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Hot gas welding, also known as hot air welding, is a plastic welding technique using heat. A specially designed heat gun, called a hot air welder, produces a jet of hot air that softens both the parts to be joined and a plastic filler rod, all of which must be of the same or a very similar plastic. (Welding PVC to acrylic is an exception to ...
Material properties of the components being welded, hot gas temperature, size of the weld rod, and technique utilized all influence the weld travel speed. Due to the manual nature of hot gas welding, this process is typically slower than other thermoplastic welding methods. Higher weld travel speed can be obtained using a speed tip.
Implant induction welding is a joining method used in plastic manufacturing. The welding process uses an induction coil to excite and heat electromagnetically susceptible material at the joint interface and melt the thermoplastic. The susceptible material can be contained in a gasket placed between the welding surface, or within the actual ...
In fusion welding, the heat-affected zone (HAZ) is the area of base material, either a metal or a thermoplastic, which is not melted but has had its microstructure and properties altered by welding or heat intensive cutting operations. The heat from the welding process and subsequent re-cooling causes this change from the weld interface to the ...
Ultrasonics welding is one of the most commonly used technique for welding advanced thermoplastic composites. This is due for its ability to maintain high weld strength, hermetic sealing, and high production rates. This welding technique operates at high vibrational frequencies (10–70 kHz) [2] and low amplitude. The direction of vibration is ...
There are not codes made specifically for the welding of advanced thermoplastic composite welds, so the codes for adhesive bonding of plastics and metals [1] [3] are slightly altered, and used in order to properly test these materials. Even though the joining method is different these materials have mechanical requirements they need to meet.
[Thermoplastic welding will normally use weld pressures between 72.5 psi and 290 psi. [ 3 ] Welding pressure is a parameter determined by the size and area of the part being welded, larger parts require higher pressures to reach the required amount of part upset.
The materials to be welded experience similar vibrations to those in plunge welding but shorter in time. [3] Hold force to the newly welded region is provided by previously welded section that has come out of the tooling and cooled down. [1] Scan welding is a type of continuous ultrasonic welding in which case large plates or sheets can be ...