Ultrasonic welding is a process in which high-frequency ultrasound vibrations applied to the parts to be welded. The pieces are put under pressure and held together until they make what is known as a solid state weld. Normally there should be between 20 and 40KHZ frequency in order for this to work. The type used for plastic welding and to combine two different materials. By using ultrasonic vibration is no need for bolts, nails, solder or glue to keep the material together. By using the thermoplastic melt vibration occurs in the plastic because it draws the energy of vibration, which is drawn across the joint that needs to be welded. In metals, the ultrasonic welding that occurs when the material is drawn through friction welding.
Vibration of the ultrasonic welding machine welds produced by the sonotrode (horn) and they soften the thermoplastic material along the joint line. The equipment used will determine how strong the weld and this will depend on how the equipment is designed, the materials to be welded and their properties and how the joint is designed. The time it takes ultrasonic welding occurs is very short and to the mass production of highly effective type of welding work. This type of welding will be used in the automotive industry for light clusters of things that need to be done and in producing electronic products such as the casing on the phone.
Ultrasonic welding used to weld both hard plastic and soft plastics and some metals. Today the machine is able to even do this type of semi-crystalline plastics. There is research and testing going to see how this process works because not everyone has understood the power of this process. They are studying areas such as how the parameters of the process that will be welded with something related to the quality of the weld. This process needs to be investigated because there are already more than the demand for various types of plastic and some of the best electronic pieces created by this process. In many ways it is still a developing field.
Ultrasonic welding consists of several components. Some of these components are:
It needs a press that can hold two different parts that will be put under pressure.
A basis for placing the parts in place to take the necessary high-frequency vibrations to hit the.
Something called ultrasonic stack that has a converter that holds the horn that needs to be tuned to specific frequencies.
An electronic ultrasonic generator to provide AC electrical signals that can be higher in accordance with the frequency matching the resonance of the stack.
A controller that can control the movement of the press will make and how it delivers ultrasonic energy.
Ultrasonic welding can be found in various areas outside of the electronics and automotive industries. This process is also used in the electrical area, with computers, with the aerospace and industrial and medical packaging.
