Influence of the moisture content on flat-clinch connection of wood materials and aluminium

Feasibility of mechanical clinching for joining aluminum AA6082-T6 and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer sheets

“…Furthermore, it does not require predrilling of holes or surface preparation, it involves simple and cheap machines, and improves the mechanical behavior of the metal in the joint due to strain hardening. Beyond MC of metal sheets, in recent years a number of investigations has been carried out to evaluate the suitability of MC for joining metals with other materials including thermoplastics [44,45], wood materials [46], FRP with thermoplastic matrix and short fibers [47,48] and thermosetting matrix [49] with long fibers. In this final case, a modified clinching scheme (called hole-clinching) was involved, which required a hole to be pre-drilled in the CFRP sheet before joining by clinching.…”

Mechanical behaviour of polymer–metal hybrid joints produced by clinching using different tools

“…The above-mentioned advantages have encouraged researchers to explore and extend the frontier of clinching employability. Lüder et al [33] joined wood materials with aluminium using flat die clinching while Lee et al [34] used hole-clinching to join different materials including aluminium, steel alloys as well as carbon fibre reinforced plastics. The suitability of clinching to join metal with polymer sheets has been also demonstrated only recently.…”

Joining three car body steel sheets by clinching method

“…The high flexibility of clinching has allowed employing mechanical clinching for a wide range of materials. Currently, researches have been conducted on steels and aluminium alloys, recent developments have dealt with copper, mag- nesium, titanium alloys [15,16], carbon fiber-reinforced plastics [17] along with hybrid metal-plastic polymers [18][19][20], metal-reinforced plastics [21][22][23] and metal-wood [24]. Some of these materials were joined by hole-clinching process [25].…”