"Laminate" a Sheet to a Plate?

[TheSwener]

Hi All,

I have an electrical application where I want to weld a common busbar to several contacts. I need the contacts to be flexible for tolerance/vibration considerations, but the main body should be thick busbar for high current.

My perfect solution would be to "laminate" a thin sheet of something with good electrical and welding properties (nickel, aluminum) to an aluminum plate that would serve as the busbar. This way I get the benefit of both shapes, and better conductivity than if I welded separate tabs on for each contact.

Does this type of process exist? What materials work? Thanks for any help!


Cheers,

Rob

 

[MintJulep]

Explosion bonding perhaps.

Don't know if it like having bits hanging over though.

 

[HDS]

Explosion bonding is a kind of cladding. Many electrical parts are made that way.