Ceramic-metal welding
Ionotec can provide expertise in bonding techniques which
are particularly suitable where hermetic or vacuum-tight joints are required:
- ceramic-metal welding
- glass-ceramic bonding
- glass-metal joining
Examples of
ceramic-metal welding include
- aluminium oxide to aluminium
- aluminium oxide to stainless steel
- aluminium oxide to aluminium-magnesium alloy
- silicon nitride to aluminium
Thermocompression bonding
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Thermocompression bonding (TCB) is particularly suited to ceramic-metal welding. The
equipment shown here is used for joining large diameter ceramic rings to steel or aluminium
components for battery application.
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Ultrasonic welding
Ultrasonic welding is a fast process
that can be used for bonding dissimilar metals and for ceramic-metal welding. Some advantages of the ultrasonic method are:
- High speed - bonding times of less than 1 second
- Economical, with low power consumption
- The joint is formed from a low temperature solid state weld
- No flux, braze or solder needed
- No pre-cleaning, high temperatures or special environment needed
Not all materials are suited to ultrasonic welding, especially if they have low mechanical strength. In such
cases thermocompression bonding may be preferable.
Examples of ultrasonically
weldable metal-metal couples
aluminium - aluminium |
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aluminium - Fecralloy |
aluminium - AlMg3 alloy |
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aluminium - molybdenum |
aluminium - copper |
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nickel 200 - nickel 200 |
aluminium - nickel 200 |
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brass 90/10 - brass 80/20 |
aluminium - brass 90/10 |
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copper - brass 90/10 |
aluminium - stainless steel |
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stainless steel - Fecralloy |
aluminium - Inconel 600 |
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aluminium - Nimonic |
aluminium - titanium |
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titanium - Nimonic |
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