Optimization of Friction Welding Parameters in Dissimilar Materials using Taguchi’s Method

Abstract

At present there are various welding  process is introduced among them there is Friction welding (FW) is a fairly recent technique that utilizes a non on sumable welding tool to generate frictional heat and plastic deformation at the welding location, There by affecting the formation of a joint while the material is in solid state. The technique can produce joints utilizing equipment based on traditional machine tool technologies, the main aim of this paper to obtained friction weld element of dissimilar material and optimizing the friction welding parameters in order tom establish the weld quality. Taguchi method is applied for optimizing the welding parameters to attain maximum tensile strength of the joint and hardness of the welded joint. It is widely used in aerospace and automotive industrial applications. The process parameters play a major role in determining the high tensile strength of the weld of dissimilar materials.1.Rotational speed, 2.Friction pressure, 3.Friction time, 4.Forge pressure.