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http://dx.doi.org/10.5781/KWJS.2010.28.5.075

A Study on Remote CO2 Laser Welding for the Development of Automobive Parts  

Song, Mun-Jong (Technical Institute of Sungwoo Hitech Co., LTD.)
Lee, Gyu-Hyun (Technical Institute of Sungwoo Hitech Co., LTD.)
Lee, Mun-Yong (Technical Institute of Sungwoo Hitech Co., LTD.)
Kim, Sok-Won (University of Ulsan)
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Journal of Welding and Joining / v.28, no.5, 2010 , pp. 75-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Remote welding system(RWS) using $CO_2$ laser equipment has focusable distance of laser beam longer than 800 mm from workpiece and can deflect the laser beam by the scanner mirrors very rapidly. In the case of normal welding system based on robot, there is a limit to move the shortest path in short time and this causes interference between robot and workpiece. On the other hand, RWS is the optimized equipment to get big merits with advanced sequence of welding and short cycle time. However, there is still a pending task such as the control of plasma in the welding process of thick sheets therefore, it requires high power laser beam because of the absence of assist gas equipment in itself. In this study, high-tensile steel plates were overlap welded with $CO_2$ RWS for the production of car body and the influence of penetration depth according to the existence of assist gas was analyzed. Excellent tensile strength with enough width of molten zone independent to penetration depth was observed under welding condition with 3.6 kW laser power and 2.8 m/min welding speed without assist gas. Finally, the proto-type automotive parts were produced by applying the deduced optimal welding condition.
Keywords
RWS; Scanner; assist gas; High-tensile steel plates;
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