Thank you both for your replies. The reason we are performing HT before forming is in the past we have crushed the tube and on other designs the end conditions are slim enough that they can be attached and run through the forming equipment. I think I will need to run a first article and take...
I am working on a project and was told that that a tube (6063-T4) would be welded to a another tube (6063-T4) then heat treated to T6 and afterward beause of special bending process that a casting (356.0 T4)would be welded to this assembly. Will this compromise the strength of this assembly? In...
