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Development of clinching process for various materials

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Clinching technology can join thin sheets of various materials, including aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel, titanium alloy, and polymers. Nowadays, with the popularization of the lightweight concept and the application of various sheet materials in manufacturing, clinching technology has highlighted the advantages of being able to adapt to the joining of different sheet materials. With its unique advantages, clinching technology gains wide development space in the field of metal sheet connection. The application of clinching technology in various sheet materials is summarized and analyzed. The clinching process of special materials is also discussed. In addition, some unaddressed issues in the clinching process of special materials are identified in this paper.

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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 (Grant No. YESS20200279), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2020JJ5716); the Project of State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing, Central South University (Grant No. ZZYJKT2019-01); Huxiang High-Level Talent Gathering Project of HUNAN Province (Grant No. 2019RS1002); Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars (Grant No. 2021JJ20059); and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central South Universities of the Central South University (Grant No. 2021zzts0651).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing, Light Alloy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Hao Peng, Chao Chen, Xiaoqiang Ren & Jinliang Wu

  2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Chao Chen & Xiaoqiang Ren

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Hao Peng and Xiaoqiang Ren analyzed the data; Chao Chen and Hao Peng contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools; Chao Chen, Jinliang Wu, and Hao Peng wrote the paper. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Peng, H., Chen, C., Ren, X. et al. Development of clinching process for various materials. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 119, 99–117 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-08284-9

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