Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Advanced Welding Technologies
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Welding and Joining".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1087
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Interests: adhesive joints; adhesive strength; mechanical testing; manufacturing processes
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Interests: advanced characterization; martensitic transformation; thermomechanical processing; welding; synchrotron radiation; additive manufacturing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Welding processes are a constant in the manufacture of components, from connecting small electronic chips to the structures of a nuclear plant. Naturally, for each component to be welded, each material and each quality requirement requires a different welding process and appropriate operating method so that the function of the obtained welded joint can be ensured.
Among other welding processes, laser welding has undergone major transformations both in terms of ease of use and the cost of implementation in various industries, becoming an extremely used and investigated process. Along with this process, electron beam welding has also grown in the field of applications, currently having the ability to weld more than 200 mm in total penetration in autogenous mode.
Although some techniques have been implemented and studied for several decades, the interest of researchers in advanced welding technologies has not diminished, as can be seen through new process techniques that have emerged or concerning the welding of dissimilar materials, in addition to many other notable developments in laser welding, such as microdevices, simulation, and digital twins, as well as the new additive manufacturing (AM) processes using green or blue lasers.
The AM of metals by powder bed processes has probably shown the greatest growth in industrial manufacturing; however, wire-based methods, as in welding, are also showing significant industry adoption whilst being widely researched at a fundamental level.
In this sense, this Special Issue aims to provide a forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to review the state of the art in high-performance advanced welding technologies, particularly the machines, processes, systems, and underlying science and fundamentals, and to identify possible directions for future R&D and applications.
Prof. Dr. António Bastos Pereira
Prof. Dr. João Pedro Oliveira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- welding processes
- advanced welding
- laser welding
- electron beam welding
- digital twin in welding
- directed energy deposition
- 3D printing of metals
- direct metal laser sintering
