Method for producing metal member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10888951-B2
Application number	US-201515560171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2015
Priority date	Apr 15, 2015
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

The method for producing a metal member includes a step of preparing a first member made of a first metal and having a recessed portion formed therein, and a second member made of a second metal having a smaller deformation resistance than the first metal, and a step of joining the first member and the second member. The step of joining includes a step of increasing temperatures of the first member and the second member by relatively rotating the second member with respect to the first member while pressing the second member against the first member with at least a part of the second member being received in the recessed portion, and a step of stopping the relative rotation of the second member with respect to the first member and cooling the first member and the second member with the members being pressed against each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a metal member, comprising the steps of:
preparing a first member made of a first metal and having a recessed portion formed therein, and a second member made of a second metal having a smaller deformation resistance than the first metal;
joining the first member and the second member;
the step of joining the first member and the second member including steps of
increasing temperatures of the first member and the second member by relatively rotating the second member with respect to the first member while relatively pressing the second member against the first member with at least a part of the second member being received in the recessed portion, and
stopping the relative rotation of the second member with respect to the first member and cooling the first member and the second member with the members being pressed against each other,

wherein the first member includes a recessed portion bottom surface defining the recessed portion, and a recessed portion side surface defining the recessed portion and extending in a direction perpendicular from the recessed portion bottom surface, and
wherein, before beginning rotation, the second member is pressed against the recessed portion bottom surface and an outer peripheral surface of the second member is spaced from the recessed portion side surface; and

machining the first member and the second member after the step of joining the first member and the second member such that the recessed portion side surface is removed, wherein the first member and the second member are machined so that outer peripheral surfaces of the first member and the second member are smooth and continuous.

2. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 1 , wherein
in the step of increasing the temperatures of the first member and the second member, the second member is relatively rotated while being relatively pressed against the recessed portion bottom surface of the first member.

3. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 2 , wherein in the step of increasing the temperatures of the first member and the second member, the second member is deformed to contact the recessed portion side surface.

4. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of, in a state where the first member and the second member are joined, machining the first member to remove the recessed portion side surface.

5. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of increasing the temperatures of the first member and the second member, the second member is rotated while the first member is fixed.

6. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of, in a state where the first member and the second member are joined, removing a flash formed due to deformation of the second member in the step of increasing the temperatures of the first member and the second member.

7. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of increasing the temperatures of the first member and the second member, the second metal in a temperature increased state has a deformation resistance smaller by 10% or more as compared to a deformation resistance of the first metal in a temperature increased state.

8. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 1 , wherein, before beginning rotation, the second member is pressed against the recessed portion bottom surface and the outer peripheral surface of the second member in an axial direction is spaced from the recessed portion side surface such that the recessed portion side surface does not restrict movement of the second member in a radial direction.

9. The method for producing a metal member according to claim 1 , wherein the second member has a cylindrical shape.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuyama Toshikazu
• Amano Masaharu
• Shibata Yoshitaka

Classifications

• B23K20/1295

  Welding studs · CPC title

• B23K2103/22

  Ferrous alloys and copper or alloys thereof · CPC title

• B23K20/2275

  the other layer being aluminium · CPC title

• B23K20/24

  Preliminary treatment · CPC title

• B23K2103/20

  Ferrous alloys and aluminium or alloys thereof · CPC title