Method and apparatus for thermally processing quartz using a plurality of laser beams
    1.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for thermally processing quartz using a plurality of laser beams 审中-公开
    使用多个激光束热处理石英的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20020050488A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-02

    申请号:US09845910

    申请日:2001-04-30

    IPC分类号: B23K026/32 B23K026/06

    摘要: Methods, systems, and apparatus consistent with the present invention use multiple beams of laser energy for thermally processing a quartz object. A first laser beam is generated. A second laser beam is generated that is characteristically different than first laser beam. More particularly, the first beam and second beam may have different wavelengths, energy levels, and/or focal characteristics (such as beam geometry, beam energy distribution profile, and/or focal lengths). The first and second laser beams are then provided to a combiner, which forms the beams into a composite beam. The composite beam is then applied to a portion of the quartz object where it thermally processes the quartz by selectively heating the portion of the quartz. The composite beam may also be adjusted by changing the characteristic differences between the first and second laser beams in order to alter how the composite beam selectively heats the quartz.

    摘要翻译: 与本发明一致的方法,系统和装置使用多束激光能量来热处理石英物体。 产生第一激光束。 产生与第一激光束特征不同的第二激光束。 更具体地,第一光束和第二光束可以具有不同的波长,能级和/或焦点特性(诸如光束几何形状,光束能量分布曲线和/或焦距)。 然后将第一和第二激光束提供给组合器,其将光束形成为复合光束。 然后将复合光束施加到石英物体的一部分,其中通过选择性地加热石英的部分来热处理石英。 也可以通过改变第一和第二激光束之间的特征差来调节复合光束,以改变复合光束如何选择性地加热石英。

    Use of helium/nitrogen gas mixtures for laser welding tailored blanks
    3.
    发明申请
    Use of helium/nitrogen gas mixtures for laser welding tailored blanks 失效
    使用氦气/氮气混合物进行激光焊接定制的坯料

    公开(公告)号:US20030230559A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-18

    申请号:US10458058

    申请日:2003-06-10

    IPC分类号: B23K026/32 B23K026/12

    摘要: Method of welding tailored blanks consisting of a material mostly containing steel and a proportion greater than 0.015% aluminium by weight, using at least one laser beam, in which at least one weld joint of the full-penetration type is made using a gas mixture consisting of 30% to 80% nitrogen by volume, the rest being helium (up to 100%) in order to assist the said laser beam. The method of the invention is particularly recommended for welding motor vehicle elements, especially bodywork, doors, bonnets or the like.

    摘要翻译: 使用至少一个激光束焊接由主要含有钢和大于0.015重量%的铝的比例的材料组成的定制坯料的方法,其中至少一个全渗透型焊接接头使用以下气体混合物制成: 体积为30%至80%的氮气,其余为氦气(高达100%),以帮助所述激光束。 本发明的方法特别推荐用于焊接机动车辆元件,特别是车身,门,阀盖等。

    Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for determining an amount of energy needed to bring a quartz workpiece to a fusion weldable condition
    4.
    发明申请
    Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for determining an amount of energy needed to bring a quartz workpiece to a fusion weldable condition 审中-公开
    用于确定使石英工件进入可熔融焊接状态所需的能量的方法,装置和制品

    公开(公告)号:US20030196994A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-23

    申请号:US10420839

    申请日:2003-04-23

    IPC分类号: B23K026/32

    摘要: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention determine an amount of energy required to bring a quartz workpiece to a fusion weldable condition. The fusion weldable condition is a state at which the quartz workpiece is in thermal balance while being substantially near but below a quartz sublimation point. Parameters of the quartz workpiece, such as thermal properties and dimensional data, are identified. Quantifiable parameters of a heat source (such as a laser's beam energy attributes and beam geometry) are also identified. Using these parameters, a relationship is generated representing a modeled state of thermal equilibrium for the weldable surface of the quartz workpiece. This relationship is used to determine the appropriate amount of energy to be applied to the quartz workpiece and associates a desired temperature of the workpiece with a transit time for applying the energy. Heat loss can be accounted for and adjusted as part of the determined amount of energy.

    摘要翻译: 与本发明一致的方法,系统和制品确定使石英工件进入可熔融焊接状态所需的能量。 可熔焊条件是石英工件在基本接近但低于石英升华点的情况下处于热平衡状态。 确定石英工件的参数,如热性能和尺寸数据。 还可以识别热源的可量化参数(如激光束的能量属性和光束几何形状)。 使用这些参数,生成表示石英工件的可焊接表面的热平衡的建模状态的关系。 该关系用于确定施加到石英工件上的适当能量,并使所需工件的期望温度与施加能量的通过时间相关联。 热量损失可以作为确定的能量的一部分来计算和调整。

    Welding of carpets to panels
    6.
    发明申请
    Welding of carpets to panels 审中-公开
    将地毯焊接到面板上

    公开(公告)号:US20020056707A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-16

    申请号:US09984426

    申请日:2001-10-30

    IPC分类号: B23K026/32

    摘要: A system and method for using a laser to weld a plastic substrate material to an adjacent material, such as a synthetic carpet panel. The materials are placed in contact with oppositely directed major surfaces, so as to provide an interface therebetween. The material closest to the laser is transparent to a wavelength of the laser beam, so that the impinging laser beam can be focused at a focal region on the interface. The other material adjacent to the interface is absorbent to the wavelength, so that heating of the other material by the laser beam causes a pattern of a plurality of melt zones to be formed, each melt zone consisting of portions of each of the materials. Subsequent cooling of the melt zones causes the adjacent materials to become welded together. Additives are combined with the materials to modify their transmission and absorption characteristics with respect to visible light and laser wavelengths.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于使用激光将塑料基板材料焊接到相邻材料(例如合成地毯板)上的系统和方法。 这些材料被放置成与相对定向的主表面接触,以便在它们之间提供界面。 最接近激光的材料对于激光束的波长是透明的,使得入射激光束可以聚焦在界面上的聚焦区域。 与界面相邻的其他材料吸收波长,使得激光束对其他材料的加热会形成多个熔融区域的图案,每个熔融区域由每个材料的部分组成。 随后冷却熔体区域会导致相邻的材料被焊接在一起。 添加剂与材料组合以改变其相对于可见光和激光波长的透射和吸收特性。

    Method and apparatus for fusion welding quartz using laser energy
    7.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for fusion welding quartz using laser energy 审中-公开
    使用激光能量焊接石英的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20020053559A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-09

    申请号:US09845418

    申请日:2001-04-30

    IPC分类号: B23K026/32

    摘要: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention use laser energy for fusion welding a first quartz object to a second quartz object. The first quartz object and second quartz object have opposing surfaces to be fusion welded together. Once placed in a configuration where the opposing surfaces are substantially near each other, one or more laser beams are applied to one of the surfaces. As the first surface is heated by the laser energy, it become reflective as it nears a desired fusion weldable condition. Once reflective, the first surface reflects the laser energy to the opposing surface where the opposing surface is then heated to the desired fusion weldable condition. As the laser beam is bounced or reflected back and forth between the opposing surfaces, the surfaces are heated in a substantially even manner to allow for molecular fusing of the first object the second object into a single quartz workpiece.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的方法,系统和制品使用激光能量将第一石英物体熔接到第二石英物体。 第一石英物体和第二石英物体具有相互熔合在一起的相对表面。 一旦放置在相对表面基本上彼此靠近的配置中,一个或多个激光束被施加到其中一个表面。 当第一表面被激光能量加热时,由于其接近期望的可熔焊接状态,因此它变得反射。 一旦反射,第一表面将激光能量反射到相对表面,其中相对表面然后被加热到期望的可熔融焊接状态。 当激光束在相对表面之间反弹或反射时,表面以基本均匀的方式加热,以允许第一物体将第二物体分子熔合成单个石英工件。

    Method and a device for heating at least two elements by means of laser beams of high energy density
    8.
    发明申请
    Method and a device for heating at least two elements by means of laser beams of high energy density 审中-公开
    方法和用于通过高能量密度的激光束加热至少两个元件的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20010019045A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-06

    申请号:US09746285

    申请日:2001-02-26

    摘要: A process and a device for joining or separating various workpieces, in particular made of plastic or plastic and other materials, by means of curtain-like laser beams. To join workpieces in a particular joining area of the contact surface, a mask, made of a laser-impermeable material, is arranged between the laser source and the workpieces to be joined. The laser beam and the mask are moved relative to each other. To generate high energy density in the joining area, laser beams of at least two diode lasers are brought together, and subsequently, differing laser line lengths are generated by means of a zoom optics arrangement. Via a beam splitter, a first laser beam aligned perpendicularly to the surface of the mask, is joined by at least one secondary laser beam arranged perpendicularly to the first laser beam, and the resulting laser beam is directed onto the mask. Laser beams either of different wavelengths or of the same wavelength but of different polarisation are used. In another arrangement, several laser beams are focussed parallel to each other onto the joining area by means of a lens. The method and the device not only provide adequate energy density in spite of the output of the individual lasers being insufficient per se, but also makes possible flexible adjustment of the line length.

    摘要翻译: 用于通过帘式激光束将各种工件特别是由塑料或塑料和其它材料制成的工艺和装置。 为了在接触表面的特定连接区域中连接工件,在激光源和待接合的工件之间设置由激光不可渗透材料制成的掩模。 激光束和掩模相对于彼此移动。 为了在接合区域中产生高能量密度,将至少两个二极管激光器的激光束聚集在一起,随后通过变焦光学装置产生不同的激光线长度。 通过分束器,垂直于掩模表面对准的第一激光束通过垂直于第一激光束布置的至少一个次级激光束接合,并将所得到的激光束引导到掩模上。 使用不同波长或相同波长但具有不同极化的激光束。 在另一种布置中,几个激光束通过透镜彼此平行地聚焦到接合区域上。 尽管单个激光器的输出本身不足,但是该方法和装置不仅能够提供足够的能量密度,而且还可以灵活地调整线路长度。