Method of tying two or more components together
AssigneeVolvo Aero Corporation
InventorsDennis LUNDSTROM, Joachim LINDOVIST
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Abstract
Method of tying two or more components together using a fastener. Each component is provided with a hole and the components are placed so that the holes overlap one another in order to receive the fastener in the holes. The fastener is placed in the holes and mechanically pressure-loaded and heated in order to deform the fastener to tie the components together. The fastener is heated essentially only during the fastener deformation phase in order to minimize the heat transfer from the fastener to the components being tied.
Claims19
A method of tying two or more components together by means of a fastener, in which each component is provided with a hole and the components are placed so that the holes overlap one another in order to receive the fastener in the holes, the fastener placed in the holes being mechanically pressure-loaded and heated in order to deform the fastener, thereby tying the components together, wherein the fastener is heated essentially only during the fastener deformation phase in order to minimize the heat transfer from the fastener to the components being tied and tying is carried out with both the fastener and the components made of the same or similar alloys included in the intermetallic alloys group of materials.
An article of manufacture joined together by soldering and comprising:
- at least two intermetallic alloy components soldered together and said components being tied together prior to soldering by an intermetallic alloy rivet, said article being manufactured by a method including tying the components together by means of the rivet and in which each component is provided with a hole and the components are placed so that the holes overlap one another in order to receive the rivet in the holes, the rivet being placed in the holes and mechanically pressure-loaded and heated in order to deform the rivet, and thereby tying the components together, the rivet is heated essentially only during a rivet deformation phase in order to minimize heat transfer from the rivet to the components that are being tied, the components being made of the same or similar alloys included in the intermetallic alloys group of materials.
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