Magnesium alloys, due to their low density and advantageous resistance properties, are being increasingly used in automotive and aircraft industries. It is connected with the desire for vehicles mass lowering and fuel consumption decreasing. One of the development directions of magnesium alloys is the increase of creep resistance, which allows for usage at higher temperatures. The following property is possible to acquire thanks to alloy additions such as: rare-earth elements and zirconium.Almost 90% of used magnesium alloys are casting alloys: precision castings are most frequently used in automotive industry and gravity ones in aircraft industry. After the process of casting, some defects can be visible in the material, e.g. misruns or microshrinkages, but they are repaired with the use of overlay welding and other welding techniques. The main criteria of magnesium alloys weldability assessment is their susceptibility to hot cracking, which constitute the greatest difficulty during welding, and their overlay welding capacity.This paper presents the evaluation of the influence of technological factors on magnesium alloys susceptibility to hot cracking. For that purpose, several tests of joint welding in variable stiffness conditions (Houldcroft test) and metallographic examination had been made. The examination was carried out on three magnesium alloys suitable to work at elevated temperatures: ZRE1, WE43 and MSRB and, for comparison, on the most frequently used for gravity castings -AZ91 alloy, in cast state and for two alternatives of heat treatment.Keywords: weldability of magnesium alloy, brittleness temperature range, hot cracking, repair casting, Houldcroft test Stopy magnezu, dzięki swojej niskiej gęstości i korzystnym właściwościom wytrzymałościowym znajdują coraz większe zastosowanie w przemyśle motoryzacyjnym i lotniczym. Jest to związane z dążeniem do obniżenia masy pojazdów oraz ze zmniejszeniem zużycia paliwa. Jednym z kierunków rozwoju stopów magnezu jest zwiększenie odporności na pełzanie, co umożliwi stosowanie wyższych temperatur eksploatacji. Właściwość tę uzyskuje się poprzez dodatki stopowe takie jak: pierwiastki ziem rzadkich oraz cyrkon.Prawie 90% stosowanych stopów magnezu to stopy odlewnicze, po procesie odlewania w materiale mogą pojawić się niedolania i rzadzizny. Wady te naprawiane są z zastosowaniem technik napawania i spawania. W trakcie spawania stopów magnezu wykazują one skłonność do pękania na gorąco. Pęknięcia gorące powstają w zakresie kruchości wysokotemperaturowej. Dlatego też głównym kryterium oceny spawalności stopów magnezu jest ich skłonność do pękania na gorąco.W pracy przedstawiono ocenę wpływu czynników technologicznych na skłonność do pękania gorącego stopów magnezu. W tym celu przeprowadzono próby spawania w warunkach zmiennej sztywności złącza oraz wykonano badania metalograficzne. Próbę Houldcrofta wykonano na popularnym stopie AZ91 z dodatkiem cynku i aluminium oraz stopach o zwiększonej odporności na pełzanie: ZRE1, WE43 oraz MSRB, dla dwóch wariantów obróbki ci...

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Magnesium alloys of Mg-Y-RE-Zr series are characterized by creep resistance up to a temperature of 250 ° C, and can work up to a temperature of 300oC. These properties allow for the application of alloys of Mg-Y-RE-Zr series for the elements of racing car engines operating in the conditions of high loads and temperatures. The requirement of high reliability components of aircraft propulsion system, with high strength and corrosion resistance, also led to the use of these alloys in the aerospace industry. Welding technologies in cast magnesium alloys are applied in order to repair defects in castings, occurring in the casting process, as well as to regenerate worn out castings. Joints made of magnesium alloys should have at least the same properties as a finished casting. The literature lacks information on the properties of joints welded of cast magnesium alloys.This work includes examination of influence of heat treatment on creep resistance of alloy WE43. Material for the study comprised joints made by the TIG method, welded in the cast state. Creep tests were carried out on joints without heat treatment and joints after heat treatment. The tests were performed at the temperatures of 200 ° C and 250 ° C during 100h. It was found that there is an increase in creep resistance of the joints after heat treatment.

The QE22 cast magnesium alloy containing silver, rare earth elements and zirconium is characterized by high mechanical properties and creep resistance of up to 200 ° C. It is cast gravitationally into sand moulds and permanent moulds. After the casting process any possible defects appearing in the cast are repaired with the application of welding techniques. The repaired cast should possess at least the same properties as the one which does not require any repairs. The aim of this thesis was to determine the impact of the heat treatment on the microstructure of the QE22 alloy welded joint. The creep resistance of the welded joints was also analyzed.