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Pipe joining is an essential requirement in the piping industries as it is used to carry high pressurized liquidand gases at high temperature. Researchers have reported many pipe joining processes which are used to join metallicpipes with appreciably good joint efficiency but producing sound and eco friendly joint is an industries concern. Arejection and rework of joint was observed in conventional joining processes long year back resulting in consumption ofenergy source and time. Now a day's piping industries emerging with new technologies due to rigorous research in thisfield. Few researchers have reported that microwave hybrid heating (MHH) technology is emerges as metal joiningprocess. Microwaves joining of bulk metals have revealed that the MHH process is capable of producing joints withEco-friendly processing, reduced processing time, enhanced energy saving, better mechanical and metallurgicalproperties than conventional processes. This is a new technique have been used for joining metallic bulk materials henceit is used for feasibility study of joining of Copper pipe. This paper reports joining of Copper pipes using copper powder(5 µm) as an sandwich material in a multimode microwave applicator at 2.45 GHz and 900 W. Charcoal was used as asusceptor materials for initial heating of metallic pipes. The initial experimental observations and results of copper pipejoining have been discussed.

Dhirendra N Gamit, “Feasibility study on Joining of Copper Pipes Using Microwave Energy”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 9, pp. 186-189, September 2017.