Wear Inducing Phase Transformation of Plasma Transfer Arc Coated Tools during Friction Stir Welding with Al Alloy

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:10.21em"/><col style="width:10.59em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Stirring rod speed</b></td><td class="align_center">1256 RPM</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Specimen feed rate</b></td><td class="align_center">4 mm/s</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Stirring rod tilt angle</b></td><td class="align_center">1.5°</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Under pressure</b></td><td class="align_center">43.4 MPa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Stirred material</b></td><td class="align_center">Annealed 5083 Al alloy</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Stirred substrate size</b></td><td class="align_center">150 × 46 × 13 mm<sup>3</sup></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Walking distance</b></td><td class="align_center">5 m</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The friction stir process (FSP) parameters.</div>

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Table 4: Wear Inducing Phase Transformation of Plasma Transfer Arc Coated Tools during Friction Stir Welding with Al Alloy 