LASER WELDING FOR CORNER JOINS OF WORKPIECE PARTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220234139A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17719445

    申请日:2022-04-13

    摘要: A method for laser welding of a workpiece includes welding at a corner joint of two workpiece parts of the workpiece by a welding laser beam to create an aluminum connection between the two workpiece parts, and feeding an output laser beam into a first end of a multiclad fiber to generate the welding laser beam. The multiclad fiber comprises at least a core fiber and a ring fiber surrounding the core fiber. A first portion LK of a laser power output of the output laser beam is fed into the core fiber, and a second portion LR of the laser power output of the output laser beam is fed into the ring fiber. A second end of the multiclad fiber is reproduced on the workpiece. The method further includes welding the workpiece by deep welding.

    Detection of hot cracks in laser welding

    公开(公告)号:US11229973B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16133923

    申请日:2018-09-18

    摘要: Methods for determining the quality of a weld of a workpiece welded by laser-beam welding, wherein at least a partial region of a molten pool and/or of a surrounding area of the molten pool is observed by means of a measuring system during the laser-beam welding and the quality of the weld of the welded workpiece is determined on the basis of the observation result. At least one characteristic value that correlates with molten pool oscillation of the molten pool is observed during the laser-beam welding and a measure of an amplitude of the molten pool oscillation and/or a measure of a frequency of the molten pool oscillation is determined from the observed time curve of the characteristic value. A probability and/or a frequency for the occurrence of hot cracks at the weld of the workpiece is inferred.

    Laser welding of steel with power modulation for hot-cracking prevention

    公开(公告)号:US11045901B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16133917

    申请日:2018-09-18

    IPC分类号: B23K26/06 B23K26/24 B23K26/32

    摘要: A laser beam directed is moved relative to a workpiece to weld along a weld seam and form a weld pool in the area surrounding the laser beam. The weld pool has a characteristic oscillation frequency fco, and a laser power is modulated with a modulation frequency f and a modulation amplitude Π=1−Pmin/Pmax, where Pmin is minimal and Pmax is maximal laser power during a modulation period. For a normalized characteristic oscillation frequency Λco and a normalized modulation frequency Λ, Λ≥2.2*Λco, with Λ=f·df/ν, where ν is the feed rate of the laser beam, and df is diameter of a beam focal spot. Also, Λco=f,cotest·df,cotest/vcotest, where fcotest is a measured characteristic oscillation frequency, df,cotest the diameter of the beam focal spot, and vcotest is the feed rate of laser beam, all during a test measurement without modulation of the laser power.

    LASER WELDING OF STEEL WITH POWER MODULATION FOR HOT-CRACKING PREVENTION

    公开(公告)号:US20190039176A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16133917

    申请日:2018-09-18

    IPC分类号: B23K26/06 B23K26/24 B23K26/32

    摘要: A laser beam directed is moved relative to a workpiece to weld along a weld seam and form a weld pool in the area surrounding the laser beam. The weld pool has a characteristic oscillation frequency fco, and a laser power is modulated with a modulation frequency f and a modulation amplitude Π=1−Pmin/Pmax, where Pmin is minimal and Pmax is maximal laser power during a modulation period. For a normalized characteristic oscillation frequency Λco and a normalized modulation frequency Λ, Λ≥2.2*Λco, with Λ=f·df/ν, where ν is the feed rate of the laser beam, and df is diameter of a beam focal spot. Also, Λco=f,cotest·df,cotest/vcotest, where fcotest is a measured characteristic oscillation frequency, df,cotest the diameter of the beam focal spot, and vcotest is the feed rate of laser beam, all during a test measurement without modulation of the laser power.

    DETECTION OF HOT CRACKS IN LASER WELDING
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190022793A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US16133923

    申请日:2018-09-18

    摘要: Methods for determining the quality of a weld of a workpiece welded by laser-beam welding, wherein at least a partial region of a molten pool and/or of a surrounding area of the molten pool is observed by means of a measuring system during the laser-beam welding and the quality of the weld of the welded workpiece is determined on the basis of the observation result. At least one characteristic value that correlates with molten pool oscillation of the molten pool is observed during the laser-beam welding and a measure of an amplitude of the molten pool oscillation and/or a measure of a frequency of the molten pool oscillation is determined from the observed time curve of the characteristic value. A probability and/or a frequency for the occurrence of hot cracks at the weld of the workpiece is inferred.