The invention discloses a self-maintained
friction stir welding method with reversely rotating upper and lower shaft shoulders, and relates to a self-maintained
friction stir welding method to solve the problems that: the upper and lower shaft shoulders have unequal diameters but rotate in the same direction with equal speed, and in the
welding process, the weld heat input is large, a workpiece is easy to deform, a mixing needle is inclined to fracture, and the distribution of a
weld zone temperature field, a joint structure and
residual stress are asymmetric, so that the joint performance is asymmetric, and the
bearing capacity of a
welding structure is reduced. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, determining the size of a stirring head, namely determining the
diameter of the upper shaft shoulder, the stirring needle and the lower shaft shoulder according to the thickness of a first welded workpiece and a second welded workpiece; 2, determining the use length of the stirring needle; 3, fixing the first welded workpiece and the second welded workpiece; 4, positioning the stirring head; and 5, performing
friction stir welding on the first welded workpiece and the second welded workpiece, namely integrally forming the upper shaft shoulder and the stirring needle, and allowing the lower shaft shoulder and the upper shaft shoulder to rotate in opposite directions. The self-maintained friction stir
welding method is used for self-maintained friction stir welding.