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.

    Methods and systems for joining at least two workpieces

    公开(公告)号:US11565348B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16739658

    申请日:2020-01-10

    摘要: The disclosure relates to methods and systems for joining at least two workpieces, including forming a weld joint by moving a machining beam, e.g., a laser beam, and the at least two workpieces relative to one another along a feed direction, wherein the movement of the machining beam and the two workpieces relative to one another is superimposed with a periodic movement in a movement path, e.g., a two-dimensional movement path, which extends in a transverse direction perpendicularly to the feed direction and, e.g., additionally in the feed direction. The movement path has, between two reversal points in the transverse direction, at least one stop point at which a speed component of the periodic movement in the transverse direction is zero. The invention also relates to computer program products and systems for carrying out the methods.

    METHODS AND LASER WELDING DEVICES FOR DEEP WELDING A WORKPIECE

    公开(公告)号:US20190262942A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16407411

    申请日:2019-05-09

    IPC分类号: B23K26/242 B23K26/06

    摘要: The disclosure relates to methods and systems for deep welding a workpiece, a surface of the workpiece being irradiated by a first laser beam and a second laser beam. In a workpiece surface plane (OE) a first beam width B1 of the first laser beam is larger than a second beam width B2 of the second laser beam and in at least the workpiece surface plane (OE) the second laser beam lies inside the first laser beam. The intensity of the first laser beam alone is sufficient to produce a keyhole in the workpiece. The keyhole produced in the workpiece has a width KB in the workpiece surface plane (OE), KB substantially equaling B1, and B2≤0.75*KB. The methods and systems provide good seam quality, high penetration depth, and high welding speed.

    METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ATTACHMENT AREA DURING THE LASER WELDING OF BENT BAR-TYPE CONDUCTORS CONTAINING COPPER

    公开(公告)号:US20230068733A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US18054550

    申请日:2022-11-11

    IPC分类号: B23K31/12 B23K26/22

    摘要: A method for monitoring an attachment area during laser welding of bent bar-type conductors containing copper, includes the steps of arranging a first bar-type conductor relative to a second bar-type conductor in partially overlapping fashion and welding the first and second bar-type conductors to one another using a processing laser beam, the welding including forming a weld bead interconnecting the bar-type conductors to one another. After the welding, at least one measurement variable is measured on at least one portion of the weld bead, wherein the at least one measurement variable changes with the temperature of the weld bead as a function of the time during a cooling down of the weld bead. A parameter depending on a heat capacity of the weld bead is determined from the at least one measured measurement variable, and the attachment area qualitatively or quantitatively determined from the parameter.