Conveners
LME of Resistance Spot Welded Coated Steels: Assessments
- Sven Erik Hörnström (SSAB EMEA AB)
- Sanna Järn (SSAB)
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Mr Christoph Böhne (Universität Paderborn - LWF)22/06/2021, 08:30Thermal Joining (Spot Welding) and Liquid Metal EmbrittlementOral Presentation
Resistance spot welding (RSW) is the most common joining process in car body manufacturing and is frequently used to join components made of advanced high strength steels (AHSS). These steels are typically applied with a zinc coating to improve their resistance against corrosion. During the RSW-process the liquefied zinc is reported to infiltrate the grain boundaries of the steel substrate...
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Anirban Chakraborty (ArcelorMittal)22/06/2021, 08:50Thermal Joining (Spot Welding) and Liquid Metal EmbrittlementOral Presentation
In zinc coated 3rd Generation advanced high strength steels (3G-AHSS), liquid metal embrittlement (LME) occurs due to liquid zinc or zinc alloy penetration along the grain, grain boundaries and pre-existing cracks of the steel sub-surface area in the presence of critical amount of external tensile stress during resistance spot welding. Due to penetration of liquid metal, cohesion between...
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Mr Jean-Michel Mataigne22/06/2021, 09:10Thermal Joining (Spot Welding) and Liquid Metal EmbrittlementOral Presentation
Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) is a complex phenomenon which may occur during spot welding of zinc-coated Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) developed for the Automotive market.
Zinc or zinc alloy in liquid state penetrates along the steel grain boundaries and may cause, depending on conditions, grains’ decohesion and cracks’ initiation and propagation under given mechanical...
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Konstantin Manuel Prabitz (Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH)22/06/2021, 09:30Thermal Joining (Spot Welding) and Liquid Metal EmbrittlementOral Presentation (*)
Corrosion protected galvanized advanced high strength steels with high ductility (AHSS HD) like the investigated dual phase steel (DP1200HD) tend to show an elevated risk of liquid metal cracking (LMC) during resistance spot welding (RSW). LMC is an intergranular cracking mechanism driven by temperature, tensile stresses, plastic deformation and the presence of liquid zinc. Crack initiation...
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