US20040232209A1 - Friction plunge riveting process - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for joining or riveting two or more pieces of lapped metal together.
- the method allows a range of non-ferrous and ferrous metals to be joined, e.g., aluminum, magnesium, copper, titanium, iron, and their respective alloys. More particularly, the invention represents an alternative process for riveting two or more aluminum alloy products together.
- FHPP friction hydro pillar processing
- FTSW friction taper stud welding
- These conventional spot-based mechanical fastening processes entail one or more of the following elements: (1) making holes through the parts to be joined as with all riveting processes (pop rivets, self-piercing rivets, “blind” rivets); (2) an absence of metallurgical bonding between the joint parts which makes fastening fully dependent on mechanical locking; and/or (3) a pronounced deformation of the parts being joined (e.g., self-piercing rivets and clinching).
- Mechanical fastening is also expensive, prone to seepage of environmental elements (salt water, condensation, and the like) and often loosens over time. Loosening of fastened joints may compromise the service performance of the joined components.
- While the present invention is particularly suited for joining metal having no predrilled holes or apertures, such holes not being required herein, it is to be understood that the presence of a partially formed hole or a fully formed hole through at least one of the metal parts being so joined may be beneficial in increasing the rate of completion of the method.
- the present invention of friction plunge riveting differs from conventional uses of friction plunge welding which require plunging a significantly harder material into a significantly softer material (e.g., copper or steel into aluminum).
- the friction plunge riveting process of the present invention substantially provides a more homogenous joint region in which the constituent elements of the rivet and the work piece are made from the same metal families.
- two or more aluminum alloy parts one or more of which may be substantially pure aluminum
- components of Aluminum Association Series (AA) 5xxx alloy may be joined with and AA 7xxx alloy rivet.
- both the work piece materials and the rivet join a work piece together should have about 50% or greater commonality (or overlap) in the major alloying components.
- the present invention differs from friction plunge welding in that the probe or rivet used in friction plunge riveting can become partially plasticized as such, friction plunge riveting is particularly suited for applications which require the joining of two or more lapped plates.
- the rivet material may constitute essentially the same or substantially similar material as the work pieces being joined or riveted together.
- friction plunge riveting of the present invention allows for plunging or piercing aluminum alloy rivets into an aluminum alloy or substantially pure aluminum, copper alloy rivets into parts made of copper alloys or pure copper, magnesium alloy rivets into a magnesium alloy or pure magnesium component parts, titanium alloy rivets into a titanium alloy or pure titanium parts, or steel rivets into steel parts.
- friction plunge riveting In contrast to the conventional spot-based mechanical fastening, friction plunge riveting according to the present invention relies on a metallurgical bond formed between the rivet and the parts being joined.
- the riveting process of the present invention thus a) eliminates the need to machine a hole in the parts being joined, b) effects a full metallurgical bond between the rivet and the parts being joined, and c) minimizes deformation of the parts and/or the rivet unless the deformation is designed for aesthetic reasons.
- FIG. 1 a is schematic of friction welding according to the prior art
- FIG. 1 b is schematic of friction plunge welding according to the prior art
- FIGS. 2 a - 2 c are cross-sectional views of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention
- FIG. 3 a is a cross-section view of a friction plunge riveted joint made in accordance with the present invention, wherein the rivet creates a raised portion in one of the work pieces;
- FIG. 3 b is a cross-section view of a friction plunge riveted joint made in accordance with the present invention, wherein the tip of the rivet is flush with the exposed surface of one of the work pieces;
- FIG. 3 c is a cross-section view of a friction plunge riveted joint made in accordance with the present invention, wherein the rivet extends through both of the work pieces;
- FIG. 4 a is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention using a clamp and a backing anvil to hold the work pieces in place;
- FIG. 4 a is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention using a clamp and a backing anvil to hold the work pieces in place, wherein the anvil defines a rivet tip receiving recess;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic of a friction plunge riveting apparatus for practicing the method of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6 a - 6 c are schematics of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention using a scraper system to remove flash;
- FIGS. 7 a - 7 i show various embodiments of the rivets of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting using the rivet shown in FIG. 7 g;
- FIGS. 9 a - 9 d are perspective views of other rivets of the present invention.
- FIGS. 10 a and 10 b are cross-sectional views of pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting using a rivet with a break-away head;
- FIG. 11 is a finishing tool for use with the rivet shown in FIG. 10 b;
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces friction plunge riveted with a rivet which hides flash;
- FIGS. 13 a - 13 c are cross-sectional views of perspective views of metal work pieces friction plunge riveted with rivets having alternative heads;
- FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a pair of clad metal work pieces friction plunge riveted according to the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a various work pieces friction plunge riveted together according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 16 a and 16 b are cross-sectional views of three metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention.
- the method of the present invention includes stacking a first metal component 2 having an exposed, continuous surface 4 (without a hole predrilled therethrough) against a second metal component 6 having an exposed surface 8 .
- the compositions of the first and second metal components 2 and 4 may be the same or different.
- a metal rivet 10 having a leading tip 12 and a head 14 is rotated about its longitudinal axis in the direction of arrow A.
- the rivet 10 is composed of the same or different composition as either or both of the first and second metal components 2 and 6 .
- the tip 12 of the rivet 10 is urged under pressure into the metal of the first component 2 in the direction of arrow B. The process continues until the rivet 10 extends at least part way into the thickness of the second component 6 as shown in FIG. 2 c .
- the friction between the rivet 10 and the first and second components 6 causes the metals thereof to plasticize.
- the rotation is ceased, and the plasticized metal solidifies to form a joint 16 between the rivet 10 and each of the first component 2 and the second component 6 .
- the friction welding between the rivet 10 and the first component 2 and between the rivet 10 and the second component 6 causes the formation of flash 18 which escapes from the region of the joint 16 and collects adjacent the first component exposed surface 4 .
- the joint 16 is a metallurgical bond between the metal of the rivet 10 and each of the metals of the first and second components 2 and 6 .
- FIGS. 3 a , 3 b , and 3 c show alternative final positions for the rivet tip 12 in the friction plunge riveting process of the present invention.
- the rivet 10 may extend so far into the second component 6 that the tip 12 creates a raised portion 19 on the exposed surface 8 of the second component 6 .
- the rivet 10 fully penetrates the second component 6 (and is fully bonded thereto) but the rivet tip 12 remains flush with the exposed surface 8 of the second component 6 .
- the rivet 12 may spread along the exposed surface 8 as shown in FIG.
- a rivet tip 12 flush with the exposed surface 8 avoids the additional drag resistance associated with conventional rivets used on the exterior of transportation vehicles, such as airplanes and truck bodies.
- a particular advantage of the use of the present invention in constructing aircraft skin is that the flush joints produced hereby reduce or eliminate the shredding of skin in an airplane crash.
- the rivet tip 12 may extend through the exposed surface 8 . In this manner, the rivet tip 12 may have the appearance of a conventional rivet head.
- the friction plunge riveting process of the present invention preferably is performed by maintaining close contact between the first and second components 2 and 6 . This may be accomplished by clamping the components 2 and 6 between a backing anvil 20 and a clamp 22 as shown in FIG. 4 a .
- the backing anvil 20 shown in FIG. 4 a is suitable for production for the joint shown in FIG. 2 c and FIG. 3 b in which the rivet tip 12 remains within the thickness of the second component 6 or is flush with the exposed surface 8 of the second component 6 .
- the backing anvil 20 provides a stop that prevents advance of the rivet 12 beyond the plane of the exposed surface 8 .
- FIGS. 4 b when producing the joints shown in FIGS.
- the recess 26 is sized and configured to accommodate the raised portion 19 of the second component 6 as shown in FIG. 3 a or the rivet tip 12 as shown in FIG. 3 c .
- the recess 26 preferably is hemispherical and has a diameter D equal to or preferably less than a diameter d of the rivet tip 12 .
- a hemispherical recess 26 causes the rivet tip 12 to take on a hemispherical shape when riveting according to FIG. 3 c .
- a height h of the recess should not exceed about one half of the thickness t of the second component 6 .
- the diameter D of the recess 26 is substantially equal to the rivet diameter d.
- the anvil 24 preferably is made of a strong or hard material that can completely withstand the force and thermal shock associated with forming the rivet 12 of FIG. 3 c .
- Representative materials include steel alloys (e.g., tool steel) or ceramic materials (e.g., alumina).
- Other configurations for the recess 26 may be used to create other shapes for the rivet tip 12 that extends through the exposed surface 6 .
- Raised portions 19 having such alternative shapes can be produced by plunging the rivet 10 fully through the second component 6 and deforming the rivet 10 in its plasticized state into the recess 26 having the desired shape.
- the backing anvil 20 or 24 and clamp 22 shown in FIGS. 4 a and 4 b may be constituents of a friction plunge riveting system 30 schematically shown in FIG. 5.
- the backing anvil 20 or 24 is supported by a resilient mechanism; such as a spring 32 (or a pneumatically loaded system or the like) mounted on a lower leg 34 for urging the backing anvil 20 or 26 towards the clamp 22 .
- the rivet 10 is held and driven by an upper spindle 36 movably supported by a sleeve 38 fixed to an upper leg 40 .
- the upper spindle 36 is moveable through the sleeve 38 in the directions of double arrow D to compensate for varying thicknesses of the first and second component 2 and 6 .
- the lower leg 34 and upper leg 40 are mounted to a main support 42 via a connecting axle 44 .
- the orientations of the lower leg 34 and upper leg 40 may be altered by rotating the connecting axle 44 in the directions of double arrow E.
- a pair of relatively slidable plates 46 and 48 is fixed to the main support 42 and a beam 50 .
- the main support 42 may be raised or lowered by sliding the plate 46 relative to the plate 48 in the directions of double arrow F.
- the position of the system 30 may be adjusted by rotating the beam 50 in the directions of double arrow G or moving the beam 50 in the directions of double arrow H or both.
- flash 18 may be produced, particularly on the exposed surface 4 of the first component 2 .
- the flash 18 may be removed by a scraper system 60 schematically shown in FIGS. 6 a - 6 c .
- the scraper system may include flash removing scrapers 62 that also serve to align the rivet 10 in the location that the joint is to occur.
- Standoff bearings 64 support the flash removing scrapers 62 in position adjacent the first component 2 .
- the flash removing scrapers 62 are releasably engaged via linking components 66 to the spindle 36 .
- the flash removing scrapers 62 are rotated in a synchronized manner with the spindle 36 . Flash 18 is produced as shown in FIG. 6 b and collects between the flash removing scrapers 62 and the exposed surface 4 of the first component 2 . Referring to FIG. 6 c , when riveting is complete, the flash removing scrapers 62 are disengaged from the spindle 36 and are moved away from the rivet 10 while continuing to rotate thereby knocking the flash 18 away from the location of the joint. The flash 18 may additionally be blown away with a burst of compressed air or the like.
- Rivet 10 includes slanted sides 72 which make an angle ⁇ with the centerline L of the rivet 10 , with a being up to about 35°, preferably about 7° to about 25°. On suitable diameter d of tip 12 of the rivet 10 is about 10 mm. Rivet 10 is shown as having a rounded tip, but the tip may also be planar. Other non-limiting examples of rivets are shown in FIGS. 7 b - 7 i . Rivet 80 shown in FIG.
- rivet 90 includes an integral flange 92 and has a pointed tip 94 .
- Rivet 100 shown in FIG. 7 d is similar to rivet 10 except that rivet 100 has a tip 102 which defines a central opening 104 . Another variation of rivet 10 is shown in FIG.
- Rivet 120 shown in FIG. 7 f is similar to rivet 110 except that integral flange 122 has straight sides 124 .
- a partially hollow rivet 130 (similar to rivet 80 ) with a tip 132 defining a cavity 134 is shown in FIG. 7 g . Rivet 130 displaces less material and requires less axial force to plunge into work pieces. Alternatively, as shown in FIGS.
- rivets 140 and 150 define respective bores 142 and 152 through the lengths thereof.
- Rivets having holes, cavities or bores typically deform during the friction plunge welding process yet may hide flash produced during riveting.
- the tip 132 of the rivet 130 may deform such that the tip 132 is forced back in the opposite direction to the riveting direction and the cavity 134 widens to provide a mechanical lock in addition to the metallurgical bond produced during the riveting process.
- Rivet 160 shown in FIG. 9 a includes an integral flange 162 and a hexagonal head 164 .
- rivet 165 includes the hexagonal head 164 .
- Rivet 170 of FIG. 9 c includes an integral flange 172 which defines a hexagonal recess 174
- rivet 175 of FIG. 9 d includes integral flange 176 having a top slotted recess 178 .
- Rivets 160 , 165 , 170 and 175 are non-limiting examples of rivets configured to engage with a system that drives the same in a friction plunge riveting process.
- rivet 180 in another embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 10 a and 10 b , rivet 180 includes a removable head 182 joined to a main body 184 via a thinned portion 186 . Rivet 180 is plunged into the first and second components 2 and 6 as described above. However, when the joint is complete, head 182 removed, i.e. snapped off. In this manner, once the head 182 is removed from the rivet 180 , the rivet 180 is substantially flush with the exposed surface 4 of the first component 2 . For safety critical applications, the sheared surface of rivet main body 184 may be friction processed using a friction-forming tool 188 shown in FIG. 11.
- the cup-shaped rotary friction-forming tool 188 defines a recess 189 which receives the surface of the rivet main body 184 to eliminate or minimize micro-cracks associated with such sheared surfaces by rotating the tool in the directions of double arrow I.
- the friction-forming tool 188 can be used as a post-joining, rivet heading tool or as an alternative to localized machining of a joined rivet head.
- the present invention includes a rivet 190 having an integrally formed flange 192 and annular lip 194 .
- flange 192 and lip 192 define a recess 196 into which flash 18 collects thereby hiding flash formed during the riveting process.
- the heads of the rivets may include a portion for engaging with another component after joining.
- rivet 200 includes a C-shaped portion 202 .
- Rivet 204 in FIG. 13 b has a threaded shank 206 to allow an internally threaded component to be threaded thereon.
- rivet 210 includes an enlarged head 212 defining a bore 214 .
- optional preheating techniques may be employed including (1) heating the backing anvil 20 or 24 to preheat and preferentially soften the first and second components 2 and 6 , (2) heating the backing anvil 20 or 24 and the clamp 22 to preheat and locally soften the first and second components 2 and 6 , particularly for ferrous and certain non-ferrous materials through which induction through the thickness of the components 2 and 6 may occur, and (3) a diffused or rastered laser beam or other focused light source to preheat and condition the first and second components 2 and 6 immediately before the friction plunge riveting process.
- Such preheating techniques create a temporary preferential advantage in relative strengths, namely to soften the first and second components 2 and 6 such that rivet 10 behaves as a relatively harder material plunged into relatively softer material.
- the friction plunge riveting process is used to join work pieces which are not the same but substantially similar, it is preferred that the rivet material is made of the harder of the two materials being joined.
- the friction plunge riveting process of the present invention can be used to join hard materials to soft materials or hard materials to hard materials and soft materials to soft materials.
- cryogenically cooled soft rivets can be plunged into the same grade of material or even harder materials that intermix themselves.
- the friction plunge riveting process of the present invention may be used to join a first clad component 220 having clad layers 222 and 224 to a second clad component 232 having clad layers 232 and 234 .
- Clad components 220 and 230 may be plate or sheet product.
- the rivet 10 does not extend through the second component 230 . This arrangement is particularly suited for aircraft skin and marine transportation components.
- the first or second components could be comprised of a 6013-T6 or 7075-T7X aluminum alloy covered with an 1100 aluminum alloy cladding.
- components 220 and 230 are protected from environmental elements and are resistant to corrosion and other destructive interactions.
- aircraft skin component 240 can be friction plunge riveted to another aircraft skin component 242 and to aircraft stringer support component 246 without having the rivets 10 exposed to an exterior surface 248 of the aircraft.
- the skin components 240 and 242 may have the same or different thicknesses depending on the need of the particular assembly.
- a stack of more than two components may be friction plunge riveted together.
- Components 250 , 252 , and 254 may have the same or different metal compositions. It may be beneficial to predrill a pilot hole 256 in one component 250 as shown in FIG. 16 a .
- the pilot hole 256 aides in accessing intermediate component 252 to affect a more rapid efficient joining of the components. Joints can be made one rivet at a time or simultaneously using a double-sided friction plunge riveting machine. With such a device, two friction welded rivets may be driven opposite each other as a means for joining more than two components together.
- Simultaneous double-sided riveting also provides a balance reactive torque when rotating rivets 10 ′ on opposite sides of the stack of components 250 , 252 and 254 .
- Frictional heat is generated from either side of the stack. This increased amount of heat is conducted through the thickness of the components 250 , 252 and 254 to further soften the components 250 , 252 and 254 and aid penetration of the rivets 10 ′.
- double-sided friction plunge riveting enables relatively thicker components to be joined together according to the present invention. Numerous components may be joined in this manner such as flexible bus bars, aircraft skins, and structural members.
- the present invention provides significant advances in the art including the elimination of need for predrilled holes, as is required with blind riveting, yet produces sufficient frictional heat to function with smaller diameter, shorter length pilot holes in appropriate situations.
- Full metallurgical bonding occurs between the rivets and the components being joined. Due to the metallurgical bonding between the rivets and the components being joined, friction plunge riveting augments the structural performance of the joint as compared to other riveting processes, Sealants and/or adhesives at the faying surfaces between the components may be reduced or eliminated, and the fretting (i.e., contact damage from micro-slip between the work pieces and conventional rivet interface which leads to crack nucleation and fretting fatigue and fretting corrosion) and loosening of conventional riveted joints is eliminated
- the rivets may be manufactured or treated to provide a differential hardness by such means, including but not limited to, a) rapidly solidified high temperature materials, b) aluminum-magnesium-scandium and other metallurgy alloys that exhibit high strength at high heat, c) metal matrix composites, d) cold working during manufacture e.g., penning or cold drawn rivets strengthened with copper or copper alloys, e) cryogenic treatments, f) rivets manufactured from steel or certain other metals that produce retained phases rivets to complete the transformation into martensite prior to hardening and tempering, g) rivets treated for maximum hardness for heat treated aluminum alloys, and h) for certain materials, applying the rivet at sub-zero temperatures.
- a) rapidly solidified high temperature materials b) aluminum-magnesium-scandium and other metallurgy alloys that exhibit high strength at high heat, c) metal matrix composites, d) cold working during manufacture e.g., penning or cold drawn rivets strengthened with copper or copper alloys,
- a momentary increase in hardness is desirable.
- corrosion resistance may be enhanced by riveting a hard alloy to a softer, pure aluminum. It is also possible to use a fully aged hardened rivet material, such as alloy AA7050-T7X into solution heat-treated and softened parts, such as AA alloy 7055-T4 before allowing the joints to naturally age for up to about 8 weeks. It is anticipated that the resulting joined product will exhibit the desired combination of both corrosion resistance and structural performance.
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Abstract
A method of joining a pair of metal components with a rivet having a hardness that is substantially similar to at least one of the metal components. The metal components are stack upon each other and the rivet is rotated and simultaneously plunged in the metal components under pressure to friction weld and metallurgically bond the rivet to the metal components.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/025,402 filed Dec. 19, 2001 entitled “Friction Plunge Riveting” which claims the benefit of U.S. Application No. 60/257,329, filed Dec. 20, 2000 entitled “A Friction Plunge Riveting Process”.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a process for joining or riveting two or more pieces of lapped metal together. The method allows a range of non-ferrous and ferrous metals to be joined, e.g., aluminum, magnesium, copper, titanium, iron, and their respective alloys. More particularly, the invention represents an alternative process for riveting two or more aluminum alloy products together.
- 2. Prior Art
- Conventional solid-phase welding (friction welding) involves rubbing two surfaces together under pressure in relative motion for sufficient time until metal between the two surfaces becomes thermally softened and in a plastic state. As shown in FIG. 1a, friction welding commonly involves rotating a first component A under pressure against a second component B. Alternatively, the component A may be inserted into a bore defined in the component B and rotated to produce a joint within the bore. A more recent development is referred to as “friction plunge welding” which International Patent Classifications B23k 20/12 and B29c 65/06 on “Improvements Relating to Friction Welding”, describe as being “a method of operating on a work piece, that method comprising offering a probe of material harder than the work piece material to a continuous or substantially continuous or substantially continuous surface of the work piece; causing relative cyclic movement between the probe and the work piece while urging the probe and the work piece together whereby frictional heat is generated as the probe enters the work piece so as to create a plasticized region in the work piece material around the probe; stopping the relative cyclic movement; and allowing the plasticized material to solidify around the probe.” As shown in FIG. 1b, conventional friction plunge welding involves immersing a relatively hard material H into a relatively soft material S with different metal combinations, e.g., steel into aluminum, copper into aluminum, and the like as described in Connect, September 1993.
- Other mechanisms for joining two or more lapped plates include friction hydro pillar processing (FHPP) and friction taper stud welding (FTSW). Each of FHPP and FTSW are employed with a predrilled hole having a diameter larger than that of the rivet material for FHPP and one using a tapered drill hole for FTSW. These conventional spot-based mechanical fastening processes entail one or more of the following elements: (1) making holes through the parts to be joined as with all riveting processes (pop rivets, self-piercing rivets, “blind” rivets); (2) an absence of metallurgical bonding between the joint parts which makes fastening fully dependent on mechanical locking; and/or (3) a pronounced deformation of the parts being joined (e.g., self-piercing rivets and clinching). Mechanical fastening is also expensive, prone to seepage of environmental elements (salt water, condensation, and the like) and often loosens over time. Loosening of fastened joints may compromise the service performance of the joined components.
- Accordingly, a need remains for a method of joining or riveting two or more pieces of lapped metal together wherein the metals may be the same or different and wherein the rivet used to join the metal pieces together is not necessarily different from the metals being joined.
- This need is met by the method of the present invention which was conceived by realizing that it is possible to force-plunge, pierce, penetrate into and metallurgically bond two or more metal parts lapped or stacked together (“stack ups”), by striking a balance between (a) a rivet geometry (i.e., tip shape and diameter and included angle), (b) the strength or hardness of rivets and parts being joined before and during friction welding, (c) the melting temperature range of rivets and the parts to be joined, (d) the respective thicknesses of joined parts, (e) the rate of heat dissipation into the parts and rivets through conduction, and (f) other friction welding parameters including forging and welding force, burn off, revolutions per minute, plunge rate and the like, all which affect heat generation and the forces experienced in a given joining region (i.e., between the rivets and the parts to be joined). While the present invention is particularly suited for joining metal having no predrilled holes or apertures, such holes not being required herein, it is to be understood that the presence of a partially formed hole or a fully formed hole through at least one of the metal parts being so joined may be beneficial in increasing the rate of completion of the method.
- The present invention of friction plunge riveting differs from conventional uses of friction plunge welding which require plunging a significantly harder material into a significantly softer material (e.g., copper or steel into aluminum). The friction plunge riveting process of the present invention substantially provides a more homogenous joint region in which the constituent elements of the rivet and the work piece are made from the same metal families. For example, two or more aluminum alloy parts (one or more of which may be substantially pure aluminum) may be joined with an aluminum alloy rivet. There is no requirement for an overlap within the same sub-family of alloys. As one representative example of an interfamily relationship of riveting according to the present invention, components of Aluminum Association Series (AA) 5xxx alloy may be joined with and AA 7xxx alloy rivet. Preferably, however, both the work piece materials and the rivet join a work piece together should have about 50% or greater commonality (or overlap) in the major alloying components. The present invention differs from friction plunge welding in that the probe or rivet used in friction plunge riveting can become partially plasticized as such, friction plunge riveting is particularly suited for applications which require the joining of two or more lapped plates. In such situations, the rivet material may constitute essentially the same or substantially similar material as the work pieces being joined or riveted together. For example, friction plunge riveting of the present invention allows for plunging or piercing aluminum alloy rivets into an aluminum alloy or substantially pure aluminum, copper alloy rivets into parts made of copper alloys or pure copper, magnesium alloy rivets into a magnesium alloy or pure magnesium component parts, titanium alloy rivets into a titanium alloy or pure titanium parts, or steel rivets into steel parts.
- In contrast to the conventional spot-based mechanical fastening, friction plunge riveting according to the present invention relies on a metallurgical bond formed between the rivet and the parts being joined. The riveting process of the present invention thus a) eliminates the need to machine a hole in the parts being joined, b) effects a full metallurgical bond between the rivet and the parts being joined, and c) minimizes deformation of the parts and/or the rivet unless the deformation is designed for aesthetic reasons.
- A complete understanding of the invention will be obtained from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing figures wherein like reference characters identify like parts throughout.
- FIG. 1a is schematic of friction welding according to the prior art;
- FIG. 1b is schematic of friction plunge welding according to the prior art;
- FIGS. 2a-2 c are cross-sectional views of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention;
- FIG. 3a is a cross-section view of a friction plunge riveted joint made in accordance with the present invention, wherein the rivet creates a raised portion in one of the work pieces;
- FIG. 3b is a cross-section view of a friction plunge riveted joint made in accordance with the present invention, wherein the tip of the rivet is flush with the exposed surface of one of the work pieces;
- FIG. 3c is a cross-section view of a friction plunge riveted joint made in accordance with the present invention, wherein the rivet extends through both of the work pieces;
- FIG. 4a is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention using a clamp and a backing anvil to hold the work pieces in place;
- FIG. 4a is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention using a clamp and a backing anvil to hold the work pieces in place, wherein the anvil defines a rivet tip receiving recess;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic of a friction plunge riveting apparatus for practicing the method of the present invention;
- FIGS. 6a-6 c are schematics of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention using a scraper system to remove flash;
- FIGS. 7a-7 i show various embodiments of the rivets of the present invention;
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting using the rivet shown in FIG. 7g;
- FIGS. 9a-9 d are perspective views of other rivets of the present invention;
- FIGS. 10a and 10 b are cross-sectional views of pair of metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting using a rivet with a break-away head;
- FIG. 11 is a finishing tool for use with the rivet shown in FIG. 10b;
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a pair of metal work pieces friction plunge riveted with a rivet which hides flash;
- FIGS. 13a-13 c are cross-sectional views of perspective views of metal work pieces friction plunge riveted with rivets having alternative heads;
- FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a pair of clad metal work pieces friction plunge riveted according to the present invention;
- FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a various work pieces friction plunge riveted together according to the present invention; and
- FIGS. 16a and 16 b are cross-sectional views of three metal work pieces undergoing friction plunge riveting according to the present invention.
- For purposes of the description hereinafter, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “right”, “left”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, and derivatives thereof shall relate to the invention as it is oriented in the drawing figures. However, it is to be understood that the invention may assume various alternative variations and step sequences, except where expressly specified to the contrary. It is also to be understood that the specific devices and processes illustrated in the attached drawings, and described in the following specification, are simply exemplary embodiments of the invention. Hence, specific dimensions and other physical characteristics related to the embodiments disclosed herein are not to be considered as limiting.
- Referring to FIG. 2a, the method of the present invention includes stacking a
first metal component 2 having an exposed, continuous surface 4 (without a hole predrilled therethrough) against asecond metal component 6 having an exposedsurface 8. The compositions of the first andsecond metal components metal rivet 10 having a leadingtip 12 and ahead 14 is rotated about its longitudinal axis in the direction of arrow A. Therivet 10 is composed of the same or different composition as either or both of the first andsecond metal components - As shown in FIG. 2b, the
tip 12 of therivet 10 is urged under pressure into the metal of thefirst component 2 in the direction of arrow B. The process continues until therivet 10 extends at least part way into the thickness of thesecond component 6 as shown in FIG. 2c. The friction between therivet 10 and the first andsecond components 6 causes the metals thereof to plasticize. The rotation is ceased, and the plasticized metal solidifies to form a joint 16 between therivet 10 and each of thefirst component 2 and thesecond component 6. The friction welding between therivet 10 and thefirst component 2 and between therivet 10 and thesecond component 6 causes the formation offlash 18 which escapes from the region of the joint 16 and collects adjacent the first component exposedsurface 4. Theflash 18 shown in FIG. 2c is generally produced in all the embodiments described herein, however for simplicity, it may not be shown in all the drawings. The joint 16 is a metallurgical bond between the metal of therivet 10 and each of the metals of the first andsecond components - In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2c, the final location of
tip 12 of therivet 10 is within thesecond component 6 such that the exposedsurface 8 of thesecond component 6 remains unchanged. FIGS. 3a, 3 b, and 3 c show alternative final positions for therivet tip 12 in the friction plunge riveting process of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3a, therivet 10 may extend so far into thesecond component 6 that thetip 12 creates a raisedportion 19 on the exposedsurface 8 of thesecond component 6. In FIG. 3b, therivet 10 fully penetrates the second component 6 (and is fully bonded thereto) but therivet tip 12 remains flush with the exposedsurface 8 of thesecond component 6. Therivet 12 may spread along the exposedsurface 8 as shown in FIG. 3b. Use of arivet tip 12 flush with the exposedsurface 8 avoids the additional drag resistance associated with conventional rivets used on the exterior of transportation vehicles, such as airplanes and truck bodies. A particular advantage of the use of the present invention in constructing aircraft skin is that the flush joints produced hereby reduce or eliminate the shredding of skin in an airplane crash. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3c, therivet tip 12 may extend through the exposedsurface 8. In this manner, therivet tip 12 may have the appearance of a conventional rivet head. - The friction plunge riveting process of the present invention preferably is performed by maintaining close contact between the first and
second components components anvil 20 and aclamp 22 as shown in FIG. 4a. The backinganvil 20 shown in FIG. 4a is suitable for production for the joint shown in FIG. 2c and FIG. 3b in which therivet tip 12 remains within the thickness of thesecond component 6 or is flush with the exposedsurface 8 of thesecond component 6. For the joint shown in FIG. 3b, the backinganvil 20 provides a stop that prevents advance of therivet 12 beyond the plane of the exposedsurface 8. As shown in FIG. 4b, when producing the joints shown in FIGS. 3a and 3 c, it is preferred to use abacking anvil 24 that defines arecess 26. Therecess 26 is sized and configured to accommodate the raisedportion 19 of thesecond component 6 as shown in FIG. 3a or therivet tip 12 as shown in FIG. 3c. In order to avoid uncontrolled separation between therivet 12 and the first andsecond components recess 26 preferably is hemispherical and has a diameter D equal to or preferably less than a diameter d of therivet tip 12. Ahemispherical recess 26 causes therivet tip 12 to take on a hemispherical shape when riveting according to FIG. 3c. In addition, a height h of the recess should not exceed about one half of the thickness t of thesecond component 6. Alternatively, in situations where therivet 10 has a relatively constant diameter along its length, the diameter D of therecess 26 is substantially equal to the rivet diameter d. Theanvil 24 preferably is made of a strong or hard material that can completely withstand the force and thermal shock associated with forming therivet 12 of FIG. 3c. Representative materials include steel alloys (e.g., tool steel) or ceramic materials (e.g., alumina). Other configurations for therecess 26 may be used to create other shapes for therivet tip 12 that extends through the exposedsurface 6. Alternative configurations include hexagonal, round, flat, and hexagonal with a center recess, either hexagonal or slotted. Raisedportions 19 having such alternative shapes can be produced by plunging therivet 10 fully through thesecond component 6 and deforming therivet 10 in its plasticized state into therecess 26 having the desired shape. - The
backing anvil riveting system 30 schematically shown in FIG. 5. The backinganvil lower leg 34 for urging thebacking anvil clamp 22. Therivet 10 is held and driven by anupper spindle 36 movably supported by asleeve 38 fixed to anupper leg 40. Theupper spindle 36 is moveable through thesleeve 38 in the directions of double arrow D to compensate for varying thicknesses of the first andsecond component lower leg 34 andupper leg 40 are mounted to amain support 42 via a connectingaxle 44. The orientations of thelower leg 34 andupper leg 40 may be altered by rotating the connectingaxle 44 in the directions of double arrow E. A pair of relativelyslidable plates main support 42 and a beam 50. Themain support 42 may be raised or lowered by sliding theplate 46 relative to theplate 48 in the directions of double arrow F. The position of thesystem 30 may be adjusted by rotating the beam 50 in the directions of double arrow G or moving the beam 50 in the directions of double arrow H or both. - As shown in FIG. 2c,
flash 18 may be produced, particularly on the exposedsurface 4 of thefirst component 2. Theflash 18 may be removed by ascraper system 60 schematically shown in FIGS. 6a-6 c. Referring to FIG. 6a, the scraper system may includeflash removing scrapers 62 that also serve to align therivet 10 in the location that the joint is to occur.Standoff bearings 64 support theflash removing scrapers 62 in position adjacent thefirst component 2. Theflash removing scrapers 62 are releasably engaged via linkingcomponents 66 to thespindle 36. As thespindle 36 rotates and plunges therivet 10 into the first andsecond components flash removing scrapers 62 are rotated in a synchronized manner with thespindle 36.Flash 18 is produced as shown in FIG. 6b and collects between theflash removing scrapers 62 and the exposedsurface 4 of thefirst component 2. Referring to FIG. 6c, when riveting is complete, theflash removing scrapers 62 are disengaged from thespindle 36 and are moved away from therivet 10 while continuing to rotate thereby knocking theflash 18 away from the location of the joint. Theflash 18 may additionally be blown away with a burst of compressed air or the like. - The
rivet 10 shown in FIG. 10 is shown in detail in FIG. 7a.Rivet 10 includes slantedsides 72 which make an angle α with the centerline L of therivet 10, with a being up to about 35°, preferably about 7° to about 25°. On suitable diameter d oftip 12 of therivet 10 is about 10 mm.Rivet 10 is shown as having a rounded tip, but the tip may also be planar. Other non-limiting examples of rivets are shown in FIGS. 7b-7 i.Rivet 80 shown in FIG. 7b includes acylindrical portion 82 that steps down to a firstslanted side 84 which makes an angle β with the centerline L of therivet 80 and to a secondslanted side 86 which forms an angle γ with the centerline L of therivet 80, with β being greater than angle γ. As shown in FIG. 7c,rivet 90 includes anintegral flange 92 and has a pointedtip 94.Rivet 100 shown in FIG. 7d is similar to rivet 10 except thatrivet 100 has atip 102 which defines acentral opening 104. Another variation ofrivet 10 is shown in FIG. 7e asrivet 110 which includes anintegral flange 112 having slopingsides 114 and one or more helical groove(s) 116 defined in the surface. Thehelical grooves 116 assist in threading therivet 110 into a work piece and act similar to a friction stir welding tool.Rivet 120 shown in FIG. 7f is similar to rivet 110 except thatintegral flange 122 has straight sides 124. A partially hollow rivet 130 (similar to rivet 80) with atip 132 defining acavity 134 is shown in FIG. 7g.Rivet 130 displaces less material and requires less axial force to plunge into work pieces. Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 7h and 7 i, rivets 140 and 150 definerespective bores tip 132 of therivet 130 may deform such that thetip 132 is forced back in the opposite direction to the riveting direction and thecavity 134 widens to provide a mechanical lock in addition to the metallurgical bond produced during the riveting process. - The rivets shown in FIGS. 9a, 9 b, 9 c, and 9 d are configured to allow for enhanced engagement with the
system 30 for rotating rivet and plunging rivets into work pieces.Rivet 160 shown in FIG. 9a includes anintegral flange 162 and ahexagonal head 164. Referring to FIG. 9b,rivet 165 includes thehexagonal head 164.Rivet 170 of FIG. 9c includes anintegral flange 172 which defines ahexagonal recess 174, and rivet 175 of FIG. 9d includesintegral flange 176 having a top slottedrecess 178.Rivets - In another embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 10a and 10 b,
rivet 180 includes aremovable head 182 joined to amain body 184 via a thinnedportion 186.Rivet 180 is plunged into the first andsecond components head 182 removed, i.e. snapped off. In this manner, once thehead 182 is removed from therivet 180, therivet 180 is substantially flush with the exposedsurface 4 of thefirst component 2. For safety critical applications, the sheared surface of rivetmain body 184 may be friction processed using a friction-formingtool 188 shown in FIG. 11. The cup-shaped rotary friction-formingtool 188 defines arecess 189 which receives the surface of the rivetmain body 184 to eliminate or minimize micro-cracks associated with such sheared surfaces by rotating the tool in the directions of double arrow I. In addition, the friction-formingtool 188 can be used as a post-joining, rivet heading tool or as an alternative to localized machining of a joined rivet head. - In another embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the present invention includes a
rivet 190 having an integrally formedflange 192 andannular lip 194. When friction plunge riveted into first andsecond components flange 192 andlip 192 define a recess 196 into whichflash 18 collects thereby hiding flash formed during the riveting process. - Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 13a, 13 b, and 13 c, the heads of the rivets may include a portion for engaging with another component after joining. In FIG. 13a,
rivet 200 includes a C-shapedportion 202.Rivet 204 in FIG. 13b has a threadedshank 206 to allow an internally threaded component to be threaded thereon. In FIG. 13c,rivet 210 includes anenlarged head 212 defining abore 214. - For certain materials of the first and
second components backing anvil second components backing anvil clamp 22 to preheat and locally soften the first andsecond components components second components second components rivet 10 behaves as a relatively harder material plunged into relatively softer material. When the friction plunge riveting process is used to join work pieces which are not the same but substantially similar, it is preferred that the rivet material is made of the harder of the two materials being joined. By controlling the overall surface interface between the rivet and the work pieces joined, it is possible to augment the intermixing and interlocking of the material between the rivet and the work pieces. The friction plunge riveting process of the present invention can be used to join hard materials to soft materials or hard materials to hard materials and soft materials to soft materials. In another embodiment of the invention, cryogenically cooled soft rivets can be plunged into the same grade of material or even harder materials that intermix themselves. - As discussed above, the may be used to join various materials as the first and
second components clad component 220 having cladlayers clad component 232 having cladlayers Clad components layer 234, it is preferred that therivet 10 does not extend through thesecond component 230. This arrangement is particularly suited for aircraft skin and marine transportation components. For example, the first or second components could be comprised of a 6013-T6 or 7075-T7X aluminum alloy covered with an 1100 aluminum alloy cladding. By maintainingexterior surface 236 of thesecond component 230 intact,components aircraft skin component 240 can be friction plunge riveted to anotheraircraft skin component 242 and to aircraftstringer support component 246 without having therivets 10 exposed to anexterior surface 248 of the aircraft. Theskin components - Referring to FIGS. 16a and 16 b, a stack of more than two components may be friction plunge riveted together.
Components pilot hole 256 in onecomponent 250 as shown in FIG. 16a. Thepilot hole 256 aides in accessingintermediate component 252 to affect a more rapid efficient joining of the components. Joints can be made one rivet at a time or simultaneously using a double-sided friction plunge riveting machine. With such a device, two friction welded rivets may be driven opposite each other as a means for joining more than two components together. Simultaneous double-sided riveting also provides a balance reactive torque when rotating rivets 10′ on opposite sides of the stack ofcomponents components components rivets 10′. As such, double-sided friction plunge riveting enables relatively thicker components to be joined together according to the present invention. Numerous components may be joined in this manner such as flexible bus bars, aircraft skins, and structural members. - The present invention provides significant advances in the art including the elimination of need for predrilled holes, as is required with blind riveting, yet produces sufficient frictional heat to function with smaller diameter, shorter length pilot holes in appropriate situations. Full metallurgical bonding occurs between the rivets and the components being joined. Due to the metallurgical bonding between the rivets and the components being joined, friction plunge riveting augments the structural performance of the joint as compared to other riveting processes, Sealants and/or adhesives at the faying surfaces between the components may be reduced or eliminated, and the fretting (i.e., contact damage from micro-slip between the work pieces and conventional rivet interface which leads to crack nucleation and fretting fatigue and fretting corrosion) and loosening of conventional riveted joints is eliminated
- Larger diameter friction welded rivets may be used and fewer rivets are required. The process of the present invention may be operated over a wide range of joining parameters (e.g., forging and welding force, rotation speeds) while yielding constant results including a sound metallurgical bond between the rivet and joined components. The present invention is also uniquely suited for joining components in restrictive environments, such as in a space station assembly or underwater.
- In certain applications, the rivets may be manufactured or treated to provide a differential hardness by such means, including but not limited to, a) rapidly solidified high temperature materials, b) aluminum-magnesium-scandium and other metallurgy alloys that exhibit high strength at high heat, c) metal matrix composites, d) cold working during manufacture e.g., penning or cold drawn rivets strengthened with copper or copper alloys, e) cryogenic treatments, f) rivets manufactured from steel or certain other metals that produce retained phases rivets to complete the transformation into martensite prior to hardening and tempering, g) rivets treated for maximum hardness for heat treated aluminum alloys, and h) for certain materials, applying the rivet at sub-zero temperatures. In some applications, a momentary increase in hardness is desirable. For marine and chemical processing environments, corrosion resistance may be enhanced by riveting a hard alloy to a softer, pure aluminum. It is also possible to use a fully aged hardened rivet material, such as alloy AA7050-T7X into solution heat-treated and softened parts, such as AA alloy 7055-T4 before allowing the joints to naturally age for up to about 8 weeks. It is anticipated that the resulting joined product will exhibit the desired combination of both corrosion resistance and structural performance.
- Two sheets of 2 mm thick aluminum alloy AA 6082-T6 (Vickers Hardness value of 113) were joined together with a cone-shaped rivet made of 2014-T6 aluminum (Vickers Hardness value of 162). The rivet had a 10 mm diameter flat tip and an included angle as shown in FIG. 3a.
- It will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the invention without departing from the concepts disclosed in the foregoing description. Such modifications are to be considered as included within the following claims unless the claims, by their language, expressly state otherwise. Accordingly, the particular embodiments described in detail herein are illustrative only and are not limiting to the scope of the invention which is to be given the full breadth of the appended claims and any and all equivalents thereof.
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1. A method of joining a pair of metal components comprising the steps of:
(a) placing a first metal component having a first exposed continuous surface and a second metal component having a second exposed surface in overlapping relationship to each other;
(b) providing a metal rivet having a head and a tip opposite the head for entering into the first and second components; and
(c) rotating the rivet about its longitudinal axis and simultaneously plunging the rivet through the first component continuous surface and into the second component, wherein the hardness of the metal rivet is substantially similar to the hardness of at least one of the first and second components, such that the metal of the rivet and the first and second components plastically deform; and
(d) solidifying the plasticized metal to produce a joint between the rivet and each of the first and second components.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the rivet tip is pointed.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein a final position of the rivet tip is within the second component.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein a final position of the rivet tip is flush with the second exposed surface.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein a final position of the rivet tip is exterior to the second component.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the rivet defines a helical groove along an exterior surface of the rivet.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the rivet includes means for hiding flash produced in the step of plunging and rotating the rivet.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the rivet includes a flange and a lip extending therefrom, the flange and lip thereby defining a recess for collecting flash between the rivet and the first exposed surface.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the rivet tip defines a bore.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the bore extends partially through the rivet.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein the bore extends completely through the rivet.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the head of the rivet includes means for engaging another component.
13. The method of claim 1 further comprising joining a third metal component to the second component by the steps of:
(i) positioning the third component having a third exposed surface in overlapping relationship to the second exposed surface;
(ii) providing another metal rivet having a head and a tip opposite the head for entering into the third and second components; and
(iii) rotating the other rivet about its longitudinal axis and simultaneously plunging the other rivet through the third component exposed surface and into the second component, wherein the hardness of the other metal rivet is substantially similar to the hardness of one of the third and second components.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein steps (c) and (iii) are performed simultaneously.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second metal components and the rivet each comprise aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein at least one of the first and second metal components is a clad product.
17. A composite metal product comprising:
a first metal component having a first exposed surface;
a second metal component underlying the first component; and
a metal rivet extending from said first exposed surface into the second metal component, said rivet being friction welded to each of said first and second components, wherein the metal of said rivet has a hardness substantially similar to at least one of the first and second metal components.
18. The composite metal product of claim 17 wherein the first metal and second metal components and the rivet each comprise aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
19. The composite metal product of claim 18 wherein at least one of the first and second metal components is a clad product.
20. The composite metal product of claim 17 wherein at least about 50% of the alloying components the first and second components and the rivet are the same.
21. A system for joining a first metal component to a second metal component with a rivet, wherein the hardness of the rivet is substantially similar to the hardness of at least one of the first and second components, said system comprising:
a clamp positioned on a continuous first exposed surface of the first component for maintaining the first component adjacent the second component;
a backing anvil for supporting a second exposed surface of the second component adjacent the first component; and
means for rotating and plunging the rivet through the continuous first exposed surface and into the second component to produce a region of plasticized metal between the rivet and each of the first and second components, the plasticized metal being solidifiable to form a friction weld between the rivet and each of the first and second components.
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