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Recent development of ultrasonic brazing

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Ultrasonic brazing is an innovative application of power ultrasound in brazing. The conventional brazing processes are improved or even changed by the physical and chemical effects of ultrasound. Thus, ultrasonic brazing is used as a new method to achieve the bonding of dissimilar materials by using the mechanical vibration energy and static pressure of ultrasound frequency. The characteristics of power ultrasound and ultrasonic brazing are reviewed in this article. The mechanism of ultrasound in the brazing process is analyzed in detail. The latest ultrasonic brazing technologies are introduced. Applications of ultrasonic brazing in the joining of dissimilar materials are summarized emphatically. Besides, several shortcomings of current research are listed in this paper. Some recommendations for the future development of ultrasonic brazing are given.

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This research work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51805416), Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST, Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2020JJ5716), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shanxi Province of China (Grant No. 2019JQ-372), the Project of State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing, Central South University (Grant No. ZZYJKT2019-01), and Huxiang High-Level Talent Gathering Project of HUNAN Province (Grant No. 2019RS1002).

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Chao Chen conceived and designed the experiments; Hao Peng performed the experiments; XiaoQiang Ren and Denglin Qin analyzed the data; Chao Chen and XiangKun Ran contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools; Chao Chen and Hao Peng wrote the paper.

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Li, Y., Chen, C. & Yi, R. Recent development of ultrasonic brazing. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 114, 27–62 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-06885-y

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