Surface Treatment with the Cold Roll Bonding Process for an Aluminum Alloy and Mild Steel

The cold roll bonding process of a laminar metal composite consists of three steps, i.e., surface treatment, cold roll bonding, and heat treatment. The surface pretreatment is the precondition of obtaining a metal composite with a superior bonding level. The influence of the steel plate surface condition on the bonding strength is studied, based on the bonding mechanism of a laminar metal composite by cold roll bonding. Flap disc grinding is a better surface treatment than wire brushing for obtaining high bonding strength. Within a certain range, the larger the surface roughness, the higher the bonding strength. Comparing different grinding textures, viz longitudinal, transverse, and 45° with respect to the rolling direction, it was revealed that the longitudinal surface texture was more advantageous for bonding.