A review on dissimilar laser welding of steel-copper, steel-aluminum, aluminum-copper, and steel-nickel for electric vehicle battery manufacturing

A Sadeghian, N Iqbal - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The electric vehicle (EV) battery systems are complex assemblies of dissimilar materials in
which battery cells are connected using several thousand interconnect joints. Every single …

[HTML][HTML] Steel-copper functionally graded material produced by twin-wire and arc additive manufacturing (T-WAAM)

TA Rodrigues, N Bairrão, FWC Farias… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a functionally graded material (FGM) part was fabricated by depositing a Cu-
based alloy on top of a high strength low alloy (HSLA) steel by twin-wire and arc additive …

Effect of SMAW process parameters on similar and dissimilar metal welds: An overview

PK Baghel - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) is the most economical and portable and robust
welding processes which utilizes the power source, electrode holder and electrode to weld …

Interfacial characteristic and mechanical performance of maraging steel-copper functional bimetal produced by selective laser melting based hybrid manufacture

C Tan, K Zhou, W Ma, L Min - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
A combination of selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacture and subtractive process
was explored to produce maraging steel‑copper bimetal. Relationships among laser …

Functionally graded materials with grain-size gradients and heterogeneous microstructures achieved by additive manufacturing

Z Hu, Z Ma, L Yu, Y Liu - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, 316L/CuCrZr functionally graded materials were prepared by laser powder bed
fusion. Not only the strong bonding of 316L and CuCrZr was achieved, but more importantly …

Interfacial characterization and mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel/inconel 718 manufactured by selective laser melting

X Mei, X Wang, Y Peng, H Gu, G Zhong… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The multi-material selective laser melting (SLM) technology has been widely studied in
recent years. In this paper, 316L stainless steel (316SS) and Inconel 718 (IN718) multi …

Effect of beam oscillation on electron beam welding of copper with AISI-304 stainless steel

J Kar, SK Roy, GG Roy - Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The quality of dissimilar weld joint between copper and stainless steel (SS) plates using
electron beam welding with and without beam oscillation was evaluated through …

Microstructure and mechanical properties investigations of copper-steel composite fabricated by explosive welding

H Zhang, KX Jiao, JL Zhang, J Liu - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presented a systematic study of microstructure and mechanical properties of
Cu/Fe explosive-bonded interfaces. The periodic wavy bonding structure with both vortex …

Microstructures and mechanical properties of copper-stainless steel butt-welded joints by MIG-TIG double-sided arc welding

Z Cheng, J Huang, Z Ye, Y Chen, J Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dissimilar copper/stainless steel metal joints with excellent double-sided forming can be
obtained by MIG-TIG double-sided arc welding without grooving and preheating. The joints …

[HTML][HTML] Blue laser welding of low thickness Ni-coated copper and mild steel for electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing

A Sadeghian, N Iqbal - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Modern advancements in blue lasers offer a promising alternative to conventional infrared
laser welding of highly-reflective battery materials. In this study, a high-power blue laser …