Welding fixture design for irregular profile metal bellows

A general design is presented that can be used to weld Metal bellows of any shape. The bellows are made of thin stainless diaphragms welded together. Currently there is no established method for welding non-circular bellows that is both low cost and reliable. This thesis addresses some of the issues with the current welding systems providing solutions to each in a integrated design. The new concepts can be implemented with minor modifications to a whole range of bellow sizes and shapes.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2000

Author dc:creator

• Rios, Erick E. (Erick Eladio), 1978-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ernesto E. Blanco.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9049

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/9049