What is a vibration friction welding machine ?

What is a Vibratory Friction Welder? Vibratory welding is a friction welding process during which the parts being welded are rubbed together under pressure until the friction and shear heat generated on the contact surfaces reach a fully molten state. When the set weld depth is reached (measured by a linear sensing scale), the relative motion stops and the weld is cooled and solidified in the holding pressure stage. Then vibration friction welding machine and can be applied in which industries?
. Applications in the automotive industry .
Vibration friction welding machine in the automotive applications are mainly reflected in the engine intake system, interior and exterior components and lights. Intake manifold is basically used are PA plus fiberglass reinforced materials, and in terms of the current process only vibration friction can achieve the welding requirements, whether it is from the airtight, burst pressure strength are other connections can not be achieved. In terms of lamps, most of the previous hot plate welding, and in recent years many manufacturers began to switch to vibration friction welding, mainly due to the vibration friction welding overflow less (appearance of the lamps in terms of particularly important), welding cycle is short, greatly improving productivity, strength can also meet the requirements. 2. Application in the plastic industry supplies: for almost all thermoplastic plastics welding, reciprocating direction of movement has a Allow the unconstrained movement of humming seam of the parts, medium or large parts, vibration humming material factors similar to ultrasonic welding: amorphous materials are more suitable for the use of vibration welding than the polymer of the semi-knot product. Annular vibratory welding can be used to join parts where the weld zone size is approximately equal to the distance from the weld zone to the axis of rotation. Linear vibration welding is used on sets of parts that allow linear vibration in one direction. The vibratory welding process is ideal for fabricated parts when the entire surface of the joint being joined is flat or slightly curved out of plane.
3. In the application of industrial materials: vibration welding is particularly suitable for thermoplastic materials, including amorphous resins such as ABS / PC, PVC, PMMA and PES: semi-crystalline resins such as HDPE, PA, PP, TPO. welding machine can be joined to automotive components, such as intake manifolds, dashboards, taillights and bumpers, etc.; aerospace applications, such as HVAC tubes, interior lamps and storage tanks: home appliances, there are Dishwasher pumps and spray arms, detergent sprayers and vacuum cleaner housings.