Friction agitation joining apparatus
OwnerMasaharu Tochigi, Naoyuki Kawatainventors
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Abstract
A friction agitation joining apparatus for joining a plurality of abutted members includes rotatable chucking portions for chucking opposite ends of the abutted members while axially pressing the members, a supporting roller for supporting the members, a driving motor for rotating the abutted members about an axis thereof, and a joining device having a rotatable probe disposed adjacent to an abutted portion of the abutted members. The probe softens and agitates the abutted portion of the abutted members to join them in accordance with a rotation thereof.
Claims20
A friction agitation joining apparatus for joining a plurality of abutted members, said friction agitation joining apparatus, comprising:
- rotatable chucking portions for chucking opposite ends of the abutted members while axially pressing the abutted members;
- a supporting roller for supporting the abutted members;
- a driving motor for rotating the abutted members about an axis thereof;
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- a joining device having a rotatable probe disposed adjacent to an abutted portion of the abutted members, wherein said probe softens and agitates the abutted portion to join the abutted members in accordance with a rotation of the abutted members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.