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AssigneeAuto Kabel Managementgesellschaft mbH
InventorsGünther Nölle, Franz-Josef Lietz
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A connection (V) of an electrical aluminum cable (1) with a connection piece (4) of another metal, especially of copper or a copper alloy, is brought about by crimping the wires (2) forming the aluminum cable (1) together in an end region and by welding to the connection piece (4), especially by a friction welding process. Moreover, the frictional heat between the materials is used to melt the two materials and to join them with each other without additional welding material. The aluminum cable (1) is provided for this purpose with a support sleeve (13) crimped upon it, which practically forms the individual wires (2) at the connection point into a solid surface, which is itself welded to the connection piece (4). Consequently, connection pieces of copper can be connected tightly and with good electrical conductance, without the danger of corrosion existing in the area of the connection due to various electropositive and electronegative metals.
A connection (V) of an electrical insulated aluminum cable (1) to a connection piece (4), comprising the connection piece (4) being made of a metal selected from the group consisting of copper, a copper alloy, brass, and similar metals, the aluminum cable (1) being made of a plurality of individual aluminum wires (2) or flexible leads having a bare region adjacent to one end face (12) of the cable (1) and having insulation (3) which terminates at a distance from a contact point of the cable with the connection piece (4), and a metal support sleeve (13) comprising aluminum which embraces at least the bare region of the aluminum cable (1) and reaches beyond a transition between the base region of the aluminum cable (1) and the insulation (3) so as to surround a part of the insulation (3), the support sleeve (13) being crimped and/or shrunk on the one end of the aluminum cable (1) so that the wires (2) or flexible leads of the aluminum cable (1) are crimped together at least adjacent to the one end face (12), wherein the connection piece (4) is connected by a direct intermetallic weld with the end face (12) formed by the individual wires (2) or flexible leads of the aluminum cable (1).
A process for connecting an electrical aluminum cable (1) with a connection piece (4) made of a metal selected from the group consisting of copper, a copper alloy, brass, and similar metals, wherein an end face (12) of the aluminum cable (1) is brought into connection and electrical contact (V) with a face of the connection piece (4), comprising stripping the aluminum cable (1) of insulation on a connection end, applying an aluminum supporting sleeve (13) by crimping or shrinking onto the stripped connection end, such that individual wires (2) or flexible leads of the aluminum cable (1) are pressed together, and butt welding the individual wires (2) or flexible leads of the aluminum cable (1) together with the support sleeve (13) to connection piece (4), wherein the individual wires (2) or flexible leads of the aluminum cable (1) are crimped together before or during the welding at least in an area of the end face contact (V), wherein the aluminum support sleeve reaches beyond a transition between the base region of the aluminum cable (1) and the insulation (3) so as to surround a part of the insulation (3).
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