Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Showa Denko K.k.

Yasuyuki Hama

Masayuki Narita

Takenori Hashimoto

Kenji Ikeuchi

Yoshitaka Nagano

Shigetoshi Jogan

Hiroshi Akiyama

Masashi Fujita

Makoto Takahashi

In a friction agitation joining method, two plate-shaped joining members different in thickness, or first and second joining members, are abutted against each other with a level difference formed at upper surface sides thereof. A rotating probe of a joining tool is inserted into the butted portion of the first and second joining members from upper surface sides thereof. Joining-direction front sides of the first and second joining members with respect to the probe inserted position are pressed by first and second front pressing rollers, respectively, from the upper surface sides thereof. Furthermore, joining-direction lower sides of the first and the second joining members with respect to a probe inserted position from the upper surface sides are pressed by first and second lower pressing rollers, respectively, from the upper surface sides thereof. In this state, the butted portion is joined by the friction agitation joining method.

Friction agitation joining method, method for manufacturing joined butted members and friction agitation joining apparatus

A joined structure has high strength, which is used for manufacturing a joint made from different metal materials. In the joined structure in which the different metal materials are joined, a reaction product layer to be generated on the joined interface is set to have a thickness of 0.5 &mgr;m or less. Moreover, the reaction product layer is allowed to intermittently exist on the joined interface. Furthermore, the reaction product layer contains a base material crystal consisting of base material atoms of 90 atom % or more on the joined interface.

Joined structure of different metal materials

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Saitama-ken, Japan

Yasuyuki Hama