scholarly journals Visualization of laser back-reflection distribution during laser welding

2021 ◽  
Vol 1135 (1) ◽  
pp. 012015
Author(s):  
Petr Horník ◽  
Hana Šebestová ◽  
Jan Novotný ◽  
Libor Mrňa
Keyword(s):  
Laser Radiation ◽  
Laser Welding ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Partial Information ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Laser Wavelength ◽  
Laser Source ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Additional Illumination ◽  
Welding Head

Abstract There are several approaches to weld quality monitoring during laser welding. Reflected laser radiation carries partial information about the welding process. Fibre lasers has usually a built-in diode to detect excessive back-reflected laser radiation to protect the laser source from damage. Reflected laser radiation measured in the laser source is compared with reflected laser radiation measured in the welding head. Moreover, coaxial high-speed imaging with a narrow bandpass filter on laser wavelength is used to visualize the reflected laser radiation. The advantage of this solution is that no additional illumination is needed and the reflected laser intensity and spatial distribution can be obtained from the image. Keyhole inlet dimensions are measured and related to the laser power. The transition between laser welding modes is studied.

Optimization of Laser-Arc Interspacing Distance during CO2 Laser-GMA Hybrid Welding by Using High-Speed Imaging

2007 ◽  
Vol 26-28 ◽  
pp. 481-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheol Hee Kim ◽  
Hyun Byung Chae ◽  
Jun Ki Kim ◽  
Jeong Han Kim
Keyword(s):  
Laser Welding ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Hybrid Welding ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Shipbuilding Industry ◽  
Gap Bridging

Laser welding has not easily been adopted in shipbuilding industry because of its poor gap bridging ability. Recently, laser-GMA hybrid welding process showed possibility to overcome the tight gap tolerance with improved productivity. The laser-arc hybrid welding process is inherently complex because it has three kinds of process parameters: arc welding, laser welding and hybrid welding parameters. In this study, welding phenomena were investigated to optimize the hybrid process parameter; interspacing distance between laser and arc. The bead surface and cross-sectional shapes were evaluated, and weld pool shape and droplet transfer were monitored by high speed camera to clarify welding phenomena.

Effect of Welding Speed on Melt Flow Behavior in High Speed Laser Welding Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 0503001
Author(s):  
裴莹蕾 Pei Yinglei ◽  
单际国 Shan Jiguo ◽  
任家烈 Ren Jialie
Keyword(s):  
Laser Welding ◽  
Welding Speed ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Melt Flow ◽  
Laser Welding Process

Study of Plume Behavior during High-Power Disk Laser Welding

2012 ◽  
Vol 201-202 ◽  
pp. 1076-1079
Author(s):  
De Yong You ◽  
Xiang Dong Gao
Keyword(s):  
Laser Welding ◽  
High Power ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Image Sequences ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Disk Laser ◽  
Industrial Manufacturing ◽  
Laser Welding Process

Laser welding process has been widely used in industrial manufacturing. The purpose of this paper is to explore the inter-relation between laser welding results and the laser-induced plume behavior. High-power disk laser welding of stainless steel type304 was performed at different welding speeds. Combing the high speed camera and ultraviolet sensing filter, the plume image sequences of laser welding process have been obtained. Plume features including plume volume and plume flowing direction have been extracted by using high-speed photography and image processing technology. The dynamic behavior of laser-induced plume was investigated. The results showed that the laser-induced plume feature, especially the plume volume, was closely related to laser welding process conditions.

scholarly journals Root Humping in Laser Welding – an Investigation based on High Speed Imaging

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torbjörn Ilar ◽  
Ingemar Eriksson ◽  
John Powell ◽  
Alexander Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Laser Welding ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Imaging

Extraction of Weld Pool Width Feature Based on Visual Sensing during High-Power Fiber Laser Welding

2012 ◽  
Vol 201-202 ◽  
pp. 388-391
Author(s):  
Zi Qin Chen ◽  
Xiang Dong Gao
Keyword(s):  
Laser Welding ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Weld Pool ◽  
High Power ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Fiber Laser Welding ◽  
Weld Pool Width ◽  
Laser Welding Process

In a high-power fiber laser welding process, the thermal radiation of a weld pool contains plenty of information for welding quality, in which the pool width can reflect the welding stability. Thus, extracting the welding pool width of high-power fiber laser welding based on infrared thermal imaging is an important method for monitoring the weld seam quality. In this paper, we studied the 304 stainless steel welded by a 10kW high-power fiber laser continuously. A near-infrared high-speed sensing camera was used to capture the weld pool images. Image algorithms such as median filtering, gray scale stretching, cutting, dynamic threshold mathematical morphology were applied to extract the weld pool image edge, analyze and detect the weld pool width. Welding experimental results showed that the proposed methods could extract the weld pool width, which could reflect the stability status of high-power fiber laser welding process accurately.

Analysis of Characteristic of Metal Vapor Plume during High-Power Disc Laser Welding

2012 ◽  
Vol 201-202 ◽  
pp. 1126-1129
Author(s):  
Qian Wen ◽  
Xiang Dong Gao
Keyword(s):  
Laser Welding ◽  
High Power ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Metal Vapor ◽  
Welding Quality ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
Coordinate Difference ◽  
Vapor Plume ◽  
The Absolute

Metal vapor plume which induced during high power disc laser welding contains lots of information that related to the welding quality. Stainless steel 304 was taken as the experiment object for the high power disc laser welding experiment. A high-speed camera was used to capture the ultraviolet band and visible light band metal vapor plume images in the laser welding process. Image processing techniques such as median filtering, Wiener filtering, gray level threshold and image binarization were applied to get the images that only metal vapor plume was included. The ratio of the absolute value of coordinate difference between the centroid of plume and welding point was taken as the characteristic parameter. Welding experimental results and analysis of the changing of the ratio of the absolute value of coordinate difference between the centroid of plume and welding point confirmed that the welding quality could be monitored by the metal vapor plume during high power disc laser welding.

Transport Phenomena and the Associated Humping Formation in Laser Welding

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zhou ◽  
H. L. Tsai ◽  
P. C. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Liquid Metal ◽  
Laser Welding ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Solidification Rate ◽  
Transport Phenomena ◽  
Metal Flow ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Solidification Process ◽  
Melt Flow

Humping is a frequently observed welding defect in laser welding which is caused when the welding speed exceeds a certain limit while the other welding conditions remain unchanged. Humping is characterized by the appearance of unsmooth and discontinuity of humps at the surface of the weld. The formation of humping is generally understood to be caused by the complex heat transfer and melt flow in a high speed welding process. However, so far the fundamental mechanisms causing humping are not fully understood, and research on determining the onset of humping has been based on the “trial-and-error” procedure. In this paper, mathematical models previously developed by the authors for the transport phenomena in laser welding have been extended to investigate the formation of the humping defect. In this study, the transient heat transfer and melt flow in the weld pool during the keyhole formation and collapse, and melt solidification are calculated for a 3-D moving laser welding. Different humping patterns have been predicted by the present study in different laser power levels and welding speeds. From the present study, it was found that the formation of humping in laser welding is caused by the interplay between two important factors: a) the strong liquid metal flow in the real part of the keyhole induced mainly by the laser recoil pressure and b) the rapid solidification rate of the liquid metal. The humping pattern can be well explained by the calculated melt flow and the solidification process.

scholarly journals Mechanisms for Improvement of Weld Appearance in Autogenous Fiber Laser Welding of Thick Stainless Steels

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingjun Zhang ◽  
Shun Chen ◽  
Yingzhe Zhang ◽  
Genyu Chen ◽  
Zhuming Bi
Keyword(s):  
Laser Welding ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
High Power ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Metal Flow ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Fiber Laser Welding ◽  
Vapor Plume

High-power fiber laser welding is an efficient and effective way to produce heavy section structures. However, there is a significant challenge in producing the welds with free of imperfections such as nail-head-shaped welds, spatters, and root sagging. This is partially due to a lack of understanding of the welding mechanism of high-power fiber laser. In this paper, we were especially interested in the mechanism to improve the appearance of welds, and we focused on the autogenous laser welding on thick stainless steel plates by a 10 kW fiber laser. To look into the relations of process parameters and the quality of welds, a high-speed imaging system was applied to observe the molten pool flow and vapor plume during the welding process. The appearances of welds subjected to different welding conditions were analyzed. The results showed that (1) nail-head-shaped welds were suppressed by using a gas jet during laser welding process. (2) In the forward welding, a gentle upwelling molten metal flow on the rear keyhole wall, a deeper weld pool and a weaker vapor plume resulted in no spatter. (3) The gravity affected the formation of underfills and root sagging significantly during autogenous laser welding of thick plates. (4) When the workpiece was placed vertically in the transverse position, the welding process was stable without an aggregation of molten melt at the back surface. Moreover, the mechanisms of forming root sagging and humps were different at the top surface.

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