Microwave Joining of Aluminum Composites: A Non Conventional Manufacturing Method

Rajat Pratap Singh*, Jawalkar C. S**, Jagbir Singh***
*-*** Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, India.
Periodicity:April - June'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jms.8.1.16134

Abstract

The applications of microwave energy in material processing are a growing field and new applications are being innovated. It is one of the most sustainable and novel processing methods and has distinct advantages over various conventional material processing methods. With the development of microwave energy processing and selective heating mechanism, it combines microwave energy with conventional sources and balances process variables such as electric power, process flow, processing time, and fixturing requirements. It makes the process more versatile to almost all types of materials and its alloys, non-metals, composite materials like Metal Matrix Composites (MMC), Ceramics Matrix Composites (CMC), and Polymer Matrix Composites (PMC), cermets, fiber reinforced plastics, so on. The present work is based on the development of a sustainable joining methodology for the indigenously developed MMC (Al6061+5% SiC), also termed as Aluminium Metal Matrix Composites (AMMC), through microwave energy processing. The results have revealed that joining “Al6061 + 5% SiC” is successful using “pure Al powder and blumer” with a processing time of 600 seconds. In this study, various joint cross-sections such as simple butt joint, single-V butt joint, double-V butt joints were performed to obtain the best results in terms of joining strength and rigidity.

Keywords

Microwave Energy, Al-Metal Matrix Composite, Joining, Butt Joint, Hybrid Heating.

How to Cite this Article?

Singh, R. P., Jawalkar, C. S., and Singh, J. (2020). Microwave Joining of Aluminum Composites: A Non Conventional Manufacturing Method. i-manager's Journal on Material Science, 8(1), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.26634/jms.8.1.16134

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