Resistance Spot Welding of 50Mo-50Re Refractory Alloy Foils

Author

Farrell, John ; Umstead, W. ; Xu, Jianhui ; Zhai, T.

Author_Institution

Semicon Associates

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

363

Lastpage

364

Abstract

Resistance spot welding (RSW) is widely used in the microwave tube industry. There are many parameters employed in the welding processing: weld current, weld time, electrode force, hold time, squeeze time, electrode material, electrode geometry, electric polarity, surface roughness, cover gas, et al. In this study, an attempt is made to improve the RSW quality of 50Mo-50Re refractory foils and to understand the typical characteristics of RSW 50Mo-50Re.alloys used in high power cathode assembly applications

Keywords

assembling; cathodes; foils; microwave tubes; molybdenum alloys; refractories; rhenium alloys; spot welding; cover gas; electric polarity; electrode force; electrode geometry; electrode material; high power cathode assembly; hold time; microwave tube industry; refractory alloy foils; resistance spot welding; squeeze time; surface roughness; weld current; weld time; welding processing; Chemical engineering; Chemical industry; Current density; Electric resistance; Electrodes; Geometry; Optical microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Spot welding; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2006 held Jointly with 2006 IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources., IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0108-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2006.1666333

Filename

1666333