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Aluminum alloy 6082-T6 aluminum alloy (Aluminum–Silicon–Magnesium) has gathered wide acceptance in aerospace and automotive industries. In this novel, research work specially designed tool pin profiles were employed in order get defect-free sound weldments with good mechanical and microstructural properties. The aim of studying the present research work is to investigate the weld quality of AA 6082-T6 aluminum alloy weldments using friction stir welding (FSW) process with four different geometrical tool pin probes, namely MX-TRIVEX™, A-SKEW™, three flat threaded, and MX-TRIFLUTE™ concave shouldered tools with three different rotational speed’s (1000, 1200, 1400 rpm’s) at single traverse speed (25 mm/min). X—Ray radiography technique has been carried out to study the weld defects like lack of penetration, lack of fusion, worm hole, and cracks of weldments through MXR-451/26 make machine as per ASME Sec-IX 2017 QW 191. From this experimental study, it was found that influence of tool rotation speeds like 1000, 1200, and 1400 rpm on temperature and quality of aluminum alloy 6082-T6 weldments.
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The authors are thankful to Dr. Gembali Srinivasa Gupta, Professor and HOD Mechanical engineering, VNR VJIET, Dr. Edupuganti Venkata Ramana P.G Coordinator, MED, VNR VJIET, Mr. Jaynath reddy M.D S.L Industries, G. Srinivasa rao Senior design engineer, S. Kiran CNC operator Vasudev industries Jeedimetla, and Mr. S. Rajasekhar M.D HEL Labs Balanagar, Hyderabad for assistance and guidance for carrying out the project research work.
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Varma, K.V.K., Ravi Kumar, B.V.R., Venkata Ramana, M. (2020). Experimental Investigation of Weld Charcteristics in Friction Stir Welded Joints Aa 6082-T6 Aluminum Alloy by X-Ray Radiography. In: Praveen Kumar, A., Dirgantara, T., Krishna, P.V. (eds) Advances in Lightweight Materials and Structures . Springer Proceedings in Materials, vol 8. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7827-4_62
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