Flow drill screw (FDS) technique: a state-of-the-art review

Y Liu, Y Ma, M Lou, H Zhao, Y Li - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2023 - Elsevier
Flow drill screw (FDS) technique combines the friction drilling and thread forming processes
into one single operation, and has been widely adopted in the automotive industry. Because …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal drilling processing on sheet metals: A review

R Kumar, NRJ Hynes - International Journal of Lightweight Materials and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal drilling is a sheet metal hole making technique and which is the most cost-effective
and extremely high productivity technique in sheet metal fastenings. Especially, the …

Smart optimization of a friction-drilling process based on boosting ensembles

A Bustillo, G Urbikain, JM Perez, OM Pereira… - Journal of manufacturing …, 2018 - Elsevier
Form and friction drilling techniques are now promising alternatives in light and medium
boilermaking that will very probably supersede conventional drilling techniques, as rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction and optimization of surface roughness in thermal drilling using integrated ANFIS and GA approach

R Kumar, NRJ Hynes - … Science and Technology, an International Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
In the recent decade, thermal drilling is becoming popular in aerospace and automobile
industries because of its unique advantages over conventional twist drilling process. Surface …

A comparative study on machining and tool performance in friction drilling of difficult-to-machine materials AISI304, Ti-6Al-4V, Inconel718

S Dehghan, E Soury - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2021 - Elsevier
As a non-conventional drilling process, friction drilling has been successfully used for sheet
metal hole-making, increasing the effectiveness of thread length, and screw coupling. The …

Process optimization for maximizing bushing length in thermal drilling using integrated ANN-SA approach

NRJ Hynes, R Kumar - Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical …, 2017 - Springer
Thermal drilling is a new hole producing method in sheet material applications that uses the
frictional heat generated at the intersection of workpiece and drilling tool with an intention of …

[PDF][PDF] Optimum bushing length in thermal drilling of galvanized steel using artificial neural network coupled with genetic algorithm

O DOL, INA PODPORE, PRI TERMI… - Materiali in …, 2017 - mit.imt.si
Thermal drilling is a novel sheet-metal-hole-making technique that utilizes the heat
produced at the interface of the rotating conical tool and workpiece in order to soften the …

Finite-element simulation and validation of material flow in thermal drilling process

R Kumar, NRJ Hynes - Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical …, 2018 - Springer
Galvanized steel is broadly employed in metal roofing, air conditioning duct, support beams,
construction materials, and domestic appliances, etc. In conventional drilling method has …

Finite element and finite volume modelling of friction drilling HSLA steel under experimental comparison

BA Behrens, K Dröder, A Hürkamp, M Droß, H Wester… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Friction drilling is a widely used process to produce bushings in sheet materials, which are
processed further by thread forming to create a connection port. Previous studies focused on …

Friction drilling: a review

A Eliseev, E Kolubaev - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2021 - Springer
Friction drilling is one of the most promising methods for hole making in thin sheets of
conventional structural alloy materials (aluminum, steel, copper, titanium, etc.) and novel …