公开(公告)号：US20240326344A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18127358

申请日：2023-03-28

Applicant: United Arab Emirates University

Inventor： Abdel-Hamid Ismail MOURAD ,  Syed Haris IFTIKHAR ,  Dinu Thomas THEKKUDEN ,  Nizamudeen Alungal CHERUPURAKAL

IPC: B29C65/06 ,  B29C65/00

CPC classification number: B29C65/069 ,  B29C65/0681 ,  B29C66/474 ,  B29C66/81425 ,  B29C66/81451

Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing a thermoplastic tube-to-tube-sheet joint is disclosed. The method provides at least one tube-sheet having a first aperture and a plurality of holes. Further, the at least one tube-sheet fixes into a welding fixture using a plurality of bolts through the holes. The welding fixture has a second aperture. The method inserts a tubular member within the first aperture and the second aperture and fills an adequate molten workpiece material, using an FSW process, in a clearance gap between the tubular member and the at least one tube-sheet. The apparatus includes at least one tube-sheet having a first aperture, a welding fixture having a second aperture, a tubular member inserted into the at least one tube-sheet, and an adequate molten workpiece material, using the FSW process, is filled in a clearance gap between the tubular member and the at least one tube-sheet.