METHOD OF PRODUCING JOINT, JOINT, FRICTION STIRRING JOINING METHOD, JOINING APPARATUS AND CUTTING TOOL FOR PLANING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of producing a joint by which a joint having a satisfactory surface condition can be obtained and the stability of quality as for the surface condition can be attained, and to provide a friction stirring joining method, a joining apparatus and a cutting tool for planing. SOLUTION: Two pieces of joining members 1 and 2 having mutually different thicknesses are abutted on each other. A joining tool 10 for friction stirring joining having a rotatable probe 12 is used, and the rotating probe 12 of the joining tool 10 is inserted into the abutting part 3 of both joining members 1 and 2 from the surface side. In this state, the probe 12 is moved along the abutting part 3, so that the abutting part 3 is subjected to friction stirring joining. Thereafter, the surface of the jointed part 5 is cut by using a cutting tool 20 for planing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO