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Aluminium components
High quality aluminium welding at Volvo
A view on the solutions pioneered by Volvo Sweden for welding aluminium components.
The article by Volvo offers a view on advanced techniques for joining aluminium pioneered by the company in laboratory and semi-production trials. They include pulsed MIG welding, tailored blanking and laser stich welding. It reviews the large number of tests to be conducted before new techniques or materials are introduced in car body shops.
The article was published in Svetsaren, our customer magazine, issue 2/2000.
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MIG power sources for aluminium
The article reviews essential MIG power source features needed for the successful welding of automotive components in aluminium.
Discussed are feedability, hot start, crater fill, run-in start and burn-back control.
The article was published in Svetsaren, our customer magazine, issue 3/2001.
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Welding aluminium alloys for automotive structures
Considerations and testing to prepare the introduction of aluminium car components at AOS.
The welding speed and pre-weld labour to join aluminium extrusions to automotive components are important to justify the use of aluminium components instead of steel. The article reviews the test welding of an engine cradle in in 4043 aluminium at A.O. Smith Automotive Products Company using pulsed GMAW and an ABB IRB2400 robot.
The article was published in Svetsaren, our customer magazine, issue 3/1995.
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