RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Balawender, Tadeusz
T1 Experimental Investigation of Clinch Joining Process
JF Acta Mechanica Slovaca
YR 2012
VO 16
IS 1
SP 52
OP 56
DO 10.21496/ams.2012.006
UL https://www.actamechanica.sk/artkey/ams-201201-0006.php
AB This study presents an attempt to improve the resistance of clinch joint. The forming of clinch joining method was experimentally investigated for various combinations of clinching tools (punch and die) and process conditions. The experiments covered the effect of these changes on the joint undercut, neck thickness and bottom thickness. The relevant geometrical aspects of the punch/die set and process conditions were determined. The shear tests of a single lap clinched joints were performed to estimate the effect of the clinch process conditions.