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Fabrication of steel/aluminum clad tube by spin bonding and annealing treatment

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In this study, steel/aluminum clad tubes with metallic bond were fabricated by spin bonding process, and the effects of spinning process parameters and post-annealing treatment on bond strength of 1020St/AA3A21 interface were investigated. The results show that firm metallic bond was formed at elevated temperatures. Bond strength increased with the increasing of thickness reduction, while feed rate exhibited insignificant influence on the bond strength. The maximum bond strength was achieved under the spinning temperature of 200 °C and thickness reduction of 50%. Annealing treatment at 400 to 500 °C for 1 h reduced the bond strength due to the softening of Al base metal. The Fe/Al intermetallic compounds were formed when the annealing temperature increased up to 550 °C, leading to the failure of interface bond. Large residual stresses caused the bending deformation of clad tubes, which could be released by annealing at 300 °C for 1 h and cooling down at the speed of 30 °C/h without penalty of bond strength. Spin bonding exhibited particular advantage in producing clad tube of dissimilar metals with high bonding strength.

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    Zhipeng Zhang, Wenchen Xu, Tianshi Gu & Debin Shan

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Zhang, Z., Xu, W., Gu, T. et al. Fabrication of steel/aluminum clad tube by spin bonding and annealing treatment. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 94, 3605–3617 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1119-y

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