Abstract—Owing to superior properties of EN-24 steel which play an important role in Automotive industries for manufacturing Axle, gear and shaft. It is observed that a wide range of dissimilar materials can be easily integrated by solid phase bonding. In this experimental work which focuses on friction welding of EN-24 steel rods using different process parameters. The experiments are conducted on KUKA Friction welding machine in Welding research Institute of BHEL. The influence of process parameter which include friction pressure, upsetting pressure and friction time on the axial shortening, hardening and Tensile properties of friction welded joints of EN-24 steel cylindrical rods.

Index Terms—Friction welding, EN-24, Process parameters, Hardness, Tensile strength

Cite: G Samuthiram, TTM Kannan, M Sureshkumar, V Ananda Natarajan, and P Vijayakumar, "Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Friction Welded Joints of EN-24 Steel Cylindrical Rods," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 417-421, October 2014.