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Cold welding sealing of copper-water micro heat pipe ends

  • Yong TANG
  • , Long sheng LU*
  • , Da xiang DENG
  • , Dong YUAN
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The quality of micro heat pipe(MHP) is strongly affected by sealing technology. Based on the analysis of requirements of sealing technology, a cold welding technology was presented to seal MHP. In the cold welding process, compression force was used to flatten micro groove copper(MGC) tube. Then the bonding of MGC tube was reached because of intensively plastic deformation of MGC tube under pressure. It is found that the plastic deformation area of the cold welding of MGC tube can be divided into three sections. The deformation of micro grooves in each section was investigated; the influence of the dimensions of cylindrical heads on the weld joint shape and strength was studied; and a comparison between smooth copper tube and MGC tube was done. The results show that a groove compression stage exists in the cold welding of MGC tube besides a flattened stage and a melting stage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)568-574
Number of pages7
JournalTransactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cold welding
  • groove copper tube
  • heat pipes
  • sealing technology

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