18H10T and copper has been studied. The use of friction welding is proposed. Modern development of technology requires the use of new technologies and materials. Despite the increase in the use of composite materials, and especially on the basis of the polymer matrix, metal alloys remain indispensable. Due to their physical and mechanical properties, metal-based alloys are used in rocket and space technology, mechanical engineering, and other industries. Goal. The aim of this work is the reason for the decrease in the mechanical properties of the connection 12Х18Н10Т – М1, which were obtained under suboptimal conditions. Friction welding was developed in early 1956 in the USSR. Since the 1960s, other countries have also begun to develop friction welding. This tool is a type of pressure welding, during which the metal is heated by friction of one of the parts of the product. At the end of the process, the final connection takes place. This type of welding is used in aircraft construction, rocketry, machine building, etc. In Ukraine, research in this direction is conducted at the Eugene Paton Institute of Electric Welding. The parameters of the friction welding technological process are considered. Results. The samples of welded joints 12Kh18N10T + M1 were studied. The following methods were used: mechanical tests; metallographic and electro-microscopic studies; hardness measurements; micro-X-ray spectral study. Originality. Welding joints with low strength were investigated; they were obtained for the following parameters: relative rotation speed 0.4 m/s, pressure during heating 80 MPa, pressure during forging 80 MPa, upset value 9 * 10-3 m samples with low strength varied in the deformed layer of steel from the joint surface to the base metal from 3240 MPa to 2450 MPa; in a deformed copper layer from 1020 MPa to 690 MPa. On samples that had high strength, the microhardness varied on the steel side from 2260 MPa in the contact surface to 2160 MPa, and in copper from 590 MPa to 460 MPa. Fig. 1 shows the microstructure of the deformed zones of the welded joint 12X18H10T, obtained according to the optimal parameters. Practical value. The reason for the decrease in the mechanical properties of the 12Х18Н10Т – М1 joint was established.