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Clinching technology has been widely applied in automobile assembly industries to join sheet materials of different thicknesses and properties. It does not require any auxiliary parts and only depends on the plastic deformation of materials themselves to form a joint. Furthermore, clinching tools that include the punch and the die are simpler than other thermal joining methods. However, the usability of the clinched joint is restricted by a low joining strength. In order to expand the application range of clinching technologies, researchers have conducted extensive researches on how to improve clinching technologies. In this article, the latest advances of clinching technologies are reviewed on the development of clinching tools and processes. The improved clinching processes including flat clinching, hole clinching, reshaping the clinched joint without a rivet, reshaped joint with a rivet, rivet clinching, rectangular clinching, dieless clinching, roller clinching, laser shock clinching, hydro-clinching, injection clinching, adhesive clinching, resistance spot clinching, friction-assisted clinching, and laser-assisted clinching are introduced. The advantages and disadvantages of different clinching technologies are proposed. In addition, some suggestions for the future development of clinching technology are given in this paper. The clinching technology is developing towards a hybrid joining technology with high strength, high stability, and high efficiency.

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This research work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51805416), Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST, Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2020JJ5716), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shanxi Province of China (Grant No. 2019JQ-372), Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing (Grant No. ZZYJKT2019-01), and Huxiang High-Level Talent Gathering Project of HUNAN Province (Grant No. 2019RS1002).

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  2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Chao Chen, Huiyang Zhang & Xiangkun Ran

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Peng, H., Chen, C., Zhang, H. et al. Recent development of improved clinching process. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 110, 3169–3199 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05978-4

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