Control device and control method for reducing and homogenizing welding residual stress by acoustic wave

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11919040-B2
Application number	US-202117364071-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2021
Priority date	Jul 29, 2020
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

A control device for reducing and homogenizing welding residual stress by acoustic waves, comprising: a fixing tool having two rows of through holes; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers each having a body and a conical horn transmitting portion at a lower end of the body, wherein lower ends of the horn transmitting portions are fixedly connected with flanges, the horn transmitting portions of the ultrasonic transducers extend into respective through holes of the fixing tool to be in contact with welded parts below the fixing tool, the flanges are fixed to the fixing tool by bolts, and the two rows of through holes are arranged both sides of a welding seam of the welded parts; and a driving device for driving the ultrasonic transducers to operate. A corresponding control method is also provided. The control device can be used to control residual stress at the welding seam of steels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for reducing and homogenizing welding residual stress by acoustic wave, which controls welding residual stress generated in welded parts during welding, the control device comprising:
a fixing tool having two rows of through holes;
a plurality of ultrasonic transducers each having a body and a conical horn transmitting portion at a lower end of the body, wherein lower ends of the horn transmitting portions are fixedly connected with flanges; and
a driving device for driving the ultrasonic transducers to operate,
wherein the horn transmitting portions of the ultrasonic transducers extend respectively into the respective through holes of the fixing tool to be in contact with the welded parts below the fixing tool, the flanges are fixed to the fixing tool by bolts, and the two rows of through holes are arranged both sides of a welding seam of the welded parts, and
wherein sleeves are disposed between the horn transmitting portions and the flanges, the horn transmitting portions are fixed to the sleeves by bolts, and the sleeves are fixedly connected to the flanges.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device comprises:
a residual stress controller including an industrial computer, an analog-digital signal card and a multi-channel controller, which are connected in sequence by means of signals;
a plurality of program-controlled power supplies which are respectively connected by means of signals to respective channels of the multi-channel controller; and
an adapter for outputting electrical signals of the plurality of program-controlled power supplies to the corresponding plurality of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the residual stress controller, the plurality of program-controlled power supplies and the adapter are connected in sequence by means of signals.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein springs are sleeved on the bolts for fixing the horn transmitting portions to the sleeves, and/or springs are sleeved on the bolts for fixing the flanges to the fixing tool.

4. A control device for reducing and homogenizing welding residual stress by acoustic wave, which controls welding residual stress generated in welded parts during welding, the control device comprising:
a fixing tool having two rows of through holes;
a plurality of ultrasonic transducers each having a body and a conical horn transmitting portion at a lower end of the body, wherein lower ends of the horn transmitting portions are fixedly connected with flanges; and
a driving device for driving the ultrasonic transducers to operate,
wherein the horn transmitting portions of the ultrasonic transducers extend respectively into the respective through holes of the fixing tool to be in contact with the welded parts below the fixing tool, the flanges are fixed to the fixing tool by bolts, and the two rows of through holes are arranged both sides of a welding seam of the welded parts,
wherein sleeves are disposed between the horn transmitting portions and the flanges, the horn transmitting portions are fixed to the sleeves by bolts, and the sleeves are fixedly connected to the flanges, and
wherein an end surface of each of the horn transmitting portions in contact with the corresponding welded part is a matched curved surface when the welding seam is a curve and the corresponding welded part is a curved surface.

5. A control device for reducing and homogenizing welding residual stress by acoustic wave, which controls welding residual stress generated in welded parts during welding, the control device comprising:
a fixing tool having two rows of through holes;
a plurality of ultrasonic transducers each having a body and a conical horn transmitting portion at a lower end of the body, wherein lower ends of the horn transmitting portions are fixedly connected with flanges; and
a driving device for driving the ultrasonic transducers to operate,
wherein the horn transmitting portions of the ultrasonic transducers extend respectively into the respective through holes of the fixing tool to be in contact with the welded parts below the fixing tool, the flanges are fixed to the fixing tool by bolts, and the two rows of through holes are arranged both sides of a welding seam of the welded parts,
wherein sleeves are disposed between the horn transmitting portions and the flanges, the horn transmitting portions are fixed to the sleeves by bolts, and the sleeves are fixedly connected to the flanges, and
wherein the end surface of each of the horn transmitting portions in contact with the corresponding welded part is a matched curved surface along a regular curved surface when the welding seam is a three-dimensional space intersecting line.

Assignees

• Beijing Institute Tech

Inventors

• Xu Chunguang
• Yin Peng
• Lu Yuren
• Li shuangyi
• Song Wenyuan

Classifications

• B06B1/0622 Primary

  on one surface · CPC title

• B06B3/00 Primary

  Methods or apparatus specially adapted for transmitting mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency · CPC title

• B23K20/10

  making use of vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic welding · CPC title

• B06B2201/72

  Welding, joining, soldering · CPC title

• C21D10/00 Primary

  Modifying the physical properties by methods other than heat treatment or deformation · CPC title